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
As im sure your all well aware the Concentrated Photovoltaics Summit USA Feb 3 - 4, San Diego is fast approaching. The show has been recieving huge amounts of interest from accross the industry and with over 100 leading companies already confirmed, it's shaping up to become the meeting for CPV leaders to meet and do business.
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25 Nov 2008
"Placing a mix of new technologies with accepted ones makes financing easier"
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Recently, Concentrix Solar GmbH in conjunction with its partner Abengoa Solar successfully connected a 2 MW power plant to the public utility grid under the valid version of the Real Decreto 661 / 2007, the first Spanish feed-in tariff law.
24 Nov 2008
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17 Nov 2008
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
November 18-19, 2010 - Seville, Spain
Reaching commercialisation - proving the value proposition, securing finance and lowering costs.
November 30 - December 1 2010 - San Jose, United States
At the Utility Scale PV Yield Optimization Conference and Expo you will learn how to maximize your plant output through crucial strategies.
June 28, 2011 - San Diego, CA
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