CSP Today catches up with Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s solar associate, Nathanial Bullard, to discuss issues currently affecting the US CSP sector.
12 Mar 2010
Welcome to CSP Today
Welcome to CSP Today. We are a business unit of FC Business Intelligence providing focused news, events, reports, updates and information for the Concentrated Solar Thermal Power industry. To learn more about us, what we do, and how to contact us, please click here... or sign up on the right for our weekly newsletter.Weekly Intelligence Brief: March 01 - 08
This week’s CSP Today news roundup includes: Sustainable Heat & Power Europe GmbH & Thai-German Carbon; Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission; Abengoa SA; California’s Clean Energy Manufacturing Programme; and Google.
08 Mar 2010
US renewables continue to be sidelined by utilities
Black & Veatch’s recent US electric utility industry survey results indicate that US utilities are digging in their heels when it comes to renewable energy uptake. Instead, they heavily back coal and nuclear as the answer to meeting future energy demand.
05 Mar 2010
Weekly Intelligence Brief: February 22 - March 01
This week’s CSP Today news roundup includes: Stirling Energy Systems; Solar Millennium; Sky Fuel; BrightSource; and an update on Arizona's House Bill 2701.
01 Mar 2010
20-20 Vision: Solar Trust of America is seeing it all clearly
'Project vision 2020' is not a catch phrase; it is a strategy - and it appears to be working. With the introduction of new solar trough collector technology that is currently in its final testing stages at a commercially operating solar thermal power plant in California, and with nine 250 MWe projects on the Bureau of Land Management’s fast track list, Solar Trust of America is shaping up to be a pack leader. CSP Today talks to Solar Trust of America’s Chairman and CEO, Uwe T. Schmidt, to learn what it takes to break away.
01 Mar 2010
North Africa and Middle East Solar Opportunities booming in 2010
The abundant sun resource in MENA is now being commercialised as governments and international enterprises speedily begin to enter the multi billion dollar solar market in the region.
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22 Feb 2010
Size of US Solar Market Set to Double as Industry Poised For Growing Investment in 2010
With the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act firing up solar projects across the nation and Venture Capital spiking in the second half of 2009 with over $576 million invested in solar deals.
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22 Feb 2010
Acquisitions: Nuclear energy giant's appetite for solar
In early February, French nuclear energy goliath AREVA, announced its decision to acquire CSP technology developer, Ausra, as its first step to becoming a’ global solar energy business’. CSP Today engages with AREVA spokesperson, Pauline Briand, to learn about AREVA’s strategy.
22 Feb 2010
Conferences and Exhibitions
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Navigate the Regulatory Hurdles in solar project development across the US.
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How to finance, develop and build utility scale solar projects in North Africa and the Middle East.
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Solar Finance in 2010 - Secure the initial and ongoing funding you need for your solar project.
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Over 650 delegates and 35+ CSP exhibitors will converge on San Francisco this June for North Americas Premier CSP event the 4th Annual Concentrated Solar Power Summit.
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Solar Technologies Summit India
June, 2010 - India - days TBC
We're currently putting this event together. Follow the links below for more information.
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