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DIREC (Delhi International Renewable Energy Conference 27-29 October 2010) will focus on several sectors of renewable energy: solar, wind, biomass & cogeneration, hydro, geothermal and energy efficiency. India’s National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) consists of eight key National Missions; one of them is the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission. Its ambitious aim is [...]
Ever since the industrial revolution economic growth has been inseparably linked to the exploitation of fossil energy sources. Yet, since the oil embargo in the seventies and the oil price shock in 2008 it has become increasingly clear that new sources of energy will be substantial in order to allow further growth of wealth without [...]
The Asian Development Bank (ADB), based in Manila, is currently in process of establishing a non-profit organisation to promote and accelerate the uptake of solar power plants across Asia. Last week in Bangkok the first Preparatory Committee meeting was held focused on the new solar organisation’s charter and work programme. REEEP is one of the [...]
Walter Kohn, Ph.D., a Nobel Laureate, expects direct wind and solar power to become the world’s main sources of energy over the next decades. The last decade has already seen an increase of factor 90 for solar and factor 10 for wind energy. This new Sol/Wind era is brought about by the need to satisfy [...]
US Government Funds CSP Solar Projects in US and MENA Region
27 May 2010
by Peter Richards - Category: News
In the last 15 days the US government made two announcements regarding the promotion of concentrating solar (CSP) technologies. Yesterday at the MENA Power conference in Cairo, the US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) announced three grants for feasibility studies regarding CSP projects in Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon. The Egyptian CSP project by Taqa Arabia [...]
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