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NREL solar technology will warm air at 'home'

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Category: Solar Energy
2010-08-29 19:04:19

by Heather Lammers

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Sometimes the way back home isn't straightforward. But once you find your way, you know you'll be welcomed with open arms. Transpired solar air collector technology, developed at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in the 1990s, recently "found its way home" and is now an integral part of the comfort heating system of the new Research Support Facility (RSF).

"The solar collector is really important to the building." Philip Macey, RSF project manager for Haselden Construction, said. "It's the way we get free pre-heated warmed air."

Commercial and industrial buildings in the U.S. have a specific need when it comes to ventilation systems and heating. Although having fresh air inside a building always is desirable, drawing fresh air into a building on a crisp winter day can mean huge amounts of energy is required to heat that air to make it feel comfortable. In fact, 13 percent of the energy used in the U.S. goes to heating residential and commercial buildings.

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Proposed decision recommends license for genesis solar energy project

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Category: Solar Energy
2010-08-26 15:09:52

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A California Energy Commission siting committee is recommending the approval of the planned Genesis Solar Energy Project in Riverside County. In its presiding member's proposed decision (PMPD) released today, the committee said the proposed 250-megawatt facility, as mitigated, will have significant impacts on the environment. However, the benefits of the project would override those impacts. The committee determined the project complies with all applicable laws, ordinances, regulations, and standards. Over the past month, the Energy Commission has issued proposed decisions recommending the approval of more than 2,100 megawatts of solar power, including Genesis Solar Energy Project. The other projects that are recommended to be considered for a license to construct are the 250 MW Abengoa Mojave Solar Project; the 250 MW Beacon Solar Energy Project; the 1,000 MW Blythe Solar Power Project; and the 370 MW Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System Project.

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Cycling 7,000km through Africa for charity!

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2010-08-24 15:16:59

9049_rick_solar_africa_cycling_route_map This week, Rick the Gaay Fortman has begun his epic 7,000km journey from Cape Town to Nairobi to raise awareness for renewable energy in Africa. Note: the journey will be undertaken on a bicycle! The ultimate goal is to raise 50,000 Euros to change the lives of more than 4000 schoolchildren in Zambia. The money will be used to supply solar panels to twenty schools.

So who is Rick and motivates him? Rick has a background in aerospace engineering at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, but then joined Royal Dutch Shell to become a project management professional, mainly on gas projects. Rick lived in Qatar for 3.5 years, where he worked on a Liquefied Natural Gas project, Qatargas 3&4, and later on the Pearl Gas-to-Liquids project. Rick will start an MBA with INSEAD starting January 2011.

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Proposed decision recommends license for Beacon solar project

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Category: Solar Energy
2010-07-27 16:04:46

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A California Energy Commission siting committee is recommending the approval of the planned Beacon Solar Energy Project in eastern Kern County. In its presiding member's proposed decision (PMPD) released today, the committee said the 250-megawatt facility as mitigated, will have no significant impacts on the environment and complies with applicable laws, ordinances, regulations, and standards (LORS). The proposed decision was based solely on the record of facts, which were established during the facility's certification proceeding. The PMPD is not a final decision on the project. The committee released the document for 30 days of public comment and will consider input before bringing the proposed decision to the full five-member Commission. The entire document can be found on the Commission's website at: http://www.energy.ca.gov/sitingcases/beacon/documents/index.html.

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Bonus depreciation extension will bring more solar jobs, deployment

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Category: Solar Energy
2010-07-27 03:05:05

Today, the House Small Business Committee held a hearing titled "Bonus Depreciation: What It Means for Small Business." Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) President and CEO Rhone Resch released the following statement on the impact of a one year extension of bonus depreciation for the U.S. solar industry: "SEIA applauds the House Small Business Committee and Chairwoman Velázquez for looking at the effect of a bonus depreciation extension on job creation. For the solar industry - which is largely compromised of small businesses - the effect is clear. Whether it is your local mom and pop installer company or roofing and electrical contractors who have found opportunity to use their skills in the growing solar market, these entrepreneurs are setting up shop in all 50 states. A one year extension of bonus depreciation would give these small business owners the opportunity to immediately expand their operations in 2010, creating more jobs and installing more solar. Congress should act immediately to extend bonus depreciation so that small solar businesses can continue to create jobs and deploy more solar."

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