California Expands Solar Thermal Incentives for Low-Income Housing

Once again, California is leading the way for solar hot water with a new solar thermal incentive, this time for low-income single-family properties and multi-family dwellings. California’s original CSI Thermal rebate program was introduced in 2010 and is perhaps the most generous solar water heating rebate program in the United States, off Read the original here: California Expands Solar Thermal Incentives for Low-Income Housing … [Read more...]

Research brings new understanding to past global warming events

A series of global warming events called hyperthermals that occurred more than 50 million years ago had a similar origin to a much larger hyperthermal of the period, the Pelaeocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), new research has found. The findings, published in Nature Geoscience online on April 1, 2012, represent a breakthrough in understanding the major "burp" of carbon, equivalent to burning ... Excerpt from: Research brings new understanding to past global warming events … [Read more...]

Solar Thermal Energy Storage – Solar Energy Information

Solar Thermal Energy Storage -The Energy Seminar meets weekly during the academic year. For a list of upcoming talks.. Link: Solar Thermal Energy Storage - Solar Energy Information … [Read more...]

Tracking the CPV Global Market: Ready to Fulfill Its Potential?

Not to be confused with Concentrating Solar Thermal Power (CSP), Concentrating Photovoltaics (CPV) systems use mirrors or lenses to focus the sun's light onto a small area of photovoltaic material. By focusing the sun's light (usually by several hundred times, but potentially by up to 1000 times) in order to reduce the amount of expensive semiconductor material that is needed to produce a usable quantity of energy, and so reduce the overall costs of the system. Continued here: Tracking the … [Read more...]

Webinar – CSP and PV: Balancing Competition and Opportunity

CSP Today has announced that registration is now open for the Free Webinar: "CSP and PV: Balancing Competition and Opportunity" which will compare the prospects for Concentrated Solar Thermal Power with those for traditional Photovoltaics and the implications of co-existence. This interactive event will be held on Thursday, 28th July at 16:00 Central European Time (CET) and it is open to the whole solar community. Continue reading here: Webinar - CSP and PV: Balancing Competition and … [Read more...]