NEWS of TREC, CSP AND HVDC 2008
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Here are links to web pages containing news of TREC, the DESERTEC proposals, CSP or HVDC (or any combination of those things). On other pages, there is related news and an archive of news reports about TREC. News from 2007 (and 2006 and the later parts of 2005) can be found on the 2007 news page.
- DESERTEC: Reports which make specific mention of TREC or the DESERTEC proposals.
- CSP: Reports with a focus on CSP.
- CSP-PROJECT: News of specific CSP projects.
- CSP-FACTORY
- HVDC: Reports with a focus on large-scale HVDC transmission grids or the creation of a Europe-wide or EUMENA-wide single market for electricity, or both..
- CSP-PROCESS: The use of solar heat or electricity from CSP plants to power industrial processes, including the synthesis of fuels.
- CPV: Reports about the use of PV in conjunction with the concentrating technique.
- M denotes a contribution to the media by a member of TREC or TREC-UK.
MAY
APRIL
Date |
Area |
Title |
Source |
See also |
M |
30 |
DESERTEC |
Is Desert Solar Power the Solution to Europe's Energy Crisis? |
Spiegel Online |
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|
30 |
CSP |
SkyFuel gets $17 million in venture funding |
New Mexico Business Weekly |
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|
29 |
CSP |
We're off to see the wizard - Storing energy using ammonia |
The Oil Drum |
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|
23 |
CSP |
Nevada No. 2 in solar power development |
Review Journal |
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|
23 |
CSP |
Solar Energy in Egypt - Joining California & India with commercial scale hybrid power plants |
Eco World |
|
|
23 |
HVDC |
In search of the missing piece in the renewables jigsaw |
Business Green |
|
|
23 |
CSP |
Harnessing the sun: The future of green jobs |
The Washington Independent |
|
|
22 |
CSP |
11 Solar thermal companies powering up |
Earth2Tech |
|
|
21 |
DESERTEC |
Solar Power From Africa: The best investment the EU can make |
Solve Climate |
|
|
21 |
DESERTEC |
Deserts to power the world |
NewsBlaze |
|
|
18 |
CSP |
Stirling engines meet solar power in the desert |
CleanTech |
|
|
17 |
DESERTEC |
Deserts could provide world's energy using concentrated solar power |
African Energy News Review |
|
|
15 |
CSP |
New Ways to Store Solar Energy for Nighttime and Cloudy Days |
NY Times |
|
|
15 |
CSP |
The best technology to protect the earth |
Grist |
|
|
15 |
CSP |
Concentrating solar power with storage (CSPwS): Foundation of the renewable grid in the west |
Solar South West |
|
|
15 |
CSP |
The race between two forms of sunlight |
Dot Earth |
|
|
15 |
CSP |
New ways to store solar energy for nighttime and cloudy days |
New York Times |
|
|
15 |
CSP |
Concentrated solar power: Another great new-old idea |
Speculist |
Uncommon Sense |
|
14 |
CSP |
Concentrated solar thermal power — a core climate solution |
Climate Progress |
|
|
14 |
CSP |
The technology that will save humanity |
Salon.com |
|
|
12 |
CSP-PROJECT |
Mega solar: the world’s 13 biggest solar thermal energy projects |
EcoWorldly |
|
|
12 |
HVDC |
PowerGrid’s undersea line to link India, Sri Lanka |
The Financial Express |
|
|
12 |
CSP |
Concentrating solar collectors can gather a lot of energy |
Pittsburgh Tribune Reviews |
|
|
11 |
CSP |
Eskom going solar |
Shed It |
|
|
11 |
CSP |
Do we need a massive government program to generate breakthroughs to make solar energy cost-competitive? |
GristMill |
|
|
11 |
CSP |
America funding Persian Gulf renewable energy investments |
Daily Kos |
|
|
10 |
CSP |
Solar Energy | Carrizo Energy solar farm |
Renewable Energy Development |
|
|
8 |
CSP |
1,000 Acres of giant solar mirrors to rise in Israel's Desert, finally |
Solve Climate |
|
|
8 |
CSP |
Ahead of the curve? Fresnel technology in CSP |
Renewable Energy World |
|
|
4 |
HVDC |
ABB Technology gives offshore wind farms new capabilities |
Electric Net |
|
|
4 |
CSP-PROJECT |
Bright Source of solar thermal power |
CarbonFree |
Renewable Energy World, TreeHugger, Sustainable Business |
|
3 |
CSP |
Concentrating Solar Power could generate 200 billion dollars in investment by 2020 |
Solar Daily |
|
|
2 |
CSP |
Solel to build $140M manufacturing facility for solar power in Spain |
Solel |
|
|
2 |
CSP |
Concentrating on the important things - solar thermal power |
The Oil Drum |
|
|
2 |
CPV |
Emcore wins $4.6m follow-on order for CPV receiver assemblies |
Semiconductor Today |
CNN Money |
|
1 |
DESERTEC |
Desert power: A solar renaissance |
Geotimes |
|
|
1 |
CSP |
PG&E signs contracts with BrightSource Energy for up to 900 megawatts of solar thermal power |
Yahoo |
CleanTech, Reuters, Meta Efficient, IT Spot |
|
1 |
CSP |
Parabolic troughs: CSP's quiet achiever (PDF, 534 KB) |
Renewable Energy Focus, (March/April 2008, pp 46-50). This an article by Stewart Taggart, Coordinator of TREC-Australia and a member of TREC-UK |
|
M |
1 |
CSP |
Letter of the month - Fuels for the future |
Geographical, magazine of the Royal Geographical Society via TREC |
|
|
MARCH
Date |
Area |
Title |
Source |
See also |
M |
31 |
CSP |
Concentrating Solar Power - Technology, cost, and markets |
GreenTech Media |
|
|
31 |
HVDC |
EU's Piebalgs says grid infrastructure needed quickly for offshore wind energy |
Forbes |
|
|
31 |
HVDC |
Power Grid Corp signs loan agreements with WB, ADB |
India Info Online |
Economic Times |
|
29 |
CSP |
Concentrating Solar Power - Why CSPs can help meet the nation's demand for energy |
Green Chip Stocks |
|
|
29 |
CSP |
Concentrating solar power in brief |
NewsBlaze |
|
|
28 |
CSP |
Mirror, mirror ... solar energy in the European limelight page 2 page 3 page 4 page 5
Scanned image available only. (To enlarge the image of each page, click '+' with Firefox or the 'enlarge' button with Internet Explorer). |
Dr Henner Gladen, European Sustainable Energy Review, Issue 1, 2008, pages 28-32. |
|
|
28 |
CSP-PROJECT |
Will South Africa lead the solar energy revolution? |
Environmental News Network |
|
|
28 |
HVDC |
Kergord Valley lands role as wind farm's power centre |
Shetland Today |
|
|
27 |
HVDC |
E.ON, ABB developing windfarm project in Germany |
Reliable Plant |
|
|
26 |
HVDC |
ABB to connect German offshore wind farms to power grid |
Automation |
|
|
24 |
CSP |
Florida utility jumps into California solar market |
Green Wombat |
Reuters |
|
20 |
|
Low-cost solar thermal plants at heart of Algerian-German research push 4 |
Renewable Energy World |
|
|
19 |
CSP |
Solar Energy - Mojave Solar Park (CSP) |
Renewable Energy Development |
Solar Industry |
|
19 |
HVDC |
Nexans wins 150 mln euro power cable contract |
Reuters |
Nexans, Hemscott, Norway Post |
|
19 |
HVDC |
SSE subsidiary consults on Scotland-Shetland transmission line |
Trading Markets |
|
|
19 |
CSP |
Ausra: solar power around the clock, enough for 90% of U.S. grid |
TreeHugger |
|
|
18 |
CSP |
Desert sunrise: Concentrating solar power makes worldwide progress |
Renewable Energy |
|
|
17 |
CSP |
World’s largest 38500-meal solar kitchen in India |
Inhabitat |
|
|
16 |
HVDC |
India-Sri Lanka power transfer project feasibility report soon |
The Hindu - Business Line |
|
|
14 |
CPV |
More than 200 industry leaders to attend the Concentrated Photovoltaic Summit 08 in Madrid |
CPV Today via TREC |
|
|
12 |
CSP |
Torresol Energy, new joint compay by SENER and Masdar |
Individual.com |
Greentech, AME, CNET, Treehugger, Emirates 24/7 |
|
10 |
CPV |
SolFocus aims to beat coal with solar concentrators |
EcoGeek |
|
|
7 |
|
Solar Millennium raises $78 million |
Renewable Energy |
|
|
6 |
CSP |
Rising fuel prices make the budding field of solar thermal technology more viable |
International Herald Tribune |
|
|
4 |
|
Solar energy has bright future — if Senate acts |
Senator John Ensign |
|
|
4 |
|
SCHOTT breaks ground in New Mexico |
Renewable Energy |
International Herald Tribune, PV Tech |
|
3 |
|
Thermal power heats up Nevada |
Time |
|
|
2 |
|
Go solar, presenter says |
Taipei Times |
|
|
1 |
DESERTEC |
Concentrating solar power and the proposed HVDC supergrid (PDF, 397 KB, Science in Parliament, Spring 2008, pp. 34-36). This is a briefing report and notes prepared following a "breakfast" meeting of the Scientific and Parliamentary Committee in the House of Commons on 2007-11-13. The briefing report is by Gerry Wolff and Neil Crumpton and the notes are by Professor Peter Simpson, Secretary of the Committee. |
UK Parliament |
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FEBRUARY
Date |
Area |
Title |
Source |
See also |
M |
29 |
CSP |
Solar without the Panels |
Technology Review |
Gizmodo |
|
29 |
CSP |
Concentrated Solar Power and energy storage |
Leonardo Energy |
|
|
29 |
DESERTEC |
Mega solar concentrators |
EcoWorld |
|
M |
28 |
|
Arizona-a brave new green solar world |
Gather |
The Varsity |
|
28 |
DESERTEC |
DESERTEC proposals debated in UK Parliament
(ASF file, Windows Media, 44.4 MB). This is a video recording of a speech by Dr Howard Stoate MP and a reply by Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks MP about the DESERTEC proposals, in the House of Commons. There is also a Hansard transcipt of the debate. |
UK Parliament |
Arabian Business, CarbonFree |
|
27 |
CSP-PROJECT |
Eskom looks to the rising sun |
Mail & Guardian Online |
|
|
27 |
DESERTEC |
Desertec. Isn't the sun in the desert ? |
Shake Your Planet |
|
|
26 |
DESERTEC |
A solar powered world? |
Environmental News Network |
|
|
26 |
CSP |
Green Britain gears up for climate change battle |
Renewable Energy World |
|
|
26 |
DESERTEC |
Bold energy plan to be debated in parliament |
NewsBlaze |
|
M |
25 |
DESERTEC |
DESERTEC: solar energy from MENA to Europe |
Arab Environment Watch |
|
|
25 |
CSP |
Sun shines on solar power |
Engineer Live |
|
|
24 |
|
Ray of hope? |
World Architecture News |
|
|
22 |
CSP-PROJECT |
Nevada Solar One generator dedicated |
Forbes |
U.S.News, Clean Technica, EcoWorld, Business Energy Review |
|
22 |
CSP |
Solar thermal power poised for prime time |
World Watch Institute |
|
|
21 |
CSP |
The power of concentration |
Economist |
|
|
21 |
CSP-PROJECT |
Abengoa, APS to build 280-MW solar plant in Arizona |
Energy Current |
BusinessWire, Phoenix Business Journal, Green Energy News, Arizona Republic, Sustainable Business Green Energy News, Business Week, Inhabitat |
|
20 |
CSP |
Smoke and mirrors or a blueprint for clean energy? |
World Architecture News |
|
|
20 |
HVDC |
Siemens commissions 3000 MW HVDC transmission system in China |
Power Engineering |
FinChannel, Power Online |
|
20 |
|
Renewable energy: desert dreams |
Time Magazine |
|
|
19 |
DESERTEC |
Clean Power from the Deserts |
Oil Depletion Analysis Centre |
|
M |
17 |
DESERTEC |
Hello Sunshine (PDF, 2.1 MB, Geographical, March 2008) |
Geographical |
|
M |
16 |
DESERTEC |
Saharan Solar Power |
EcoWorld |
|
|
16 |
|
U.S. has more sun but Europe has more solar power…for now |
ZDNet Blogs |
|
|
15 |
|
Salmond push for power 'supergrid' |
Scotsman |
The Herald, Scottish Government |
|
15 |
|
Modern investors turn into sun worshippers |
Daily Telegraph |
|
|
15 |
|
Solar power comes of age ((JPG, 1.3 MB, Carbon2Share, Issue 10, Spring 2008—newsletter produced by Colin Challen MP). This is a slightly updated version of Win-win: concentrating solar power published in Greenpeace Business in July 2007. To enlarge the image, click the '+' with Firefox or the 'enlarge' button with Internet Explorer.) |
Carbon2Share |
|
|
14 |
CSP |
Cool Earth Solar generates power with 'solar balloons' |
CNet |
Seeker Blog, Smart Planet |
|
12 |
|
Sandia, Stirling Energy Systems set new world record for solar-to-grid conversion efficiency |
Sandia |
Power Engineering, Environment News Service, Ecofriend, VNUNet, TreeHugger, Azonano, Green Wombat |
|
11 |
CSP |
$22b Masdar City to rely mainly on outside funds |
Council of Canadians London Chapter - Environment & Climate Change Protection Committee |
Intelligent Trave |
|
11 |
CSP |
Infinia dish turns out solar power with Stirling engine |
Green Tech Blog |
Reuters, GreenTechMedia |
|
10 |
|
Israel to hold tender for solar energy plants |
Reuters |
|
|
8 |
|
New solar, n-power forms answer to global warming |
Freshnews |
|
|
7 |
|
Google to Outspend US Government on Environment |
Planetsave |
MatterNetwork, Reuters, Climate Ark, NZ Herald |
|
7 |
CSP |
Concentrating Solar Power experts to meet in Barcelona |
Objectif Terre |
|
|
7 |
|
Costing the Earth (mp3 - 11M) |
BBC |
|
|
7 |
|
The pros and cons of solar power |
BBC |
|
|
7 |
|
Shyam Ponappa: Initiatives for renewable energy |
Business Standard |
|
|
6 |
HVDC |
Transpower Considering HVDC Replacement Options |
Transmission and Distribution World |
|
|
6 |
|
Solar field site seen |
Monte Vista Journal |
|
|
5 |
CPV |
SolFocus installs first solar array for 3MW Spanish CPV project |
Semiconductor Today |
|
|
4 |
HVDC |
Dull Revolutions: HVDC Power Transmission |
Al Fin |
|
|
4 |
|
Renewables: can they deliver? |
Greening the Economy |
|
|
2 |
HVDC |
Life in the Electric Age |
Always On |
|
|
2 |
CSP |
Qatar eyes solar power to meet surging demand: report |
Reuters |
|
|
1 |
HVDC |
Scottish islands seek aid for subsea green power 'export' link |
Power Engineering |
This is North Scotland |
|
1 |
|
A bright future for solar energy? |
NPR (podcast) |
|
|
1 |
CSP |
CSP concentrates the mind |
Renewable Energy Focus |
|
M |
JANUARY
Date |
Area |
Title |
Source |
See also |
M |
31 |
CPV |
EMCORE Corporation enters into a multi-year agreement to supply solar concentrator photovoltaic systems for utility scale power projects in the southwestern US |
CNN Money |
Semiconductor Today |
|
30 |
CSP |
Stirling Energy: Concentrating solar |
NewEnergyNews |
|
|
29 |
|
Supergrid could provide 30% of Europe’s electricity |
David Strahan |
|
|
29 |
|
Peak water in Saudi Arabia |
The Oil Drum |
|
|
29 |
CSP |
Renewable energy - let us not waste an opportunity |
Times of Malta |
|
|
28 |
CSP |
Dark clouds in solar thermal industry: ITC and transmission lines |
Earth2Tech |
|
|
28 |
HVDC |
Supergrid could provide 30% of Europe's electricity |
Global Public Media |
|
|
27 |
HVDC |
GCC power grid in 3 phases |
Khaleej Times |
|
|
24 |
CSP |
CSP: Market Trends and New Technologies (podcast) |
Renewable Energy Access |
|
|
24 |
TREC |
Biography: Gerhard Knies |
CNN |
|
|
23 |
CSP |
Masdar to build CSP plant worth up to $500 million |
Khaleej Times |
CleanTech, AME Info, The Lazy Environmentalist, Tackle Climate Change, Industrial Ecology, Gulf News, Menafn, India Times, NYTimes Science Blog |
|
23 |
CSP |
Haryana plans to set up solar energy based power project |
India Times |
Business Standard |
|
21 |
|
Desert state channels oil wealth into world's first sustainable city |
Guardian |
|
|
21 |
CSP |
Stirling Energy takes on the solar power challenge |
USA Today |
The Daily Green |
|
20 |
HVDC |
No new transmission means little renewable energy |
Alt Energy Stocks |
|
|
19 |
DESERTEC |
Peter Meisen at GENI on DESERTEC |
The Lazy Environmentalist |
|
M |
19 |
CSP |
Concentrated Solar Power Summit in San Francisco |
1888 Press Release |
CarbonFree |
|
18 |
CSP |
Google warms to solar thermal energy |
Financial Times |
GreenDaily, Grist, GreenTech, Clean Energy News, Green VC, Power Engineering International, Fair Investment, Seeker Blog, New Energy News, The Bulletin, Polizeros |
|
17 |
|
German industry giant MAN sees bright future for solar energy in the Middle East |
AME Info |
|
|
17 |
HVDC |
Study backs undersea cable to export Scotland's wind and wave power |
The Scotsman |
Shetland Today, Shetland News |
|
16 |
|
Solar, not nuclear |
CleanTech |
|
M |
16 |
TREC |
Solar renders nuclear unnecessary |
SciDevNet |
|
M |
16 |
CSP |
Concentrating solar power experts to meet in Barcelona |
Green Power Energy Conferences |
|
|
15 |
CPV |
SolFocus first to install solar array for 3 MW Spanish CPV project |
Earth Times |
|
|
15 |
CPV |
'Concentrated PV' solar power plant hits mark in Spain |
CNET News |
|
|
14 |
CSP |
UK's Ecofin buys 40% of Solel Solar Systems |
Cleantech Investing in Israel |
Green Tech Media, Business Green, Clean Tech, Sustainable Business, Earth2Tech |
|
14 |
|
Cheaper solar power |
The Engineer Online |
|
|
14 |
|
SCHOTT to build facility in New Mexico |
Renewable Energy Access |
EarthTimes, Industry Week, GreenTech, CleanTech, Sacramento Business Journal, La Cruces Sun-News, CNET News, Green Wombat, OpEdNews, Energy Business Review, Photonics, Semiconductor International, Desert USA |
|
13 |
CSP |
Israeli EDIG Solar provides hybrid solution for cloudy days |
Israel 21c |
|
|
12 |
CSP |
Xcel seeks bids for solar project |
Denver Post |
|
|
12 |
CSP |
A kicker for solar power |
Business Standard |
|
|
11 |
CSP |
Solar Thermal Towers And How They Work |
The Global Warming Awareness |
|
|
11 |
CSP |
Solar, not nuclear |
News Blaze |
|
M |
11 |
CSP |
Go renewable, not nuclear |
Comment is Free (Guardian) |
|
M |
10 |
CSP |
Solar power gets hot |
Now Magazine |
|
|
9 |
CSP |
SEPA Showcases Spanish CSP Plants; Announces Conference Call Series |
Renewable Energy Access |
Technology for Life |
|
9 |
DESERTEC |
Trans-Mediterranean Renewable Energy Cooperation (TREC) |
Synergy Module |
|
|
9 |
DESERTEC |
Trans-Mediterranean Renewable Energy Cooperation |
Energy and Capital |
|
|
8 |
|
Super soaker inventor aims to cut solar costs in half |
Popular Mechanics |
Renew News, Discovery Channel |
|
8 |
|
Energy Bill Troubles Solar Industry |
Forbes |
|
|
8 |
CSP |
After peak oil: Will America survive? |
World Change Cafe |
|
|
8 |
HVDC |
PGCIL to call bids for $1 bn transmission system in Feb |
India Times |
India Info Line |
|
7 |
CSP |
Dr. David Kearney, pioneer in U.S. solar power industry, joins SkyFuel |
Sky Fuel |
|
|
7 |
HVDC |
HVDC transmission for renewable energy |
Sindark.com |
|
|
7 |
HVDC |
Towards a world wide web of electricity |
P2P Foundation |
|
|
4 |
CSP-PROCESS |
Scientists use sunlight to make fuel from CO2 |
Wired |
IEEE Spectrum, Sandia National Laboratories, BitTech, In Pursuit of Happiness, Renewable Energy Access, Politics and Current Affairs |
|
3 |
CPV |
A concentrated power boost for solar energy |
MrGreen.biz |
|
|
3 |
CSP |
SolarReserve: salty solar thermal |
Earth2tech |
Inventorspot.com, The Motley Fool, After Gutenberg, BusinessGreen, CleanTech, Inhabitat, Technology News and Product Reviews |
|
2 |
HVDC |
Power across China |
The Engineer Online |
|
|
|
CSP |
A solar grand plan |
Scientific American |
Countercurrents.org, Earth2tech, Invisiblegreenhand, Tchgetting2zero, SmartPowerBlog, Climate Today, New Energy News, Scientific American podcast, Wicked Local, Whorled View, Fat Knowledge, GristMill |
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