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 earlier years can be found via the 2007 news page.

News about specific CSP plants and projects can be seen on Google Earth via a link from our resources 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.
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 Desertec-UK.

DECEMBER

Date	Area	Title	Source	See also	M
31	CSP	Tapping sunshine	Deccan Herald
24	CSP	Abengoa’s 280 MW Solena solar plant to use molten salt	Solar Guide Pro
23	Desertec	Samer Zureikat talks about MENA Cleantech and the Desertec project	AOL TV
23	CSP	Sopogy, Inypsa & Omniwatt announce 50-MW MicroCSP plant	Renewable Energy World
22	CSP	Turning on solar thermal power	EcoWorld
22	CSP	150 Solar startups, Part 6: Concentrating Solar Power (CSP)	GreenTechMedia
22	CPV	Concentrix opens production line for CPV	Renewable Energy World
20	CSP-PROJECT	Solar-powered plant to be built in Daegu	Joongang Daily
19	Desertec	Gerry Wolff at TREC-UK on UfM's Desertec plans	Blinkx		M
18	CSP	SCE gets CPUC approval for 245-MW solar thermal plans	Renewable Energy World
18	CPV	Greek solar project uses concentrator photovoltaic technology	CarbonFree
18	CSP PROJECT	SCE gets CPUC approval for 245-MW solar thermal plans	Renewable Energy World
16	HVDC	Offshore wind farms sparked by HVDC	Control Engineering
15	CSP	SolFocus lands Greek deal for concentrated solar	CNET
15	CSP	Study: Wind, solar baseload easily beat nuclear	The Grist
14	CSP	A passion for solar power	The Business Press
13	CSP	Concentrated solar thermal power	New Energy Direction
12	CSP-PROJECT	Green energy station to be built in Badaling area	People's Daily
12	CSP	UA institute to establish solar park	AZ Star
12	Desertec	Green 'super-grid' could let Europe harness African Sun	New Scientist
11	CSP	Creating new jobs, cutting carbon emissions, and reducing oil imports by investing in renewable energy and energy efficiency	Earth Policy Institute
10	CSP	Wind, water and sun beat biofuels, nuclear and coal for clean energy, researcher says	PhysOrg
10	CSP	Wind, water and sun beat other energy alternatives, study finds	Stanford News Service
10	CSP	Siemens to supply 123-MW steam turbine-generator for California solar thermal power plant	Green Energy for Earth
9	Desertec	Energy COOL: A powerful renewable vision (reprise)	Get Energy Smart Now
8	CSP-PROJECT	Abengoa's PS20 solar farm gets ready for inauguration	CSP Today
8	CSP-PROJECT	SCE gets approval for a solar facility	CSP Today
8	CSP-PROJECT	FPL breaks ground on hybrid solar energy plant	CSP Today
8	CSP-PROJECT	Acme to set up 100MW solar thermal power plant	CSP Today	Indiaserver
8	HVDC	ANALYSIS-European supergrid far-fetched but possible	Forexpros
8	CSP	The Energy Debates: Solar Farms	Live Science
5	Desertec	Solar Plan (MSP) becomes the flagship project of the Union for the Mediterranean	SolarServer
5	HVDC	Europe planning supergrids that would provide 100% clean energy	Device Dailly
5	CSP	Tight credit market unplugs renewable energy construction	Phoenix Business Journal
3	CSP	Solar thermal projects gather steam -- and opposition	LA TIMES
3	CSP	Solar industry pleads for more federal help	San Francisco Business Times
3	CSP	Hot Question: How big should solar get?	Wall Street Journal
2	HVDC	Europe backs supergrids	Technology Review
2	HVDC	Europe begins work on supergrid	Red Mullet
2	HVDC	Probing for fluff in Europe's supergrids vision	EnergyWise
2	CSP-PROJECT	Hybrid solar plant to reduce need for fossil fuel	Associated Press	Reuters
2	CSP-PROCESS	DLR scientists achieve solar hydrogen production in a 100-kilowatt pilot plant	FuelCellWorks	Hydrogen Motors
1	Desertec	Clean power from deserts (PDF, 456 KB, Forum CSR International, December 2008, pp 29-31). This is an article by Gerry Wolff, Coordinator of Desertec-UK.	Forum CSR International		M
1	CSP	Innovation in concentrating solar power - CSP. This is an article by Rob Palgrave, a member of Desertec-UK. There is also a PDF version (456 KB).	Renewable Energy Focus		M

NOVEMBER

Date	Area	Title	Source	See also
29	CSP	Nullarbor seen as a solar power oasis	The West
25	CSP-PROJECT	Spanish solar power tower almost ready	Earth2Tech
24	HVDC	Ultra-High Voltage transformer	High Voltage Info
24	CSP-PROJECT	Power in the desert: solar towers will harness sunshine of southern Spain	The Guardian	Greenpeace
23	CSP	Popularity contest	The Grist
20	CSP	Solar manufacturer Schott escapes economic woes	Forbes
20	CSP	Solar thermal comes out of the shadows	The Daily Climate
19	HVDC	Supergrid	Gather
18	CSP	NREL, Iberdrola begin solar measuring network	Sustainable Business	Colorado Energy News
18	CSP	Un concentrateur solaire portable de 1 500 watts	Enerzine
17	CSP	It's for sun, it's for wind, it's supergrid	New Energy News
17	CSP	Sorting intermittent supply in solar energy	CSP Today
14	CSP	EU Calls for energy supply shake-up	Der Spiegel
14	CSP-PROJECT	Solar Energy \| Kimberlina CSP Plant	Renewable Energy Development
14	HVDC	EU unveils plan to weaken Russian grip on gas supply	The Guardian
14	HVDC	European blueprint for offshore grid	Scottish Government
14	CPV	SolFocus releases new SF-1100S CPV system	Renewable Energy World	Treehugger, EcoGeek
13	CSP	Solar thermal and fossil energy working together	Green Energy News	CSP Today
13	CSP	Australia's potential for development of CSP gets reiterated	CSP Today
13	HVDC	High-performance transformers	Business Times
13	Desertec	EU’s ideas for energy looking tired	WWF
13	HVDC	Power supergrid plan to protect Europe from Russian threat to choke off energy	The Times
11	CSP	Lack of funding forces rethink	Financial Times
10	CSP-PROJECT	Mitsui Engineering wins order for UAE solar thermal test plant	Trading Markets
10	CSP	Al Gore details five-step plan to clean electricity	CNet
9	CSP	The climate for change	NY Times
6	CSP	Solar Millennium sells stake in Andasol power plants to solar funds	CSP Today
6	CSP-PROJECT	Andasol 1 goes into operation	Renewable Energy World
5	CSP	Running on empty: deserts could solve energy crisis	The Age
5	Desertec	Lack of political will slowing Europe's renewables revolution, engineers say	Guardian
5	HVDC	Berlin urged to speed up energy project	Onet
4	CPV	World’s largest concentrating solar PV project announced by SolFocus	TreeHugger
3	CSP	Researchers explore hybrid concentrated solar energy system	Renewable Energy World
2	CSP	Europe's dream of endless energy	Zukunfstreffe
1	CSP	Solar thermal power may make sun-powered grid a reality	Popular Mechanics

OCTOBER

Date	Area	Title	Source	See also	M
31	CSP	Thermal solar power: Why concentrating on the sun promises a bright future	Financial Times
31	CPV	Green Volts green grant for concentrated solar	Carbon Free
30	CSP	Solar Millennium sells stake in Andasol CSP projects	Renewable Energy World
28	CPV	Concentrix Solar and Abengoa Solar successfully connect 2 MW power station to Spanish grid	Concentrix Solar	Solar Report
27	CSP	Abengoa marks investment worth $1.35 billion a year	CSP Today
27	CSP	"I have inquiries for projects equal to thousands of megawatts around Australia"	CSP Today
27	CSP	ICP Solar plans to acquire Ibersolar of Spain	CSP Today
27	CSP	MAR prepares for new welding technology to be applied to solar panel assembly	CSP Today
26	CSP	Solar development in Jordan	New Energy News
25	CSP	Mega solar: the world’s 13 biggest solar thermal energy projects	Eco Worldly
24	CSP-PROJECT	Ausra launches first solar thermal plant in California in nearly 20 years	Renewable Energy World	Mercury News, CSP Today
23	CSP-PROJECT	Governor Schwarzenegger participates in launch of new solar energy facility	Office of the Governor	Environment News, SF Gate, Reuters, Treehugger, MSNBC, Inhabitat
22	CSP	'Thermal storage for dish-stirlings and solar towers still needs significant R&D work'	CSP Today
22	CSP	Siemens to supply an industrial steam turbine for Solar Tres plant	CSP Today
21	CSP	US Solar and APS move forward with solar thermal storage technologies	CSP Today
20	CSP	Is the Sun setting on solar power in Spain?	Scientific American
20	CSP	Commissioner Piebalgs visits two state-of-the-art solar plants in southern Spain supported with EU-funds	Europa
18	CSP	Solar Thermal Electric Power	AMBL
18	CSP	US elections: who will avert the energy crisis? (New Scientist, 2008-10-18). This article contains a section about Professor David Mills of Ausra and their plans for CSP.	New Scientist
17	CSP-PROJECT	$4.3 million solar project will be built, tested north of Tucson	Tucson Citizen	AZStarBiz
16	CSP	GE gees up concentrated solar company	Carbon Free
15	CSP	TCE envisages building a solar thermal power pilot plant in Qatar	CSP Today
15	CSP	Energy storage: How solar can always meet demand	Renewable Energy World
15	CSP	APS, US Solar get $4.35 million grant	Phoenix Business Journal
15	CSP	Utility-scale solar power in the spotlight	Checkmate
14	CSP	Schott Solar signs contracts in the Middle East and the US	CSP Today
14	CSP	Concentrating solar outfit Soliant Energy gets General Electric investment	The Industry Standard	CSP Today
14	CSP	SkyFuel unveils SkyTrough technology	Renewable Energy World	CSP Today
12	CSP-PROJECT	World’s largest Solar Power Plant planned in Arizona for 2011	Inspiring News
11	CSP	SolarTAC to accelerate solar technology development	EcoFriendly Mag
10	CSP	Return of the solar power tower	IEEE Spectrum
10	CSP	Researchers from three continents join forces on solar rooftop project	Get Solar
10	CSP	SkyFuel unveils the SkyTrough(TM): the world's highest performance, lowest cost utility-scale solar power system	Market Watch	Clean Technica, Earth Talk
7	CSP	Largest solar thermal storage plant to start up	IEEE Spectrum
7	CSP-PROJECT	Army plans 500-megawatt solar thermal farm	CNET	CSP Today
3	CPV	Cool Earth Solar bets on new, money-saving technology	San Francisco Business Times	Nonimanager
2	CSP	Ausra Secures US $60.6M in funding	Renewable Energy World
2	CSP	$76m lights up solar tech maker	Australian IT
1	CSP	California solar developers have eye on southwestern New Mexico	IStockAnalyst
1	CSP	Google proposes $4.4 trillion clean energy plan	PC World	GreenVC, Its Getting Hot in Here, Green Prudence, New Energy News
1	CSP	Largest solar thermal storage plant to start up	IEEE
1	Desertec	Clean power from deserts (PDF, 465 KB), Arab Water World XXXII (10), p 20, October 2008). This is an article by Gerry Wolff, Coordinator of TREC-UK.	Arab Water World		M
1	CSP	Solar developer Ausra gets $60M private investments	Reuters

SEPTEMBER

Date	Area	Title	Source	See also	M
30	CSP	CSP: bright future for linear fresnel technology? (PDF, 368 KB, Renewable Energy Focus, September/October 2008, pp 48-51). This article is by Graham Ford, CEO of HelioDynamics Ltd and member of TREC-UK.	Renewable Energy Focus		M
30	CSP	Electricity: levelling the renewables playing field (PDF, 1028 KB, Renewable Energy Focus, September/October 2008, pp 42-47). This article is by Polly Higgins, barrister and member of TREC-UK.	Renewable Energy Focus		M
30	CSP	Solar eclipse?	Site Selection
30	CPV	Fraunhofer ISE researchers achieve 39.7% solar cell efficiency	Renewable Energy World
28	Desertec	Africa’s dazzling vision	Times Online
25	CSP-PROJECT	Major solar facility has ACC approval	AZ Star Net
25	Desertec	Could solar power from Africa supply all Europe’s energy?	Business Magazine
24	CSP	INTERVIEW-Sahara solar scheme could power poor West Africa. The Akosombo Declaration referred to in this report may be downloaded as a PDF file (152 KB)	Reuters		M
24	Desertec	Giant Mirrors Tap Sun, Subsidies in Europe's Clean Power Bid	Bloomberg
23	CSP	Reliance Power plans to tap opportunities in wind, solar power	India Times
22	CSP	DOE funds $67.6 million to develop cost-competive solar power storage by 2015	North Coast Oregon	Sustainable Business
19	CSP	DOE to fund 15 new solar projects	Energy Current	Electric Assets
17	HVDC	A national grid will make renewable electricity work	The Grist
17	CSP	SolarReserve gets US $140M Series B Funding	Renewable Energy World	Renewable Energy Jobs
13	CSP-PROJECT	APS announces new solar power plant, among world’s largest	Solar Guide Pro
12	HVDC	ABB delivers longest underwater power link	Edu Bourse
12	SUPERGRID	Supergrid proposal 'of European importance'	Low Carbon Economy	New Energy Focus
11	CSP	Solel Solar and Glaston Partner on $9M solar reflector manufacturing facility	Solar Energy News
11	CSP	3M to launch renewable energy unit	Sustainable Business
11	CSP	Solel & Glaston open US $9M solar reflector manufacturing facility	Renewable Energy World
10	CSP	'Clean' energy sources pushed	Deseret News
10	CPV	Concentrator-solar photovoltaic power at a quarter the cost: Morgan Solar Sun Simba HCPV	Treehugger
9	CSP, HVDC	A national electricity grid for Australia	The Oil Drum
9	CSP	The Sun is our unique source of energy	Blogactiv
9	Desertec	EU, Africa unveil 'ambitious' energy partnership	EUR Activ
7	CSP	Singur's lessons for solar power	Times of India
5	Desertec	Kingdom positioned to become solar power	Saudi Gazette
4	CSP	Investing in the renewable energy infrastructure	12 Degrees of Freedom
3	CSP PROJECT	Nagpur to house India's biggest solar thermal plant	India Times
3	CPV	CPV, Pt. 1: Stuck in the middle	GreenTech Media
3	Desertec	Svegliatevi, c'è il solare termico	La Stampa
3	CSP	Environment: Solar plant yields water and crops from the desert	Guardian	Peak Energy
2	CSP	Concentrating solar thermal power	Renewable Energy World
1	CSP	A national solar plan	Springs Blogger

AUGUST

Date	Area	Title	Source	See also
30	Desertec	"Soak up the sun to save the planet" on page 9	IPU Review
30	Desertec	Saudi Arabia positioned to become solar power	Gulf in the Media
29	HVDC	BritNed Submarine HVDC Cable To Connect UK And The Netherlands	Power Online
27	CSP	Ausra not blinded by the sun	Business Spectator
26	CSP, Desertec	The (renewable) electron economy, part 9	Grist
26	Desertec	Arabian Desert Solar: Better than Russian gas via Georgia	Solar Feeds
24	Desertec	Massive Saharan Solar Project Could Power $71 Billion EU Supergrid	Treehugger
23	SUPERGRID	African Solar Could Power all of Europe	Auto-Opstroom
23	CSP	Harvest The Sun	Times of India
22	CSP	New rays of hope for solar power’s future	Christian Science Monitor
22	Desertec	The Saudi Arabia Of Solar Energy	Forbes
21	CSP-PROJECT	Utility volunteers to close two coal plants in Colorado	Christian Science Monitor
20	CSP	The Renewable Electron Economy, Supplying Clean Energy - Summary for Policymakers Part 2	Green Thoughts
18	CSP	Green Engineering: Solar thermal technology heats up	EETimes
15	CSP	Giant solar power plant to tap Sahara sunshine	The Ecologist
15	CSP-PROJECT	Let The Sun Shine	Forbes	Epoch Times
13	CSP PROJECT	Abengoa Solar completes financing for Solnova 4 plant
13	CSP-PROJECT	Worley weighs up $1b Pilbara solar plant	Sydney Morning Herald	Sydney Morning Herald (Environment), The Age, This is Money, Bloomberg, The Australian Business
12	CSP	WorleyParsons' billion-dollar solar plan	Sydney Morning Herald
11	CSP	Capstone To Make Turbines that Run on Solar Power	Renewable Energy World	EcoTalks
11	Desertec	MPs get behind desert power scheme	Building Sustainability
9	CSP	New dawn for energy market	The National
6	CSP-PROJECT	Plans for first CSP plant in Asia	Renewable Energy World
6	CSP-PROJECT	Fresnel Solar Collector system in service	Renewable Energy World
5	CSP	New Energy: The Middle East Perspective	New Energy News

JULY

Date	Area	Title	Source	See also	M
31	CSP	CSP: dish projects inch forward (PDF, 276 KB, Renewable Energy Focus, July/August 2008, pp 52-54). This article is by Stewart Taggart, Director of Acquasol Infrastructure Ltd, Coordinator of Desertec-Australia, and member of TREC-UK.	Renewable Energy Focus		M
31	CPV	Competition heats up in concentrating solar firms	CNet
31	CPV	13 Startups working on Solar-Concentrating PV	Earth2Tech
31	CSP	Technologies shine on parabolic trough solar plants	Power Engineering
31	CSP-PROCESS	MIT researchers split water to store solar energy	CNet	Popular Mechanic
31	Desertec	Challenging 'voodoo' economics in the race for the best technology. This is an article by Polly Higgins of TREC-UK in the July 2008 issue (12) of Carbon2Share, published by Colin Challen MP. It is in three JPEG files: Section 1 (379 KB), Section 2 (270 KB), and Section 3 (341 KB). Click the '+' or 'enlarge' button to show each image full size.	Carbon2Share		M
31	Desertec	Tewfik Hasni (Algeria) and Calixte Jeuffrain (TREC-France) speak about the Desertec concept on French radio RFI (MP3, 4.6 MB, Les Visiteur de Jour, in French)	RFI		M
30	CPV	SolFocus builds out first phase of Spanish solar plant	Earth2Tech
30	CSP	Utah's Solar Fired Furnace to Power California for Less Than the Cost of Coal or Gas	Celsias
28	CSP	Solar baseload update	Climate Progress
28	CSP	Analysis: Roles and responsibilities in solar thermal	Business Intelligence- Middle East
28	CSP	Low-cost Solar Thermal Plants at Heart of Algerian-German Research Push	Vision
27	Desertec	Lighting up Europe from North America	New Energy News
25	CSP	Govt gets cracking on climate plan	Times of India
24	Desertec	Growing Solar in the Desert	Matter Network
24	Desertec	Massive Saharan solar project could power $71 billion EU supergrid	TreeHugger
24	CSP	Solar Thermal Power Coming to a Boil	YubaNet
23	Desertec	Dr Gerhard Knies, Coordinator of TREC, is interviewed by Robin Lustig on BBC Radio 4, The World Tonight, 2008-07-23 (Audio RAM, 1.8 MB)	BBC		M
23	CSP	SHEC Labs Takes First for Most Efficient Solar Concentration	EcoGeek	Good Clean Tech
23	CSP	Solar power comes to the boil	Earth Policy Institute
23	Desertec	Solar power from Saharan sun could provide Europe's electricity, says EU	Guardian	Daily Mail, Telegraph
22	Desertec	Saharan sun to power European supergrid	Guardian
22	CSP	Solar thermal power coming to a boil	Earth Policy
22	CSP	New solar thermal plant buoys spanish investors	Planet Ark
21	CSP	Britain wants more electric vehicles in Europe Transcript of the British Prime Minister's remarks delivered at the Union for the Mediterranean Summit in Paris. 13 July 2008 and that it contains a strong endorsement of the concept of "clean power from deserts"	Commodity Online
20	Desertec	MEPs urge action on renewable energy	NewsBlaze
19	Desertec	Solar power in Europe (2008-07-19). This is a radio programme about the Desertec ideas on ABC Radio (Australia). It includes several sections of an interview with Polly Higgins of TREC-UK.	ABC Radio		M
17	Desertec	Gerry Wolff at TREC-UK on UfM's Desertec plans	BrightCove		M
17	CSP	Concentrated solar market a little more concentrated	Carbon Free
17	CSP-PROJECT	Big push for big solar	Carbon Free
16	CSP-PROJECT	Sopogy's MicroCSP solar farm breaks ground in Hawaii	Renewable Energy World	KHNL
15	CSP	Sopogy thinks small to make megawatts of solar power	CNet
14	CPV	MIT’s revolutionary new concentrated solar array	Inhabitat	MSNBC
14	Desertec	Brown backs "major investment" in solar energy	New Energy Focus
13	CSP	TNEB to buy solar power at Rs 3.15/kWh	The Hindu Business Line
13	Desertec	North Sea could be 'Gulf of future'	Press Association	New Energy Focus
11	CSP	The Southwest desert's real estate boom	CNN Money
10	CSP	Concentrating solar power: Oasis or mirage?	Allianz
10	CSP	Technology could streamline solar power
10	CSP	Solar thermal power just got hotter with linear Fresnel technology	Plenty
9	CSP	Concentrating solar power (approx. 8 minutes of streaming sound, DW-world.de, Deutsche Welle Radio, 2008-07-09). This is another audio piece about CSP by Naomi Fowler, including interviews with Polly Higgins of TREC-UK.	Deutsche Welle Radio		M
9	CSP-PROJECT	Florida Power & Light goal: 3 solar plants in 2009	Think South
7	CSP-PROJECT	Big Island solar farm to begin construction	Think Green Hawaii
5	CSP	California ballot: Betting on Big Solar	News Review (Sacramento)
4	CSP	200 MW Solar Thermal Power	Terraform Earth	EnviroMission
3	CSP	New Mexico Utilities Bonding Over Solar Power Project	earth2tech
3	CSP	A solar-powered economy: How solar thermal can replace coal, gas and oil	Renewable Energy World
2	CSP	Egyptian centre to push Middle East renewables	SciDev
2	CSP	US government agency reverses moratorium on solar power proposals	CNN Money	Review Journal
1	Desertec	Concentrated solar power plants in North Africa could supply Europe	Building Services Journal

JUNE

Date	Area	Title	Source	See also	M
30	CSP	Ausra's Las Vegas solar thermal plant comes online	CNet
29	CSP	Solar Grand Plans start answering basic questions	Miller McCune
27	CSP	Freezing the sun	The Economist
27	Desertec	Exploiter la richesse des déserts	Le Temps
26	CSP	Storing the sun: Molten salt provides highly efficient thermal storage	Renewable Energy World
25	CSP-PROJECT	FPL unveils plans for three Florida solar plants	Reuters
20	Desertec	Bringing Down The Cost of Energy	News Blaze		M
19	CSP	Top Seven at Intersolar	Burn Some Daylight
17	CSP	Islands in the sun	The Engineer
16	CSP	SCHOTT Solar plans 1GW capacity for CSP by end 2009 and for PV by 2012	PV Tech
16	CPV	Xtreme Energetics’ ultra-efficient, pretty solar systems catch HP’s eye	The Industry Standard
16	CSP	Queensland and Victoria's push for Solar Energy heats up	Solar Xpress
13	CSP	Clean desert power - (4.43 minutes streaming sound, Free Speech Radio News, 2008-06-13). This piece about CSP by Naomi Fowler includes interviews with Polly Higgins of TREC-UK. Download file (MP3, 4.4 MB).	Free Speech Radio Network		M
13	CSP	Clean desert power (audio segment)	Free Speech Radio News
13	CSP-PROJECT	Pics: Solar thermal demo plant rises in Israeli desert	Wired Science
13	CSP-PROJECT	PG&E inks deal with Martifer to buy 106.8 megawatts of solar-biofuel hybrid power	Venture Beat	Renewable Energy World, Reuters, Treehugger
12	CSP-PROJECT	Israel Site for California Solar Power Test	Planet Ark
11	CSP	Future of solar cells	Engineering Studies
11	CSP	Can the Canaries win the race for power survival?	Canary Green
7	CSP	Solar Thermal Energy: A New Way Forward	Science Tip Guides
6	CSP	Africa’s deserts could supply solar electricity to continent	Majimbo Kenya	Africa Science News
5	CSP	Concentrated solar power has a bright future	Environmental Finance
5	CSP-PROJECT	Dishing out new power	Herald Sun
5	CSP	Concentrated solar power has a bright future	Environmental Finance
4	CSP	Centre for Low Carbon Technology in Buildings set to fight climate change	Azobuild
4	CSP	DOE invests in solar thermal	CalFinder
4	CSP-PROJECT	In the tower of sun	Carbon Free
3	CPV	With transparent HP tech, pretty solar buildings?	CNet
3	CSP	Spain pioneering with solar thermal power	Rhein
3	CSP-PROJECT	eSolar scores 245MW solar deal in SoCal	earth2tech	GroovyGreen, Cnet, Reuters, Green Tech Media
1	HVDC	The New Breeds of HVDC	Utility Automation and Engineering
1	CSP	Ontario Wal-Mart Canada plan venture to provide Menova Energy with up to $5.9 million for solar demonstration on roof of Wal-Mart Store (pdf)	Power Spar (press release)

MAY

Date	Area	Title	Source	See also	M
31	CSP	Hot stuff: CSP and the power tower (PDF, 402 KB, Renewable Energy Focus, May/June 2008, pp 51-55). This article is by Stewart Taggart, Director of Acquasol Infrastructure Ltd, Coordinator of Desertec-Australia, and member of TREC-UK.	Renewable Energy Focus		M
29	CSP	Sopogy scores $9M funding from Omidyar, Hawaiian investors	Earth2Tech
28	CSP	SCHOTT inaugurates solar receiver plant	Renewable Energy World
27	CSP	Solar thermal technology gets its own conference at Intersolar 2008	Refrige
26	Desertec	A bright idea, harnessing desert sun	New Europe
25	Desertec	Edition of the "Analysis" programme about solar power on the BBC World Service. (MP3, 7.8 MB, May 2008). This programme contains interviews with Gerry Wolff, Coordinator of TREC-UK, and with Belen Gallego, Director of CSP Today and a member of TREC-UK. The interviewer is Monica Whitlock	BBC World Service		M
23	CSP	Google, Chevron build mirrors in desert to beat coal with solar	Bloomberg
22	CSP	Concentrating solar to reach 18 gigawatts by 2020	GreenTech Media
21	Desertec	Desertec – Vers un plan solaire français pour la Méditerranée	NaturaVox
20	CSP	Solar Islands: A new concept for low-cost solar energy at very large scale	The Oil Drum
20	CSP	Al Gore: Why is there no solar power in the land of the sun?	Globe
19	CSP	Harnessing sun's energy, at half the price	RedOrbit
16	CSP	Google.org Contributes to $115M Funding for BrightSource	Sustainable Business
16	CPV	A cool trick for solar cells	Technology Review
15	CPV	IBM's "liquid metal" promises concentrated PV breakthrough	Business Green
14	CSP	Google.Org doubles down on solar thermal power	Wired
14	CSP	BrightSource gets $115 million in new funding	Market Watch	CarbonFree, Renewable Energy World
13	CSP	FOCUS: Algeria eyes solar energy exports to Europe	Zawya
13	CSP	The cost of utility-scale solar: PV vs. CST	Renewable Energy World
13	CSP	The cost of utility-scale solar: PV vs. CST	Renewable Energy World
13	Desertec	Bright Idea (Click '+' with Firefox to enlarge the image or click the 'enlarge' button with Internet Explorer)	Healthy Organic Living (via TREC)
12	CSP-PROJECT	Sener and Masdar announce joint venture to develop concentrating solar power plants in the 'Sunbelt'	AME Info
10	CSP	Solar Energy Could Power U.S. Many Times Over	Ecolocalizer
10	CSP	Solar Power goes to Extremes for 5cents per kwh	Clean Technica
9	CSP	Simple, cheap solar power from MIT	Sustainable Transition Blog	Media Newswire, MIT News, Green Guard
9	CSP	On the rise: Solar thermal power and the fight against global warming (PDF)	California Environment	California Progress
8	CSP-PROJECT	ACCIONA Energy will build two solar thermal power plants in Cordoba (Spain) totaling 100 MW with an investment of almost euros 500 million	Acciona
8	CSP	Report: Large-scale solar power plants could power nation, combat global warming and create thousands of jobs	Environment America
7	Desertec	The Weekly Carboholic: powering Europe from the Sahara	Scholars and Rogues
6	CSP	Interview with Gerry Wolff on Network Africa, BBC World Service (MP3, 3.2 MB). This is an interview conducted by Peter Lewenstein and broadcast throughout Africa on the 6th of May 2008, 06:30 GMT.	BBC World Service
6	CSP	Can solar energy save humanity?	The Trumpet
5	CSP	DOE backs $60 million for concentrating solar power	Matter Network
1	Desertec	Luminaries in the desert limelight	Modern Power Systems

APRIL

Date	Area	Title	Source	See also	M
30	Desertec	Is Desert Solar Power the Solution to Europe's Energy Crisis?	Spiegel Online
30	CSP	SkyFuel gets $17 million in venture funding	New Mexico Business Weekly
29	CSP	We're off to see the wizard - Storing energy using ammonia	The Oil Drum
28	Desertec	Desertec: Strom aus der Wüste (pictures)	Der Spiegel
27	Desertec	Tapping solar for places where the sun don’t shine	Miller McCune
27	CSP	Energy storage coming to a power grid near you	CNET
27	CSP	U.S. suspends new solar projects on public land, reactions mixed	Earth2Tech	NY Times
23	CSP	Nevada No. 2 in solar power development	Review Journal
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-PROJECT	Solar Energy \| Carrizo Energy solar farm	Renewable Energy Development
8	CSP-PROJECT	1,000 Acres of giant solar mirrors to rise in Israel's Desert, finally	Solve Climate
8	CSP-PROJECT	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	CSP	New Report Finds that Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Could Amass up to $200 Billion in Investment Globally for Installations Through 2020	PR Inside
1	Desertec	Desert power: A solar renaissance	Geotimes
1	CSP-PROJECT	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)	(PDF, 534 KB, Renewable Energy Focus, March/April 2008, pp 46-51). This article is by Stewart Taggart, Director of Acquasol Infrastructure Ltd, Coordinator of Desertec-Australia, and 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
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
22	CSP	Sener and Masdar announce joint venture to develop concentrating solar power plants in the “Sunbelt”	Masdar UAE
20	CSP	Low-cost solar thermal plants at heart of Algerian-German research push 4	Renewable Energy World
19	CSP-PROJECT	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

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	Desertec-PROJECT	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	Naanovo Energy signs 100 MW PPA with Palestine	Naanovo press release
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 (PDF, 832 KB, Renewable Energy Focus, January/February 2008, pp 42-47). This article, by Gerry Wolff (Coordinator of TREC-UK), Belén Gallego (Founder of CSP Today), Reese Tisdale (Senior Analyst at Emerging Energy Research), and David Hopwood (Editor of Renewable Energy Focus), introduces a series of articles about concentrating solar power.	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, The Crown Estate press release
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
1	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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