Google Discloses Carbon Footprint, Renewable Energy Goals

Google has been playing an interesting role in renewable energy development, and not only because it has invested more than $780 million in renewable energy generation and tech development.

Source: http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2011/09/google-reveals-carbon-footprint-renewable-energy-goals?cmpid=rss

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BrightSource Adds Storage to CSP

A common refrain about the limitations of solar power is that the technology only works when the sun is shining. That's certainly true of photovoltaic (PV) solar technology. And of course, wind power only works when the wind blows. Some consider these variable energy sources a threat to the reliable operation of the electrical grid.

Concentrating solar power (CSP), while it might be more expensive than PV technology, has an absolute advantage over PV -- the ability to store thermal energy long after the sun goes down. This ability improves CSP's capacity factor and dispatchability, and has the potential to improve CSP's levelized cost of energy (LCOE).

Now BrightSource Energy, a VC-funded CSP firm with gigawatts of PPAs in its pipeline, has launched a power tower CSP system that includes two-tank molten-salt storage.

The advantages of molten-salt storage are known and proven:

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Source: http://www.solarfeeds.com/greentech-media/17813-brightsource-adds-storage-to-csp

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The Carbon-Constrained World: Companies Ignore It At Their Risk

When U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham last year declared that "cap-and-trade is dead" in the wake of the failed federal climate change legislation that would have capped carbon emissions, many companies ? both large and small ? perhaps shelved their carbon reduction programs. Indeed, some companies might think they are now immune to carbon controls.

Source: http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2011/08/the-carbon-constrained-world-companies-ignore-it-at-their-risk?cmpid=rss

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SolarWorld Files Complaint Against Chinese Panelmakers and Cell Manufacturers

A coalition of seven U.S.-based solar panel manufacturers filed a complaint Wednesday alleging unfair trade practices, setting off an investigation that could thrust the solar industry in the middle of a U.S.-China trade dispute.

Source: http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2011/10/us-solar-companies-file-lawsuit-against-chinese-panelmakers?cmpid=rss

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The Question Day 26: How Can the U.S. Solar Industry Meet Expectations?

RenewableEnergyWorld asked solar executives and our social media community to lend their voices and define what three strategies they think will lead to a thriving solar industry. Answers were varied, and many valid opinions were brought to light. Responses will be updated here daily, and feel free to look at previous insights by clicking on the page links below.

Source: http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2011/10/the-question-how-can-the-u-s-solar-industry-meet-expectations?cmpid=rss

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