Comments on: Live: eSolar Flips the Switch on First Solar Power Tower in U.S. http://gigaom.com/cleantech/live-esolar-flips-the-switch-on-first-solar-power-tower-in-u-s/ Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:27:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: List of Solar Plants « EnergyDeals Blog http://gigaom.com/cleantech/live-esolar-flips-the-switch-on-first-solar-power-tower-in-u-s/#comment-25567 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 03:31:18 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=38517#comment-25567 [...] ^ eSolar Flips the Switch on First Solar Power Tower in U.S. [...]

]]> By: Fred Morse: The Solar Thermal King Talks Consolidation, Financing http://gigaom.com/cleantech/live-esolar-flips-the-switch-on-first-solar-power-tower-in-u-s/#comment-25566 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:00:51 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=38517#comment-25566 [...] are under construction? None. They still have to get financed.” (That’s not including solar thermal pilot plants that have been built as test beds and [...]

]]> By: Stirling Energy To Kick Off Its First Plant http://gigaom.com/cleantech/live-esolar-flips-the-switch-on-first-solar-power-tower-in-u-s/#comment-25565 Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:50:02 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=38517#comment-25565 [...] solar thermal firms like eSolar have started flipping switches on their first projects in U.S. deserts, I’ve been eagerly waiting for when the stirling [...]

]]> By: eSolar Wins Massive Solar Thermal Deal in China http://gigaom.com/cleantech/live-esolar-flips-the-switch-on-first-solar-power-tower-in-u-s/#comment-25564 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 04:33:50 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=38517#comment-25564 [...] small mirrors and computing power to lower the cost of solar thermal technology. The company turned on it first solar thermal pilot project in the U.S. in August 2009, the 5 MW “Sierra SunTower,” which uses 24,000 mirrors [...]

]]> By: Dan http://gigaom.com/cleantech/live-esolar-flips-the-switch-on-first-solar-power-tower-in-u-s/#comment-25563 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:12:52 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=38517#comment-25563 The holy grail for solar thermal is < $3/We installed. eSolar already achieves this and will keep driving costs down. Competition with PV will always be an issue but they are really complementary technologies as PV has no buffering whatsoever.

]]> By: Boeing: The New Solar Thermal King, In Patents http://gigaom.com/cleantech/live-esolar-flips-the-switch-on-first-solar-power-tower-in-u-s/#comment-25562 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:02:21 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=38517#comment-25562 [...] in Oakland, Calif., is a champion of the power tower technology. eSolar out of Pasadena, Calif., built a 5-megawatt power tower-based plant in Southern California last [...]

]]> By: Tauran http://gigaom.com/cleantech/live-esolar-flips-the-switch-on-first-solar-power-tower-in-u-s/#comment-25561 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:07:15 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=38517#comment-25561 So what is the total Installed cost ($/M^2) of a 10 MW eSolar project compared with that using Photo Voltaic, Natural gas, coal, etc

i would like to see a detail breakdown comparing to current power plants we use. The cost can only get cheaper as more are installed.

]]> By: eSolar and Wildlands Conservancy Have Something Else in Common: An Investor « Energy Portfolio Managers Blog http://gigaom.com/cleantech/live-esolar-flips-the-switch-on-first-solar-power-tower-in-u-s/#comment-25560 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:36:15 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=38517#comment-25560 [...] from the non-profit Wildlands Conservancy last week for siting its latest project — the 5 MW Sierra SunTower — on “disturbed lands,” rather than “pristine California desert.” [...]

]]> By: eSolar and Wildlands Conservancy Have Something Else in Common: An Investor http://gigaom.com/cleantech/live-esolar-flips-the-switch-on-first-solar-power-tower-in-u-s/#comment-25559 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 22:27:25 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=38517#comment-25559 [...] from the non-profit Wildlands Conservancy last week for siting its latest project — the 5 MW Sierra SunTower — on “disturbed lands,” rather than “pristine California desert.” [...]

]]> By: The Daily Five: Thursday, 13 August, 2009 | EcoTech Daily http://gigaom.com/cleantech/live-esolar-flips-the-switch-on-first-solar-power-tower-in-u-s/#comment-25558 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:00:29 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=38517#comment-25558 [...] First Solar Power Tower in U.S. The 5 MW “Sierra SunTower,” which uses 24,000 mirrors, is located in Lancaster, in Southern California. The solar thermal plant uses mirrors that track the sun’s rays in order to concentrate it onto two receivers sitting atop two 160 foot towers. [...]

]]> By: re:place Magazine http://gigaom.com/cleantech/live-esolar-flips-the-switch-on-first-solar-power-tower-in-u-s/#comment-25557 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:10:18 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=38517#comment-25557 [...] line in Damascus [The Oregonian] City employee promotes green building [Ashland Daily Tidings] Live: eSolar Flips the Switch on First Solar Power Tower in U.S. [Earh2tech] Grocers increasingly taking over vancant big boxes [Retail [...]

]]> By: Water Efficiency – Water Used in Generating US Electricity | Solar Power in Oregon http://gigaom.com/cleantech/live-esolar-flips-the-switch-on-first-solar-power-tower-in-u-s/#comment-25556 Sun, 09 Aug 2009 10:45:06 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=38517#comment-25556 [...] Live: eSolar Flips the Switch on First Solar Power Tower in U.S. [...]

]]> By: Christians Earth Day | Proposal: Energy Conservation http://gigaom.com/cleantech/live-esolar-flips-the-switch-on-first-solar-power-tower-in-u-s/#comment-25555 Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:53:21 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=38517#comment-25555 [...] Live: eSolar Flips the Switch on First Solar Power Tower in U.S. [...]

]]> By: Scientists Ask For Higher CO2 Cuts at Copenhagen’s Spring | Solar and Wind Power in Nebraska http://gigaom.com/cleantech/live-esolar-flips-the-switch-on-first-solar-power-tower-in-u-s/#comment-25554 Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:36:31 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=38517#comment-25554 [...] Live: eSolar Flips the Switch on First Solar Power Tower in U.S. [...]

]]> By: Dan http://gigaom.com/cleantech/live-esolar-flips-the-switch-on-first-solar-power-tower-in-u-s/#comment-25553 Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:28:40 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=38517#comment-25553 $150/m^2 is the heliostat cost, typically 50% of a power-tower plant. this figure (indeed, even $300/m^2) has never been achieved commercially to date.

]]> By: Who’s Greener? Yahoo Vs Google | Indiana Solar Installation http://gigaom.com/cleantech/live-esolar-flips-the-switch-on-first-solar-power-tower-in-u-s/#comment-25552 Fri, 07 Aug 2009 05:50:36 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=38517#comment-25552 [...] Live: eSolar Flips the Switch on First Solar Power Tower in U.S. [...]

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