NEWS of TREC, CSP AND HVDC 2010

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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. News from 2009 and earlier years can be found via the 2009 news page.

News about specific CSP plants and projects can be seen on Google Earth via a link from our resources page. Non-English articles can be translated with Google Translate.

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.
PV: Reports about the large-scale use of PV in desert regions.
M denotes a contribution to the media by a member of TREC or DESERTEC-UK.

DECEMBER

Date	Area	Title	Source	See also	M
25	CSP PROJECT	Egypt’s first Concentrating Solar Power plant goes into operation in Kuraymat	Reve
8	DESERTEC	Merkel has strong interest in Desertec happening	Reuters	Monsters and Critics, BikyaMasr

NOVEMBER

Date	Area	Title	Source	See also	M
22	DESERTEC	Go for the mirrors	Gerson Lehrman Group
15	DESERTEC	Solar Energy From Sahara Desert Could Power Europe – But At What Cost?	Green Prophet

OCTOBER

Date	Area	Title	Source	See also
26	CSP PROJECT	Two Solar Energy Plants, Including 1 GW Plant, Approved for Federal Lands	Renewable Energy World
26	DESERTEC	DESERTEC: Energy in the EU from Northern Africa-a realistic option?	Energia.gr
25	CSP PROJECT	South Africa unveils plans for 'world's biggest' solar power plant	The Guardian
24	DESERTEC	Desertec: Additional support for the Dii from a further 17 Associated Partners	Solar Server
22	DESERTEC	Desertec and Dii: Unveiling the myths	Solar Novus Today
22	CSP	Algerian boosts solar energy production	Zawya
22	DESERTEC	At the Heart of Desertec: Interview with Bernhard Zymla	Solar Novus Today
21	CSP PROJECT	Tessera's Second CSP Project gets Gov't Approval	Renewable Energy World
20	CSP	BrightSource, Alstom Eye Mediterranean “Ring” for Solar Thermal	Reuters	Reve
14	CPV	Concentrix and JC plan utility-scale CPV projects	Strategy Eye
11	CPV	Johnson Controls Partners with CPV Company	Renewable Energy World
7	CSP-PROJECT	CSP Power Tower OK'd by Federal Government	Renewable Energy World
6	DESERTEC	Desertec looks to secure route to African solar farms	Business Green	Your Renewable News
5	DESERTEC	Major Players in Dii Consortium: Bringing Desertec to life	Solar Novus Today
5	CSP	MENA Taps its Green Reserves	Renewable Energy World
4	DESERTEC	Building a supergrid for Europe	The Engineer
1	DESERTEC	Desertec adds new power grid partner	The National

SEPTEMBER

Date	Area	Title	Source	See also
20	DESERTEC	Water, Water Nowhere – Implementing Solar Thermal in a Desert Environment	Renewable Energy World
16	DESERTEC	Sahara Solar Energy Could Power Europe Inc.	Business Week	Bloomberg
16	CSP	CEC Approves 1 GW of CSP Plants	Renewable Energy World
14	DESERTEC	Optimism for solar power growing in Europe, Morocco over Sahara project	BikyaMasr
13	DESERTEC	Desertec: Industry Initiative Dii Highlights Political and Economic Challenges for Desert Power at First Annual Conference in Barcelona	Sys-con
11	DESERTEC	Moroccan, Algerian and Tunisian companies join Desertec	The National
10	DESERTEC	Desertec Dream Tests European, African Political Will for Renewable Power	Bloomberg
8	DESERTEC	German state of Bavaria shows interests in Moroccan solar plan	Global Arab Network
2	DESERTEC	Macro-Engineering and Renewables: Tilting at Windmills?	IEEE Spectrum
1	CSP	MENA: The renewable heartland of the future	Power Gen Worldwide

AUGUST

Date	Area	Title	Source	See also
30	DESERTEC	INTERVIEW: Desertec Planners Concerned About Subsidies	Wall Street Journal
30	DESERTEC	$509bn Desertec project seeks new shareholders	TradeArabia	Arabian Business, Utilities ME
27	CSP-PROJECT	250 MW CSP Project Approved in California	Renewable Energy World
25	CSP-PROJECT	Abu Dhabi To Build 100 MW CSP Plant	Renewable Energy World
24	CSP	Could Australia Go Carbon Neutral By 2020?	Forbes
18	CSP	Solar power – the hidden threat to water supplies (PDF)	Ecologist
12	CSP	Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Capacity Continues Growing Despite Economic Uncertainty	Renewable Energy World
11	CSP	Should CSP Mirrors Be Glass or Metal?	Renewable Energy World
10	CSP-PROJECT	BrightSource CSP Project Close to Approval	Renewable Energy World
7	CSP	Solar power gets its day in the sun with national mission support	Yahoo! Finance
3	HVDC	Siemens Completes Major Chinese Transmission Line	IEEE Spectrum
1	HVDC	Electricity highway powers through China	Utilities ME

JULY

Date	Area	Title	Source
29	CSP	The Only Way Is Up: CSP Builds Up Heat	Renewable Energy World
26	CSP	Property prices soar in the desert	BBC News
22	CSP	The world's first molten salt concentrating solar power plant	Guardian
13	CSP-PROJECT	Spain overtakes US with world's biggest solar power station	Guardian
15	CSP	Egypt's solar, wind energy at heart of German visit - Feature	Earth Times
14	DESERTEC	BearingPoint Joins Desertec Initiative	MarketWire
13	DESERTEC	Siemens says Desertec technology elements already in place	Engineering News
13	CSP	Gregor Czisch on the super-grid	FT
12	CSP-PROJECT	Egypt Announces Plans for 100 MW Solar Power Plant	CleanTechnica
9	DESERTEC	Desertec solar project to build pilot plant in Morocco	Powergen Media
7	DESERTEC	The Saharan desert may help the EU to meet its renewable energy targets	IStockAnalyst
4	DESERTEC	Energy utopia and reality collide	The National
3	CSP-PROJECT	US to provide nearly $2bn for two solar energy projects	BBC
2	CSP	The Important Solar Power Story You Haven’t Heard	The Faster Times
2	CSP	Car fuel made from carbon dioxide and sunlight	Telegraph
1	CSP	Creating fertile ground for CSP in the desert	CSP Today

JUNE

Date	Area	Title	Source	See also
29	DESERTEC	Solar Surge in the Sahara	Better Generation
28	DESERTEC	The EU’s Solar Science Fiction	Energy Tribune
27	DESERTEC	Europe to switch on Saharan solar power by 2015	Guardian
22	DESERTEC	Big EU imports of Sahara sun-power coming soon?	The Register
21	DESERTEC	Solar Energy from Sahara Will Be Imported To Europe Within 5 Years	Inhabitat
21	CSP	Video: Up Close and Personal with Stirling Energy's CSP	Renewable Energy World
21	DESERTEC	EU sees solar power imported from Sahara in 5 yrs	Reuters Africa	Financial Times
20	DESERTEC	Unseen Union, Part 2	New Europe
17	DESERTEC	Desertec Update: Interview with Founding Member	Solar Novus Today
16	DESERTEC	Desertec: Solar on Sahara Sand	Solar Novus Today
15	CSP-PROJECT	Egypt confirms 2010 launch for first solar plant	BusinessGreen
11	CSP	Australia: Kicking the fossil fuel habit?	CSP Today
11	CSP	Direct steam generation: Full steam ahead for grid parity	CSP Today
10	CSP-PROJECT	South Africa: CSP gains ground	CSP Today
10	CSP-PROJECT	UAE Announces Plans for World’s Largest Solar Plant	Inhabitat
10	CSP	Enel to Test New Form of Solar Power	WSJ
10	CSP-PROJECT	Abengoa & Total Get 100-MW Masdar CSP Deal	Renewable Energy World
9	DESERTEC	Concentrix Solar, a Soitec Company, Joins Desertec Industrial Initiative (Dii) as Associated Partner	PR Newswire
8	DESERTEC	Desertec Initiative to be highlighted at GPD 2011	Glass Magazine
8	CPV	Coming into Focus: Are Concentrating PV Players Finally Getting Respect?	Renewable Energy World
4	CSP-PROJECT	On-stream: Lessons from the Solúcar platform	CSP Today
4	CSP	Europe: Time to stem the solar subsidies?	CSP Today
3	CSP-PROJECT	Energy for the future - Solar projects in Morocco	Global Arab Network

MAY

Date	Area	Title	Source
29	CSP	Algeria's Cevital plans $8bln solar energy project-INTERVIEW	Forexyard
27	CSP	BrightSource Energy: Ivanpah project powers ahead	CSP Today
27	CSP	Solar chimneys: Light at the end of the tunnel?	CSP Today
27	CSP	India´s “New Solar Mission” opens doors for fast development for the Concentrated Solar Thermal industry worldwide	CSP Today
25	CSP	SkyFuel’s ReflecTech wins RadTech 2010 Emerging Technology Award	SkyFuel
20	CSP	Technology and desert biomes: Location is everything	CSP Today
17	CSP	US could become leader in desert solar, says IEA	Guardian
14	CSP	Strategy: Boosting balance of plant efficiency	CSP Today
14	CSP	Cooling: Cost-efficiency vs water-usage	CSP Today
12	CSP	Australia Grants Dish CSP Firm AU $60M	Renewable Energy World
11	DESERTEC	Solar ‘dream’ takes shape in Middle East deserts	Al-Bawaba
7	CSP	50-MW Abengoa Parabolic Trough Plant Starts Operation	Renewable Energy World
6	CSP	Solar Millennium's US Projects Set for Next Step	Renewable Energy World

APRIL

Date	Area	Title	Source
30	CSP	Growing demand for off-grid CSP	CSP Today
29	DESERTEC	Europe and North Africa ‘could be powered by green supergrid’	Times
27	CSP	North Africa Finally Sees the Light	IPS News
23	CSP	Public bidding for Chilean CSP pilot imminent	CSP Today
22	CSP	Bringing CSP to Sudan	CSP Today
21	CPV	$129m for concentrating PV manufacturer Amonix	Recharge
16	CSP	Could CSP power the UAE?	CSP Today
16	CSP-PROJECT	Solar Millennium Completes Egypt CSP Facility	Renewable Energy World
12	CSP	DNI data accuracy falls short of the mark	CSP Today
9	CSP	Europe searches for a common energy policy	Deutsche Welle
8	CSP	Solar-Powered Desalination	Technology Review (MIT)
7	CSP	Australia : A Clean Energy Superpower By 2050?	Energy Matters
6	CSP	Siemens lends support to huge solar array for Australia	Recharge
6	CSP	Bigger Cheaper Sun	New Energy News
6	DESERTEC	Here Comes the Sun: High Hopes for Solar Power in MENA	Knowledge Wharton
5	CSP-PROJECT	Egypt attracts $10.7 billion in oil & gas investments	Global Arab Network
5	CSP	Australia `should lead' in solar energy push: Siemens	The Australian
1	CSP	Tracking technology: Finetuning algorithms to boost output	CSP Today
1	CSP	CSP innovation: Technologies that crash the cost barrier	CSP Today

MARCH

Date	Area	Title	Source	See also
29	CSP	UNESCO partners with MENASOL 2010 and will be discusuing the role of solar in the region	CSP Today
28	DESERTEC	The 40-year project to tap the sunlight of North Africa	Independent Minds
28	CSP	Morocco Goes Solar - $9 billion Green energy project by 2020	Global Arab Network
24	DESERTEC	Solar projects shine in North Africa	UPI	BNET UK
19	DESERTEC	Sahara desert solar project becoming a reality	Media Global
18	DESERTEC	Desertec moves closer to reality	Industrial Fuels and Power
18	CSP	Cobra Energy Plans Massive $1 Billion Solar Thermal Plant for Australia	Inhabitat
17	DESERTEC	More Firms Join Desertec Solar Project	New York Times
17	DESERTEC	Sahara Desert Solar Project Unlikely to Happen, Liebreich Says	Business Week
16	HVDC	Underwater Cable an Alternative to Electrical Towers	New York Times
16	DESERTEC	Sun power project "may eye Western Sahara location"	AFROL
16	DESERTEC	First Solar says joins solar project Desertec	Reuters	Update- Reuters, NY Times, Industrial Fuels and Power, The National, Reve, UPI, Renewable Energy World
12	CSP	Building the Internet of Energy Supply	Der Spiegel
12	CSP	Analysis: US CSP market overview	CSP Today
12	CSP	CSP thermal storage: Increasing the options	CSP Today
12	DESERTEC	Renewable energy turning Morocco into green future	Global Arab Network
8	HVDC	Industry group launched to promote European supergrid	New Energy Focus
5	CSP	Within six hours, the world's deserts receive more energy from the sun than mankind consumes in a year	Irish Times
5	CSP	Spain's CSP policy: Do we follow the leader?	CSP Today
1	HVDC	Offshore Grid Implementation Requires Coordinated Approach	Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY

Date	Area	Title	Source	See also
27	DESERTEC	Desertec eyes first solar project	The National
25	CSP	Solar tracking: Time to bring in the specialists	CSP Today
22	CSP	Stations to read solar radiation to be set up	Gulf Times
22	DESERTEC	Desertec - the new Desert Sun	EU Inside
22	DESERTEC	New partners to join the Desertec solar project	Green Planet	EurActiv
19	CSP	North Africa and Middle East Solar Opportunities booming in 2010	Renewable Energy World
18	CSP	Liquid CSP: A parallel market?	CSP Today
18	CSP	Stirling dish technology: Not all hot air	CSP Today
18	CSP	eSolar & Ferrostaal To Provide Turnkey Solar Thermal Plants	Renewable Energy World
18	CSP-PROJECT	Israel to Set Up Feed-in Tariff, European Bank to Invest €100M in Israeli CSP Plant	Renewable Energy World
17	DESERTEC	Solar project Desertec plans to add five partners - CEO	Reuters
17	DESERTEC	Projekt Wüstenstrom: ''Zeit für eine Revolution''	Sueddeutsche
16	CSP-PROJECT	BrightSource To Reduce Size of Ivanpah CSP Facility by 48-MW	Renewable Energy World
14	CSP	Solar for Saudi Arabia	Green Energy News
12	CSP	Waste not: Mohave Sun Power's solution for water scarcity	CSP Today
11	CSP	Integrated solar combined cycle plants: Right place, right time	CSP Today
11	CSP	Rooftop CSP: Greening the cities	CSP Today
10	DESERTEC	What's stopping us getting solar power from deserts?	The Ecologist
8	CSP PROJECT	Tandem challenge: Torresol Energy's dual strategy
8	CSP	Areva targets solar power with US move	FT
4	CSP	CSP component standardisation: Stifling innovation?	CSP Today
4	CSP	Turning up the heat: Molten salt as a heat transfer fluid	CSP Today
3	DESERTEC	Azerbaijan could supply solar power to European grid - analyst	News.Az
3	DESERTEC	A German revivalist for desert and Desertec	Fortune 500 Global
3	DESERTEC	Desertec bends the ears of UK political leaders	New Energy Matters (subscription)
2	DESERTEC	North Africa is becoming largest supplier of solar energy to Europe	Gather
1	CSP	Broadlands To Develop 10-MW Indian CSP Project	Renewable Energy World
1	HVDC	Getting connected: Europe's green energy 'supergrid'	CNN

JANUARY

Date	Area	Title	Source
29	CPV	Concentrix Solar's CX-75 CPV Module Gets IEC Certification	Renewable Energy World
28	CSP	Is bigger really better? The case for modular CSP	CSP Today
28	CSP	US regulation: Short, sharp shock treatment for developers?	CSP Today
28	CSP	Breaking the heat barrier: SHEC Energy's red hot technology	CSP Today
28	DESERTEC	Solar Project Desertec Wants Political Support	Reuters
25	CSP PROJECT	Catching the first rays: eSolar looks to the East	CSP Today
22	DESERTEC	Energy security (Nabucco and Desertec) (debate) (video)	European Parliament
22	DESERTEC	DESERTEC-Australia: Australia’s Northwest Shelf (video)	Green Energy Directory
22	DESERTEC	The 10 most important green achievements 2009	The Green Technology Blog
21	CSP	CSP-retrofits: A medium-term solution?	CSP Today
21	DESERTEC	The case of the disappearing article	Al-Masry Al-Youm
20	DESERTEC	Sahara Project Planning May Take Two More Years (Update1)	Bloomberg
20	DESERTEC	A Nuclear North Africa	The North Africa Journal
20	DESERTEC	Desertec CEO: North Africa Project May Require Feed-In Tariffs	Capital.gr
19	CSP	Middle East Plan to be Leader in Renewable Energy	The Energy Collective
18	CSP	Another Way to do Solar Thermal?	Greentech
18	CSP	India to have 6,000 MW solar power by 2017: Ramesh	Economic Times
14	CSP	Parabolic trough reflectors: Does glass still have the cutting edge?	CSP Today
14	CSP	Hovering in the wings: Linear Fresnel Technology	CSP Today
14	DESERTEC	UPDATE 1-EU energy chief-designate wants to cut imports	Reuters
13	DESERTEC	Desertec, entre ombres et lumières	Jeune Afrique
12	DESERTEC	Neben Desertec plant auch die Weltbank eine Solaroffensive	Ask EU
12	CSP	eSolar To Build 2 GW of CSP in China	Renewable Energy World
11	DESERTEC	Weekly Intelligence Brief January 2010	CSP Today
10	DESERTEC	Sahara Project Planning May Take Two More Years (Update1)	Bloomberg
10	CSP	China taps U.S. for solar thermal power plants	MSNBC
8	CSP	CSP legislation: Green light for 2,339 MW in Spain	CSP Today
8	DESERTEC	When will the Saharan sun light up the UK?	CSP Today
8	DESERTEC	Solarcentury to sun itself in brightening Middle East solar market	Business Green
7	DESERTEC	How Sand Might Can a Solar Plan	Motley Fool
7	DESERTEC	A Look at Post-Copenhagen EU	Lubo Mitev
7	DESERTEC	Morocco to take bids for first 500MW Saharan CSP plant	Recharge
6	HVDC	The European Answer to the Failed Climate Summit in Copenhagen'	Spiegel Online
5	DESERTEC	Die Vision vom sauberen Strom aus der Wüste	Kleine Zeitung
5	DESERTEC	What We Can Learn From Europe's $40 Billion Renewable Energy Super Grid	Business Insider
3	DESERTEC	Sun, wind and wave-powered: Europe unites to build renewable energy 'supergrid'	Guardian

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