The recent McKinsey report titled, Solar Power: Darkest before dawn, deals with the Solar Power industry and how this industry grew from a small industry centered in Germany to a $100 billion industry worldwide. Continue reading
When we talk about renewable energy sources (RES), we define them as replenishable energy sources freely available by nature, such as solar energy, wind energy, biomass/biofuel energy, water energy and geothermal energy. To exploit renewable energy Continue reading
Solar energy storage can help increase the mix of solar systems, CSP and PV, and wind energy systems in the generation of electrical power; solar energy companies with experience in both CSP and PV systems are expected to benefit most.
It was reported today that Areva, a French renewable energy firm, has been awarded the contract to build the largest CSP plant in Asia. This CSP plant will be build in India and it will be build for India’s Reliance Power. Areva will use their Compact Linear Fresnel Reflector, CLFR, technology for this 250 MW CSP plant. Continue reading
US Solar photovoltaic (PV) market is healthy and booming, with Solar energy installations expected to grow further in 2012. Continue reading