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3 February 2012

Abengoa brings 50MW solar thermal system online

Spanish cleantech company Abengoa has completed installation of a 50MW solar thermal plant in Cordoba, southern Spain.

2 February 2012

BrightSource wins preliminary stage of South Africa CSP deal

California-based solar thermal developer BrightSource Energy has revealed that it has been chosen by Sasol, together with its partner Alstom, to conduct a comprehensive front-end engineering and design study for the South Africa market.

1 February 2012

Tuscon Electric Power contracts Areva to build CSP plant

Areva_CSP_170SQ US utility Tuscon Electric Power has contracted Areva Solar to construct a 5MW concentrated solar plant adjacent to an existing coal-fired facility.

25 January 2012

Siemens wins order for 3 solar thermal plants in India

parabolic_trough2_170SQ German electronics giant Siemens has been contracted by three customers to supply four steam turbines to be used in solar thermal projects in India.

6 January 2012

Insolvent solar company sells off assetsp

blythe_170sq Investors and buyers are being sought as the assets of an insolvent solar company begin to be sold off.

30 December 2011

SunWater Solar completes social project in San Francisco

US company SunWater Solar has completed installation of solar thermal systems for two affordable housing buildings in San Francisco owned by the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation.

22 December 2011

Solar company fails to close investment, files for insolvencyp

blythe_170sq One of the brightest stars of the solar sector has filed for bankruptcy, sending further shockwaves through an already embattled industry.

21 December 2011

Applicants begin bidding for India solar projectsp

An Indian state will begin accepting bids from developers as it looks to establish 200MW in solar power projects.

9 December 2011

Abengoa wins 150MW CSP contract through South African energy tenders

Spanish renewable energy developer Abengoa has awarded two concentrated solar thermal projects by the South African Department of Energy as part of the country's renewable energy tenders.

5 December 2011

Thai Solar Energy opens 5MW solar thermal plant

Thai Solar Energy has opened a 5MW solar thermal plant at Huaykrachao, west Thailand, the first of 15 planned projects.

29 November 2011

Bright Source, SCE sign major solar thermal deal

Solar thermal technology developer BrightSource Energy has added its SolarPLUS energy storage capability to three of its power purchase agreements with US utility Southern California Edison.

25 November 2011

Solar thermal specialist gets fully subscribed fundp

solar_millennium_170SQ A European solar specialist has said it has reached full allocation of its fund for a Spanish project.

24 November 2011

Google pulls out of solar thermal

google170 The giant US search engine Google has decided to stop investing in concentrated solar thermal technology through its Renewable Energy Cheaper than Coal programme.

18 November 2011

World Bank loans Morocco $297m for 500MW CSP plant

parabolic_trough2_170SQ The World Bank has awarded loans worth $297m to Morocco to help finance the 500MW Ouarzazate concentrated solar power project.

2 November 2011

US DOE invests $60m in CSP research

The US Department of Energy will invest $60m over a three-year period into research of concentrated solar thermal power technologies.

28 October 2011

GE, KGAL make €111m equity investment into Spanish CSP plant

US electrical giant General Electric’s financial services arm is jointly investing €111.1m with German fund KGAL into a 50MW concentrated solar thermal plant with integrated molten salt storage technology in Badajoz, Spain.

28 October 2011

Iberdrola chairman calls for end of solar thermal in Spain

The chairman of Spanish utility Iberdrola has said there should be no further solar thermal plants built in the country.

26 October 2011

WGL provides $30m to Skyline for solar heating deployment

Skyline_170SQ US public utility holding company WGL Holdings has agreed to provide $30m in project finance to Skyline Innovations for the deployment of commercial-scale solar water heating systems throughout the US.

25 October 2011

China breaks ground on new solar thermal/natural gas plant

Chinese cleantech developer the Hanas New Energy Group has commenced construction of 92.5MW integrated solar combined cycle trough power plant in Ningxia, China.

25 October 2011

PV company Sopogy appoints vice president of strategy

US solar thermal manufacturer Sopogy had appointed Craig Lobdell to the newly-created position of vice president of strategy.

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