Renewable Energy Degrees: Green Jobs = Bright Future

According to the Worldwatch Institute: Driven by the gathering sense of a climate crisis, the notion of “green jobs”-especially in the renewable energy sector-is now receiving unprecedented attention. Currently about 2.3 million people worldwide work either directly in renewables or… Continue Reading

Sky Business News: Opening of Ausra’s first solar thermal power plant

Sky Business News, AU, clipping from Trading Day, about the opening of Aura’s first solar thermal power plant built in CA and opened by Arnold Schwarzenegger. For latest Ausra media, visit: www.ausramediaroom.com

SES Tessera Solar Video

An overview of the SunCatcher concentrating solar power (CSP) system. This is a utility-scale solar power technology designed and manufactured by Stirling Energy Systems (SES) and deployed by its sister company Tessera Solar, developer, owner and operator of SunCatcher solar… Continue Reading

How many MW do these power plants produce?

Oddly worded question, I know. Anyway, how many MW (megawatts) do the following produce? An average sized wind power plant. An average sized solar power plant. An average sized coal plant, oil plant and natural gas plant. An average sized… Continue Reading

solar power question?

its a dum one lol. what is the catagory called when you use solar panels for enegery for the city?(its for school) hope someone know’s thx!! ex’:-Photovoltaic -Solar Power Plants -SOLAR THERMAL HEAT -SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANTS -SOLAR ENERGY AND… Continue Reading

Sterling Dish 500MW solar power plant

The project “Solar Dish Electric Generator” as a semi finallist from Freescale’s Technology Forum 2009. The prototype consist of a 2.00m diameter parabolic dish with a 2 axis sun tracking mechanism. A Stirling Engine was coupled in the focal point… Continue Reading

SBS News: New Solar Institute in New Castle, AUSRA’s Kimberlina Solar Thermal Power Plant.

SBS News: New Solar Institute being launched in New Castle. AU govt committed 0M to fast-track solar research and hopes that this will assist with reducing solar energy costs. AU developed technologies are being used to generate solar thermal power… Continue Reading

Inside Nanosolar – Thin-Film Solar Startup

bit.ly Thin-Film Solar Startup Debuts With Billion in Contracts A startup with a secret recipe for printing cheap solar cells on aluminum foil debuted today, in what could end up a milestone for the industry. Nanosolars technology consists of sandwiches… Continue Reading

CSRminute: Corporate Response to Pakistan Flood; Solar Millennium Wins Final Eco-Signoff

Corporate Social Responsibility News: Corporate Response to Pakistan Flood Disaster; Solar Millennium Wins Final Eco-Signoff from Bureau of Land Management for Mega-Solar Power Plant