Comments on: Fred Morse: The Solar Thermal King Talks Consolidation, Financing

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SolFocus Founder Turns Up the Heat with New Solar Startup b2u Solar — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:02:20 +0000

[...] are generally based on the same type of technology as the big projects that BrightSource Energy, Abengoa Solar and others are installing in the desert. A reflector directs the sun’s heat to a tube in [...]

By: BrightSource Wins $1.37B Federal Loan Guarantee Commitment

BrightSource Wins $1.37B Federal Loan Guarantee Commitment — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:52:26 +0000

[...] and big firms, including French nuclear giant Areva (which recently bought competitor Ausra), Abengoa Solar, the solar arm of the decades-old Spanish renewable energy and engineering giant, eSolar, and [...]

By: Earth2Tech Week in Review

Earth2Tech Week in Review — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:26:48 +0000

[...] Fred Morse: The Solar Thermal King Talks Consolidation, Financing: “It’s one thing for a company to score a utility deal to build a solar thermal power plant; it’s another thing entirely to get that solar project permitted, connected to transmission lines and financed, says Fred Morse, U.S. senior adviser to Abengoa Solar, the solar arm of the decades-old Spanish renewable energy and engineering giant Abengoa.” [...]

By: Paper or Plastic? | Solar Power in Idaho

Paper or Plastic? | Solar Power in Idaho — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:56:12 +0000

[...] Fred Morse: The Solar Thermal King Talks Consolidation, Financing [...]

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 04:29:30 +0000

The Solar power is a booming energy sector and this is a going to be adopted by many people all around the glob. This technology is growing and this way it is going to go into a larger segment this is growing and the world is adopting to it quickly.

By: bk

bk — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:08:02 +0000

Since mid-2007 that has been the last word on MSP. To date no Application for Construction filed with the California Energy Commission. Let's face it, their PPA price is way below what you can build a trough plant for. The big question is what did Siemens know that nobody else knows.

By: Solar Buying Spree!: SunPower Grabs SunRay, Calisolar Takes 6N Silicon

Solar Buying Spree!: SunPower Grabs SunRay, Calisolar Takes 6N Silicon — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:47:00 +0000

[...] Fred Morse, U.S. senior adviser to Abengoa Solar, which makes solar thermal technology, put it to me yesterday, the name of the game for utility-scale solar is consolidation and financing. “You’ve got to be [...]

By: Katie Fehrenbacher

Katie Fehrenbacher — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:35:44 +0000

@bk, Solel is developing the the 553 MW Mojave Solar Park 1 (MSP-1), with a PPA for PG&E.

By: bk

bk — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:13:21 +0000

"Solel, a 14-year-old Israeli company that develops more-traditional solar thermal trough technology and owned and operated its own plants." Actually Solel has never owned nor operated any plants. They produce the specialized heat collector elements (vacuum-insulated pipes) for trough plants. Solar has been trying to develop their own plants for many years but has yet to accomplish that; note that the only utility-scale solar themal plants in the world (50+ MW) are the Luz SEGS plants (now mostly owned and operated by FPL), Nevada Solar One (Acciona) and the Andasol plants in Spain (Solar Millenium et al). Why is it so hard to get the basic facts right?