The California Energy Commission has granted approval for the development of a 500MW solar thermal factory in Riverside County. The facility will hold two solar thermal power plants, each with a generating capacity of 250MW. Each plant is anticipated to generate enough electricity to power up to 150,000 homes and prevent roughly one-half megaton of carbon dioxide emissions annually. The company says that the…

A brand new, cutting-edge hybrid solar collector, which incorporates both photovoltaic (PV) power generation with solar water heating, is taking the renewable energy industry by storm. The concept originated from the *Task 35, a task group from International Energy Agency that aims to spur the development and market introduction of high quality and commercially-competitive PV-T hybrid systems. The focus in a PV-T hybrid…

The internet giant – Google – recently made its first direct large-scale renewable energy investment, contributing roughly $38.8 million in two North Dakota wind farms with a combined capacity of 169.5 megawatts (MW). The wind farms are being developed by NextEra Energy Resources – a division of the FPL Group and the largest wind power provider in the US. The wind farms will use present transmission capacity, and will generate enough energy to…

Google, Inc. has recently reported its newest breakthrough with innovative mirror technology that may well slash the costs of building a solar thermal plant in half. The company’s Green Energy Czar, Bill Weihl, confirms that the development could be…

As America expands its horizons in renewable energy, so to speak, more companies are catching on to the fact that environmental sustainability can be affordable as well as effective. This is the motivation behind the birth of the Green Apple Energy Company (GAEC); a collective effort which will provide New York City…