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Green Jobs Aren't Going Anywhere

September 9, 2011 by Cai Steger
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In the last few weeks, it seems like every other day there’s been a different negative story about jobs in the new clean economy. I responded to an especially bad one in the Times, but I’ve seen several more since. [read more]

Improving The Performance Of Solar Thermal Power

March 11, 2010 by Big Gav
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The US Department of Energy granted a US$1.37 billion loan guarantee to Brightsource Energy two weeks ago which could help clear the way for over 15 gigawatts of solar thermal power projects in California. Brightsource built a pilot plant in Israel to prove their technology and has tested it over the past 18 months. Their flagship... [read more]

More Cost Effective Solar Thermal Electric Power

February 28, 2010 by Jonathan Smith
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As this blog recently reminded its readers Google has invested in two solar thermal companies, eSolar and BrightSource. Reuters reporter Poornima Gupta (with editing by Toni Reinhold) now informs the Carbon Market Community about the status of a prototype mirror. Google.org Bill Weihl expects the solar energy product ready in one to... [read more]

Climate Change and Clean Tech in Israel

January 12, 2010 by David Levy
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Israel is a small country of 7.5 million people with an oversized political and media footprint. It also has a growing carbon footprint problem on its current development path, as noted in the November 2009 McKinsey report on Greenhouse Gas Reduction Potential in Israel (the 5-page summary is in English, click here for full Hebrew... [read more]

2010: the Year of the Solar Battles

January 2, 2010 by margotgerritsen
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2010 may well become known in the renewable and environmental community as the year of the solar battles. Battle is definitely brewing in California, with the main focus at the moment on Brightsource. Just before the new year, Senator Feinstein introduced a new bill that she hopes will help balance preservation of the Mojave desert... [read more]

California Solar Thermal Power Project Bumped

October 5, 2009 by Big Gav
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TreeHugger reports that Brightsource's proposed solar thermal power plant for Ivanpah in California has been stymied by the inclusion of the site in a new National Park - California Solar-Thermal Power Project Bumped For New National Monument.In 2008 we learned that - BrightSource [was] to Build 500 Megawatts of Solar-Thermal Power in... [read more]