News, Events and Business Intelligence for the CPV Industry
Xcel’s decision to buy power from the world’s largest CPV plant shows just how close the technology is edging to its rivals in the renewable energy sector.
30 Aug 2010
Italian legislation has so far left CPV out in the cold. But that is set to change next year, writes Jason Deign, with the introduction of feed-in tariffs that could create an important new market for the industry.
16 Aug 2010
If renewable energy is to come into its own in Europe, fundamental changes need to be made to the existing energy infrastructure. CPV Today sister title, CSP Today, speaks to Greenpeace EU energy policy advisor, Frauke Thies, about the latest strategy for running Europe on renewable energy.
16 Aug 2010
In every sector there are “leaders” that charge ahead with technological advances and welcome changes in strategy when markets get tough. Katherine Steiner-Dicks speaks to Jose Toña, the commercial manager at Spanish HCPV solar developer, Guascor Solar Corporation, to learn how a domestic dive in Spanish solar investment is not stopping his team’s main objective to reach grid parity. Will an international strategy be the key to this company’s success and act as a platform for other HCPV players?
20 Jul 2010
According to a new report entitled “The CPV Challenge (Part I): Achieving Grid Parity”, written by the University of Jaen (Spain) and CPV today, CPV could reach grid parity between 2011 and 2015 in places with high levels of solar irradiance. Efficiency increases in both cells and optics will be instrumental in bringing about significant cost reductions.
03 Mar 2009
A call for major amendment in California's FITs
CPVToday.com Special
Tam Hunt, Energy Program Director and Attorney, Community Environmental Council recently acknowledged that California still has some weak feed-in tariffs or FITs in place.
09 Feb 2009
The Department of Energy (DOE) has given a Notice of Opportunity for Technical Assistance (NOTA) in an effort to support the goal of DOE's Solar America Initiative (SAI) to reduce the cost of solar photovoltaic technologies.
09 Feb 2009
Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., whose committee is responsible for writing energy legislation, is to soon review a draft bill that could require that 20 – 25 percent of the nation's electricity coming from renewable energy sources.
09 Feb 2009
TUV Rheinland Group and Arizona State University (ASU) have launched TUV Rheinland, a 40,000 square-foot facility for testing and certification of solar energy equipment.
09 Feb 2009
What is the future for utility scale solar? According to recent reports and commitment from utilities in the Southwest and East coast USA, the future is optimistic. SEIA recently announced that utilities’ solar megawatts added to the grid grew from 169 MW in 2008 to 279 in 2009, a growth of 66 percent in a year when electricity demand as a whole declined as the result of an economic downturn.
03 Sep 2010
About Dr. Frank Siebke
Dr.Frank is a member of Good Energies Venture Capital team which is focused on cleantech investments
03 Aug 2010
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