Soltec Renewable Energies has presented its new ultra-high-concentration PV (CPV) module, the SOLTEC GP-1500, at the Solar Power International Exhibition (Anaheim, Oct. 27-29). The release follows more than two years of research and development.
According to Soltec, the main features of these modules are high efficiency, wide acceptance angle, compact size, cost effectiveness and high reliability.
The optical design, based on the well known Cassegrain reflecting telescope, uses mirrors to con... Read Full Story
Abengoa Solar signs Power Purchase Agreement with PG&E for a 250-megawatt concentrating solar power (CSP) project to be built in California, 100 miles northeast of Los Angeles, near Harper Dry Lake. The California Energy Commission is reviewing the Application for Certification to license the 1,765-acre CSP project.
Abengoa Solar announces the signing of a power purchase agreement with Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) to supply the electricity generated by the new solar plant “... Read Full Story
Multinational Siemens is to install a test center for state-of-the-art wind turbines in the region of Cantabria (Northern Spain), the exact location of which is yet to be decided. Work will be carried out with the University of the Autonomous Region and the Regional Government.
The European Chief Executive of Siemens Wind Power, Lars Bondo Krogsgaard, the Cantabria Region Minister for Industry, Juan José Sota, and the Dean of the University of Cantabria, Federico Gutiérrez-Solana, signed an a... Read Full Story
The Spanish company MECASOLAR- manufacturer of solar trackers and fixed structures for solar pv projects – is taking part in a project in California for which they have supplied a total of thirty-four 2-axis trackers (MS-2E TRACKER) which will provide some 500 kW of power.
This is the first in a series of U.S. projects for MECASOLAR. The company is integrated in the OPDE group, the leading solar developers in Spain.
According to MECASOLAR, the project for which they have already provi... Read Full Story
The Spanish renewable energy company Renovalia has signed an exclusive frameworks agreement for a joint venture with the American firm Infinia to build thermosolar plants for third parties in Spain and Italy, and to develop projects in the rest of southern Europe, North Africa and other countries.
In addition, Renovalia will provide some components for the solar system to be manufactured in Spain by subsidiaries of the Group and external suppliers.
According to Renovalia, this is the first t... Read Full Story
Sierra Nevada Corporation President, Eren Ozmen, announces today the formation of a new joint venture between SNC and GA-Solar North America. GA-SNC Solar LLC is dedicated to creating solar renewable energy in Nevada and surrounding states. Through this joint venture, GA-SNC Solar will design, build and install photovoltaic solar generation facilities that generate energy for its customers.
GA-SNC Solar is working with local Nevada contractors on the first Nevada based project which is ... Read Full Story
Parsons has signed a strategic alliance agreement with TSK, a Spanish energy and industrial engineering firm. This strategic partnership by Parsons and TSK will provide Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) technology applications in North America and the Middle East. CSP has proven an effective and efficient technology for generating merchant class solar power at levels from 20 to 500 megawatts.
Parsons, an engineering, construction, and technical and management services firm headquartered in Pas... Read Full Story
The Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade, ICEX, has organized a fact-finding visit from June 28 to July 3 for 10 high ranking officials from California, as the leading US state in the development of renewable energy, to reinforce the relations between Spain and the Golden State. It will also serve the purpose of allowing the participants to share best practices and know more about their respective regulatory systems to promote renewable energy.
The visit is part of ICEX´s commitment to showcas... Read Full Story
The Spanish Group FCC is planning to invest between 500 and 600 million euros in two thermosolar or CSP plants in Córdoba and Alicante (Spain) with a capacity of 50 MW each, said Baldomero Falcones, CEO of the Group, at a Shareholders’ meeting yesterday in Barcelona.
FCC will hold a 67% interest in the project in Cordoba, where it will partner with the EPC firm Abantia. The second plant, in Alicante, will be 70 % owned by FCC with Enerstar as a partner. The engin... Read Full Story
Spain announced on Tuesday a 20 billion euros (27 billion dollars) fund to finance sustainable development projects plus a new local investment fund with €5 billion ($6.7 billion) of credit for local environmental works, and technological and social projects.
The state credit agency Instituto Credito Oficial would manage the fund, which would be operational from 2010, the government said in a statement.
Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero told the lower house of Parliament it would f... Read Full Story
