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13-01-2012
The next big thing for data centers: DC power GigaOm ABB also opened a factory in North Carolina to produce HVDC (high voltage DC) equipment for delivering power from solar and offshore wind farms to the grid. The Tres Amigas “superstation” will rely heavily on HVDC. General Electric, meanwhile, bought ... |
13-01-2012
ABB Wins Largest Gas Platform Deal Zacks.com In October 2011, ABB had received a $270 million contract for the same platform to supply and install compressor drive systems, HVDC converters and DC cables. The Troll A concrete deep water structure is the tallest construction by mankind till date. ... |
13-01-2012
 Energy Matters | What's the Most Efficient Design For a Solar Collector? Shape It Like a Sunflower Popular Science By Rebecca Boyle Posted 01.13.2012 at 10:02 am 2 Comments Concentrated solar power plants could get an efficiency boost inspired by flowers, according to MIT researchers. Designing solar mirrors in a spiral pattern similar to sunflower heads could ... Sunflowers Inspire Better Concentrated Solar Power Plant Design New Concentrated Solar Power Plant Design Reduces Land Use, Increases Efficiency Sunflowers Inspire Better Solar Power Tech |
13-01-2012
 Arizona Capitol Times | US interior secretary touts Solana concentrated solar power REVE “This is the kind of thing that could bring about a huge revolution in energy for the United States of America,” Salazar said after a tour of the Solana Concentrating Solar Power, which is under construction and expected to be completed in 2013. ... SALAZAR TOUTS CLEAN ENERGY JOBS AT ARIZONA SOLAR PROJECT |
13-01-2012
 solarserver.com | Investments in renewable energy rise 5% in 2011 to $260 billion REVE This includes USD 354 million invested in the 92.5 MW Hanas Ningxia Yanchi Gaoshawo concentrating solar power (CSP) plant in China. London and New York, 12 January 2012 – Global investment in clean energy reached a new record of $260bn in 2011, ... Bloomberg New Energy Finance: Solar investments drive 2011 growth in clean ... |
13-01-2012
 solarserver.com | SCHOTT to discontinue wafer manufacturing at Jena facility solarserver.com SCHOTT states that these recent decisions will have no effect on its concentrating solar power (CSP) division. SCHOTT will discontinue its silicon wafer production at the Jena site , but will open a. |
12-01-2012
Desertec Nation Algeria to Host Huge Solar Trade Fair from Germany Green Prophet As one of three North African desert nations now at the forefront of responsible climate legislation, through its ambitious solar plans and its participation in the visionary Desertec project, Algeria is ideally situated to host the event. ... |
11-01-2012
 RedOrbit | Nature Inspires More Efficient Design For Capturing Solar Energy RedOrbit A team of researchers from MIT and Aachen University in Germany have engineered a new kind of concentrated solar power (CSP) plant that allows for a greater yield of energy on a smaller area of land. And the progressive-thinking scientists say they got ... |
11-01-2012
Biologically inspired design: How sunflowers could reshape solar power SmartPlanet.com (blog) By Kirsten Korosec | January 11, 2012, 2:04 PM PST The key to building an efficient concentrated solar power plant that uses less land may just lie within the face of a sunflower. Researchers at Massachusets Institute of Technology in collaboration ... |
11-01-2012
Sunflower Increases Specific Output Of Solar Power Plants! CrazyEngineers VoiCE A team of MIT researchers working in close coordination with RWTH Aachen University, Germany, has thought of increasing the specific output obtained through a conventional concentrated solar power (CSP) plant. The experiments that this group is ... |
13-01-2012
Power producers dispute need for north-south electricity lines Calgary Herald The panel, commissioned by Premier Alison Redford, is reviewing the need for the HVDC line, and if legislation on critical transmission should be amended. The panel report will be submitted to the government Feb. 10. TransAlta Corp., the province's ... |
13-01-2012
High-Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) Converter Stations - Global Market Size ... Connectus.net (press release) This report starts with an introduction to the global HVDC converter station market. The next chapter talks about the global HVDC converter station industry. Global drivers and restraints are also explained along with global revenues, volume, ... |
13-01-2012
ABB commissions HVDC power link between Sweden and Finland Energy Business Review Power and automation technology group ABB has commissioned a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) power link between Finland and Sweden. The Fenno-Skan 2 link is a cable-based power transmission system which enables the exchange of an additional 800MW of ... |
12-01-2012
 Novethic | Desertec : à quelles conditions se fera la révolution du tournesol? Novethic Le projet Desertec accumule les qualificatifs emphatiques. Mais l'Afrique ne deviendra le « grenier énergétique » de la planète que dans le respect de certaines conditions. En moins de 6 heures, les zones désertiques du globe reçoivent la quantité ... |
12-01-2012
Global clean energy investment reaches record high National Post s Solar Techno Park a concentrated solar power (CSP) plant, in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. By Jeff Coelho Global investment in clean energy hit a record US$260-billion in 2011, up 5% from the previous year as investment in solar grew by more ... |
