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Headline	Author	Published	Section
How's that for an incentive? Drink beer, fight climate change	Adam Browning	13 May 2008	Gristmill

Topics: brilliance, China, energy, innovation, solar thermal power (all these topics)

The best technology to protect the earth Concentrated solar thermal power: a core climate solution	Joseph Romm	15 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: climate, energy, renewable energy, solar thermal power (all these topics)

Ausra	David Roberts	14 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: business, energy, energy at home, renewable energy, solar thermal power (all these topics)

Do we need a massive government program to generate breakthroughs to make solar energy cost-competitive? Concentrated solar power is already doing great; no breakthroughs needed	Joseph Romm	11 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: business, Department of Energy, energy, renewable energy, solar thermal power, solar voltaic power (all these topics)

Go Toward the Light Two proposed solar projects to boost California's solar capacity by half		27 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 10:35 AM on 27 Mar 2008 Two large solar-power projects were proposed in Southern California this week that together could provide up to 500 megawatts of power, just over half the state's current solar capacity and enough to provide electricity to about 300,000 homes. One of the projects, proposed by utility Southern California Edison, aims to put solar panels on 65 million square feet of commer ...
Topics: California, energy, news, solar thermal power, solar voltaic power (all these topics)

Here comes the sun -- again Solar thermal plants make a comeback	Tia Ghose	06 Mar 2008	Gristmill

Topics: energy, renewable energy, solar thermal power (all these topics)

Boogie Woogie Google Boy An interview with Google's green energy czar, Bill Weihl	Amanda Griscom Little	07 Feb 2008	Grist Feature

Topics: business, carbon neutral, carbon offsets, coal, energy, energy efficiency, greening biz operations, greenish companies, interview, renewable energy, solar thermal power (all these topics)

Coal is the enemy of the human race: Goliath, meet David edition Google invests in solar thermal company eSolar	David Roberts	18 Jan 2008	Gristmill

Topics: business, coal, energy, renewable energy, solar thermal power (all these topics)

Send this to your local government and public works department Finally, something to do with all the damn asphalt	JMG	03 Jan 2008	Gristmill

Topics: business, energy, innovation, Netherlands, solar thermal power (all these topics)

Solar cheaper than coal and falling New developments in solar power make 'clean coal' look even dumber	David Roberts	26 Dec 2007	Gristmill

Topics: coal, energy, solar thermal power, solar voltaic power (all these topics)

Mirror, Mirror, on the Sand Solar project in African desert could supply clean energy to Europe		04 Dec 2007	News
Posted at 1:12 PM on 04 Dec 2007 A string of gigantic solar generators in the northern African desert could cleanly supply one-sixth of Europe's electricity needs, say backers of a project called Desertec. The project relies on concentrated solar power, in which giant mirrors focus the sun's rays on pillars filled with water, creating steam, which drives turbines, which generate electricity. In the ...
Topics: Africa, energy, European Union, innovation, news, renewable energy, solar thermal power (all these topics)

From Concentrated Advocates talk up concentrated solar power		13 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 3:13 PM on 13 Nov 2007 It would provide an endlessly renewable, carbon-free power supply, and be a means of bringing drinkable water to those who need it most -- on the cheap. An environmentalist's utopian imaginings? Advocates of concentrated solar power say it could be the future. From the Archives Not Behind My Farm. Farm Belt residents not gung-ho about ethanol plants. Junk the Bunker. Group urg ...
Topics: energy, news, renewable energy, solar thermal power (all these topics)

Home Sexy Home Brad Pitt pledges $5 million for green homes in New Orleans		27 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 6:47 AM on 27 Sep 2007 At the third annual Clinton Global Initiative philanthropic soiree yesterday, actor Brad Pitt pledged $5 million in matching funds to build about 150 green homes in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward neighborhood, one of the most troubled areas in the city. "We're going to help make it right with 150 sustainable, affordable houses -- houses that stand out for their design both aesthetical ...
Topics: green building, news, solar thermal power, United States (all these topics)

All you need is <del Solar thermal company says its generation/storage combo can power the nation	David Roberts	23 Sep 2007	Gristmill

Topics: electricity grid, energy, energy storage, solar thermal power (all these topics)

The solar power you don't hear about Solar thermal power deserves more attention, due to its lower cost and relative ease of storage	Joseph Romm	30 Aug 2007	Gristmill

Topics: California, energy, renewable energy, solar thermal power, solar voltaic power, Spain (all these topics)

Twenty-two Hours of Darkness and Two of Light California utility commits to massive solar buy, B.C. deals with oil spill		25 Jul 2007	Daily Grist
Twenty-two Hours of Darkness and Two of Light California utility commits to massive solar buy, B.C. deals with oil spill Call it the light and dark sides of the energy industry: yesterday, as news spread that a major California utility will make a ginormous solar buy, a British Columbia neighborhood was drenched in crude oil spewing from a broken pipe. Related? Only ...
Topics: British Columbia, California, energy, news, oil, renewable energy, solar thermal power (all these topics)

Solar confusion	Kate Sheppard	19 Jul 2007	Gristmill

Topics: innovation, solar thermal power, tech (all these topics)

When it rains, it pours -- out the energy Using molten salt to store solar energy	JMG	16 Jul 2007	Gristmill

Topics: biofuels, energy, ethanol, renewable energy, solar thermal power (all these topics)

Yes, More Solar On passive solar	Umbra Fisk	18 Jun 2007	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, Not to belabor the home heating series, I'm considering installing a masonry stove. I've read that they're quite efficient, though costly to build. What's your take in relation to the other options you've discussed? What about other alternative heating methods like passive solar heating and radiant floor heating? John Logan, Utah P.S. I'm glad you mentioned insulation and glazing. We've been remodeling and recently upgraded ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, energy, green living, renewable energy, solar thermal power (all these topics)

Something New Under the Sun On solar hot-water systems	Umbra Fisk	13 Jun 2007	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I would like to change to solar heating for providing some of our electricity requirements, particularly for hot water. Can you advise me how to go about it? Leela Pienaar Grahamstown, South Africa Dearest Leela, I notice you're in South Africa. I can talk about solar equipment as found in the U.S., and perhaps these general thoughts will be useful to you. Since the web is worldwide, I was able to see a ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, energy, renewable energy, solar thermal power (all these topics)

Solar: such a tease It could be fantastic, but nobody's built any	David Roberts	14 May 2007	Gristmill

Topics: placemaking, energy, solar voltaic power, solar thermal power (all these topics)

Our main resource shortages: Wisdom and kindness Population is not the short-term problem	Gar Lipow	10 May 2007	Gristmill

Topics: energy, population, solar thermal power, solar voltaic power, water conflicts (all these topics)

What's Produced Here Stays Here Air Force, Nevada go all crazy with the solar energy		19 Apr 2007	Daily Grist
What's Produced Here Stays Here Air Force, Nevada go all crazy with the solar energy The largest solar photovoltaic plant in North America is coming soon to an Air Force base near you -- if you live in Nevada. Nellis Air Force Base will install 140 acres of solar panels, powering 30 percent of its electricity needs and reducing electric bills by some $1 million a year. "It allows the Ai ...
Topics: energy, Nevada, news, solar thermal power, solar voltaic power (all these topics)

Ed Over Heels A new reality series reveals what it's like living with eco-celeb Ed Begley Jr.	Sarah van Schagen	02 Jan 2007	Main Dish
Nick and Jessica had their "chicken of the sea." Sharon and Ozzy had their bleepity bleep-bleep. And now Ed and Rachelle have ... plastic rain barrels. Ed Begley Jr. Photo: Tricia Lee Pascoe That's Ed Begley Jr. and his wife, actress Rachelle Carson. They're the stars of Living with Ed, a six-episode series premiering on HGTV in January that puts a domestic spi ...
Topics: celebrity, energy at home, energy efficiency, green living, solar thermal power, TV (all these topics)

Master of Her Green Domain Hollywood Couple Builds Eco-Friendly Hideaway		31 Jul 2003	Daily Grist

Topics: celebrity, energy efficiency, green building, green living, renewable energy, solar thermal power (all these topics)

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