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- NRG and eSolar to build New Mexico solar thermal plant
- New Jersey-based NRG Energy and California-based eSolar plan to build a 92MW solar thermal plant in New Mexico. Electricity generated at the facility will be supplied to El Paso Electric under a power purchase agreement. The announcement is the first since NRG invested USD10m in eSolar in return for...
- Articles 2009-06-14
- ESolar Emerges as the Dark Horse of Solar Thermal
- Following an announcement last week that utility NRG would build 500 megawatts of solar thermal generation with eSolar designs, a Pasadena, Calif. company, has scored another coup, this time with an Indian company called The ACME Group, for development of a full gigawatt of capacity. These are...
- Blog posts 2009-03-04
- Smaller Solar Farms Ease, Speed Development
- Utility scale solar power plants generally follow one maxim: Bigger is better. Many of the plants being planned -- but not yet built -- range from hundreds of megawatts in size up to multiple gigawatts, covering massive swathes of land to equal the output of coal plants. ...
- Blog posts 2009-03-27
- An Interview With eSolar's Bill Gross
- Bill Gross might just be the quintessential inventor / entrepreneur. Born in the late 1950s, Gross began inventing gadgets in high school, and had founded a company by college. After graduating he started making software; among his various innovations, Gross could be called responsible for the advertising concept that has...
- Blog posts 2009-03-31
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- eSolar Sets Its Sights on Africa
- Solar thermal developer eSolar is continuing its rush of deal-making , saying today that it's inked a partnership with a South African-based energy firm to expand sales operations across the sub-Saharan region of the continent. Under terms of the deal, Johannesburg-based Clean Energy Solutions will exclusively represent and...
- News items 2009-10-09
- NRG and eSolar Join a Growing List of Utility-Scale Solar Projects
- Plans to create massive solar farms in southwestern states are multiplying, with companies that were tiny startups only a year or two ago promising to supply electricity for tens of thousands of homes and businesses. The latest, announced yesterday, is NRG Energy, a New Jersey-based utility, making a deal for...
- Blog posts 2009-02-24
- Bill Gross's Solar Breakthrough
- "We are producing the lowest cost solar electrons in the history of the world," Bill Gross is telling me. "Nobody's ever done it. Nobody's close." Bill Gross is nothing if not an enthusiast, which makes him a great salesman for whatever it is he happens to be selling. A lifelong...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Week in Renewables: A Solar Google, Algae on the Road, Striking it Rich in China
- The most significant renewable energy news of this week starts with an odd new entrant to the solar market: Google wants to make mirrors for solar thermal installations. It decided to find its own way after becoming "disappointed" with the lack of great ideas showing up in renewable energy. Solar...
- Blog posts 2009-09-11
- NRG Energy Teams With First Solar For Houston Project
- First Solar has snagged its latest utility-scale solar deal, alongside NRG Energy. The two will build a 10 megawatt plant that will supply the city government of Houston, Texas with 1.5 percent of its energy needs, according to the Houston Chronicle. The plant itself will come in...
- Blog posts 2009-09-24
- Siemens Acquisition Values Solar Thermal Tech at $418M
- Solel, a solar thermal company that has mainly been active in Europe, has a new owner: Siemens, a German conglomerate most recognized in cleantech for its wind turbines. The $418 million acquisition marks the first time that a major solar thermal player has been picked up by...
- Blog posts 2009-10-15
- Google's Renewable Energy Initiative: Aligning Charitable and Business Objectives
- Google's putting hundreds of millions into developing renewable energy that's "cheaper than coal," working with eSolar, specializing in solar thermal power, and Makani Power Inc., specializing in high-altitude wind power. Analysts suggest the company may be shooting itself in the foot with the energy initiative (named RE<C -- renewable energy less than...
- Blog posts 2007-12-04
- eSolar and Southern California Edison to Produce 245 MW of Solar Power
- Series of Pre-Fab Solar Plants To Provide Clean Electricity to Communities in Southern California
- Research articles 2008-06-03
- Southern California Edison Contracts with eSolar for Solar Power Tower
- 245 Megawatt Project is Nation's First for New Solar Tower Technology
- Research articles 2008-06-03
- Energy Roundup: Biomass from Areva-Duke, Green Credit Crunch, Funding for Confluence...
- Areva and Duke team to develop biomass -- French nuclear power giant Areva and Duke Energy are planning a joint venture to develop biomass power plants in the U.S. Areva is to will design and build the plants and Duke Energy it to manage them. [Source: StrategyEye] ...
- Blog posts 2008-09-25
- Solar Tax Credit Hooks Another Major Utility
- The solar investment tax credit is turning out to be the bait the industry needs to keep money flowing in an economy running short on investors willing to fund renewable energy projects. When the federal tax incentives package was passed last October, which included the solar investment...
- Blog posts 2009-02-26
- In China, the Price is Right For Solar
- Proponents of solar power in the United States may soon have reason to be green with envy over their Chinese peers. Shi Lishan, a spokesman from China's National Energy Administration, says that the country will soon pass a 1.09 yuan per kilowatt hour feed-in tariff for solar power, equal to...
- Blog posts 2009-06-03
- NRG, eSolar Plan 92MW Solar Thermal Project in New Mexico
- Greentech Media submits: By Ucilia Wang NRG Energy (NYSE: NRG) plans to build a 92-megawatt solar thermal power plant and sell the electricity to El Paso Electric (NYSE: EE) in New Mexico, the company said Thursday. by Greentech Media
- External links 2009-06-12
- NRG's Winning Strategy Against a Hostile Bid
- Power plant operator NRG says that a hostile bid made by Exelon, a larger rival, to acquire the company significantly undervalues it. To prove it, NRG has been going gangbusters for months at racking up deals and partnerships. It's going out of its way to secure a place in the...
- Blog posts 2009-06-19
- PG&E, NRG Energy Ink 92MW Solar Thermal Power Deal
- Greentech Media submits: By Ucilia Wang Pacific Gas and Electric Co. PCG has inked a deal to buy solar thermal power from NRG Energy NRG, which plans to use the technology developed by eSolar. by Greentech Media
- External links 2009-06-25
- Exelon Finally Gives Up On NRG Bid
- Nine months after its initial offer to buy power plant operator NRG Energy for $6.2 billion, Exelon has given up. Stockholders voting this morning at NRG's annual meeting decided to reject all of the new board members proposed by Exelon, letting the suitor know its raised $7.53 billion...
- Blog posts 2009-07-21
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