The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) has launched a new rebate program to enable residents to finance solar hot water projects, also known as solar thermal energy. The program is valid as of early February. Related Posts:SolTech Energy...
Category - Solar thermal power
US Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar yesterday approved the construction of the world’s largest concentrated solar power plant with an overall capacity of 1,000MW. in the Mojave desert near Blythe, California. The 7,025-acre Blythe Solar...
The California Energy Commission on Wednesday approved the construction and operation of four solar-thermal power plants with a planned overall capacity of around 1,000 megawatts (MW) at the Blythe location in California. The project site was...
- Biofuel
- EU
- Hydropower
- photovoltaic solar power
- Renewable energy
- Solar power
- Solar thermal power
- tidal power
- wind energy
Renewable energy consumption grows in Europe
According to a report issued by Eurostat, in 2008, energy from renewable sources was estimated to have contributed 10.3% of gross final energy consumption in the 27 member countries of the European Union, compared with 9.7% in 2007 and 8.8% in 2006...
- alternative energy
- Biofuel
- Cellulosic ethanol
- electric cars
- Geothermal
- green politics
- photovoltaic solar power
- Renewable energy
- Solar power
- Solar thermal power
- Sustainable Development
- wind energy
Switching to renewable energy
This week I read a brilliant interview with Mark Jacobson (pictured, left) on the Financial Times’ Energy Source blog. Jacobson is a Stanford professor of engineering who is a strong proponent of the idea that the world could move to 100 per...
