DOE Closes $132.4M Ethanol Loan Guarantee
Just days after backing the nation’s first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is throwing its support behind what will apparently be the second such plant:...
View ArticleSolar Power Tower Going Up In South Africa
For the first time, a full-scale solar power tower is under construction on the continent of Africa, with Abengoa announcing this week that work has begun on the 50-megawatt Khi Solar One project in a...
View ArticleRecord-Big Solar For Middle East Oil Barons
A 100-megawatt parabolic trough solar project is up and operating in the United Arab Emirates, and the developers are calling it the world’s largest concentrating solar power plant. It is, too, if you...
View ArticleArizona Utility Picks Up Solar Installation Pace
If solar power is going to be big in the United States, it better be big in sun-drenched Arizona. And it’s getting there. The state’s largest electricity utility, Arizona Public Service, said last week...
View ArticleNighttime Solar Power Arriving In United States
An era of nighttime solar power is dawning in the U.S. Arizona Public Service says plant developer Abengoa is now testing the Solana Generating Station, a massive solar thermal power plant that will be...
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