CSP Today

Europe is aptly considered to be the leader in CSP technology.

The unanimous vote in favour of the Renewable Energy Directive of the European Parliament last month has opened a 10-year period of stable legal framework for 2010-2020 once the Directive adopted and transferred into national law, according to José Alfonso Nebrera, president of European Solar Thermal Electric Association (ESTELA).

Sopogy, Inc. has entered into a solar power agreement with Spanish Solar Project Developer Inypsa Informes y Proyectos, S.A. and German Solar Project Financer Omniwatt.

The three companies are to develop a 50 MW solar power plant by December 1, 2010 in Toledo, Spain.

Sopogy's recent deal for setting up a 50 MW solar power plant in Spain is part of its focused approach towards buildings its operations in Europe.

Iran has reportedly inaugurated its first solar energy power plant, adding 250 KW of solar energy to the country's grid. The first domestically-made solar power plant has been inaugurated as a pilot scheme.

As per the information available, it's a solar thermal plant that uses parabolic mirrored troughs to gather sunlight.

Daesung Group is gearing up to build a solar thermal power plant in southeastern Korea.

A media report has highlighted that even though India was one of the first industrialising countries to show interest in CSP technology, it has failed to keep up the momentum.

The New South Wales (NSW) Government in Australia has decided to allot A$9.25 million to Macquarie Generation to expand the Liddell Power Station solar thermal plant with three more mirror arrays.

Plans for a solar thermal power demonstration plant to be built in northern suburb of Beijing are gaining momentum.

The planning department of Yanqing County, Beijing recently announced that China's first solar thermal power demonstration plant will be built in the Badaling area.

Utility-scale solar is probably the only way to achieve real scale and reduce carbon emissions, according to Sun Microsystems co-founder-turned-venture-capitalist Vinod Khosla.

In a report filed by Los Angeles Times, Khosla has mentioned that size matters.