Latest Solar power plants in the Mojave Desert Stories
NEW YORK, Sept. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- LS Power announced today that it had completed financing and authorized construction of the Centinela Solar Energy Project, a 170 megawatt (AC) photovoltaic solar farm, near El Centro, California. The Centinela Solar Energy Project, to be constructed on more than 1,600 acres of land, will utilize solar photovoltaic technology to directly convert sunlight to electricity. The Project, to be operational in 2014, will sell its entire output to San...
ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Hittite Solar Energy Chairman and Chief Technology Officer Oguz Capan will be speaking about his new super heated, Direct Steam Generation parabolic trough technology breakthrough during a session titled "Breakthroughs in Utility Scale CSP" at 2:30pm at Solar Power International, Tuesday September 11th. WHERE: Solar Power International 2012, September 11th at 2:30pm Orange County Convention...
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., April 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Guardian Industries today announced that the company's EcoGuard Solar Boost mirrors are being installed at the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System (ISEGS) in California's Mojave Desert. The project, a partnership between NRG Solar (a subsidiary of NRG Energy), Google and BrightSource Energy, will nearly double the amount of solar thermal energy produced in the U.S. today. (Logo:...
EL DORADO HILLS, Calif., Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- DST Output, in a joint venture with its parent company DST Systems and affiliate DST Realty, recently installed one of the Sacramento region's newest solar arrays on the rooftop of its 588,000-square-foot production facility in El Dorado Hills. The massive 3.15-acre solar project is expected to produce 1.4 million kilowatt-hours annually, about the amount of energy used for burning 1,500 100-watt light bulbs round-the-clock for...
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Dec. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Western Massachusetts Electric Company (WMECo) today celebrates completion of its second large-scale solar energy facility in the Indian Orchard section of Springfield. The facility features 8,200 solar panels and produces 2.3 megawatts (MW) of electricity. WMECo officials joined local and state officials in celebrating the transformation of the former foundry site into a clean, renewable energy facility. The Indian Orchard...
TAU researchers develop affordable solar option for power plants Hybrid cars, powered by a mixture of gas and electricity, have become a practical way to "go green" on the roads. Now researchers at Tel Aviv University are applying the term "hybrid" to power plants as well. Most power plants, explains Prof. Avi Kribus of TAU's School of Mechanical Engineering and its innovative new Renewable Energy Center, create power using fuel. And solar thermal power plants — which use high...
ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Siemens Energy has received an order for the supply of an SPPA-T3000 instrumentation & controls (I&C) system and two steam turbine-generators for the Ivanpah solar thermal power plant located in the Mojave desert in California. The purchaser is BrightSource Energy Inc., a developer of utility-scale solar thermal power plants headquartered in Oakland, California. Siemens will supply the SPPA-T3000 for all three units of the Ivanpah project...
ANTELOPE VALLEY, Calif., July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Rosendin Electric, the nation's largest private electrical contractor and a 100-percent employee-owned company, will break ground this week on a new photovoltaic power installation project for the Antelope Valley Union High School District. This 9.4-megawatt (MW) installation spans 10 schools and is the largest school solar project undertaken in California to date. It also makes Rosendin Electric one of the largest installers of sustainable...
SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Bureau Veritas is pleased to announce that it has been selected to act as Delegate Chief Building Official for the Ivanpah Solar Power Complex Project. Owned by BrightSource Energy, a low cost energy provider, The Ivanpah Solar Power Complex will be the first large-scale solar thermal project built in California in nearly two decades and the world's largest once it is completed in mid-2012. "We are excited to work on a project that will help...
ANAHEIM, Calif., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ --Solar Power International 2009, Booth 110 -- Solar Power Partners, Inc. (SPP(TM)), one of America's premier independent solar power producers, today announced that it has completed five more new solar energy projects. The projects include the second phase of solar installation at UC San Diego, bringing the campus total to 1.2 megawatts, and four California grocery stores of a nationwide chain. The solar grocery store systems are located in Soquel...
