Tagged with Solar Thermal Power 
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Bernie to the center of the earth
A chat with Sen. Bernie Sanders on his new 10 million solar roofs bill 50
Posted 5 Feb 2010 12:53 AM
On Thursday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced a bill aimed at getting 10 million new solar rooftop systems and 200,000 new solar hot water heating systems installed in the U.S. in the next ten years. The bill would provide rebates for up to half the cost of new systems, along the lines of incentive programs in California and New Jersey. David Roberts chatted with Sen. Sanders about the bill, the growth of solar, and his colleagues' peculiar fixation on nuclear power.
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Nuke it
Lamar Alexander loves the earth too much to support solar and wind 12
Posted 18 Sep 2009 5:01 PM
One of the few Congressional Republicans who talks about the need to address climate change makes an interesting argument against wind and solar energy. It's a bogus argument, but still interesting.
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also, great tapas
Tales from Spain: baseload renewable energy means hope in the fight against global warming 0
Posted 4 Jun 2009 10:34 AMWhile in Spain to explain the California solar market to local solar companies, I took a side trip to Sanlucar la Mayor, near Sevilla, to tour Abengoa’s big solar facility. Holy moly. Muy impressive.
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The power of water
French government interested in solar because it uses less water than nukes 1
Posted 26 Mar 2009 1:14 PMA year or so ago, I spoke at a solar conference in France -- a country that produces 78 percent of its electricity with nukes. A couple of folks told me that the government's interest in solar stemmed from the fact that during the previous summer's heat wave, river levels dropped to the point that they didn't have enough water to cool the reactors.
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U.S. left in the solar dust
Solar PV market doubled to 6 Gigawatts in 2008 0
Posted 19 Mar 2009 1:23 PM
After growing 19 percent in 2006 and 62 percent in 2007, world solar photovoltaic (PV) market installations exploded by 110 percent last year to a staggering 5.95 GW, according to Solarbuzz's Annual Report, Marketbuzz 2009:
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A roundup of reports I ought to read but in reality have only skimmed 0
Posted 10 Dec 2008 12:06 PM -
A potentially game-changing development in concentrated solar PV 1
Posted 12 Nov 2008 10:59 AM -
Converting to Utilitarian Universalism
Fossil-fuel power plants in U.S. to test using some solar energy 0
Posted 11 Nov 2008 7:28 AM -
Solar industry aims for grid parity in eight years 10
Posted 20 Oct 2008 11:47 AM -
The Four Trillion Dollar Plan
Google unveils plan to move U.S. off fossil fuels by 2030 2
Posted 2 Oct 2008 10:30 AM -
The Coal Shebang
Colorado utility voluntarily shuts down two coal plants 6
Posted 21 Aug 2008 7:01 AM -
The Electric Slide
BLM reverses stance on solar-project moratorium 37
Posted 3 Jul 2008 7:12 AM -
Check Out Our Ray-Bans!
Feds freeze new solar projects on public land, pending review 26
Posted 27 Jun 2008 8:27 AM -
Business consulting firm projects robust growth for solar and grid parity in many locations by 2020 7
Posted 24 Jun 2008 4:54 PM -
Transmission: Impracticable
Huge Calif. solar plant would run transmission lines through state park 39
Posted 16 Jun 2008 8:11 AM -
First deal inked for maker of modular, utility-scale solar thermal power plants 10
Posted 10 Jun 2008 8:17 AM -
Ausra 0
Posted 14 Apr 2008 2:44 PM -
Go Toward the Light
Two proposed solar projects to boost California’s solar capacity by half 5
Posted 27 Mar 2008 10:35 AM -
Boogie Woogie Google Boy
An interview with Google’s green energy czar, Bill Weihl 5
Posted 7 Feb 2008 12:40 PM -
Google invests in solar thermal company eSolar 17
Posted 18 Jan 2008 12:01 AM