NEWS of TREC, CSP AND HVDC 2008

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Here are links to web pages containing news of TREC, the DESERTEC proposals, CSP or HVDC (or any combination of those things). On other pages, there is related news and an archive of news reports about TREC. News from 2007 (and 2006 and the later parts of 2005) can be found on the 2007 news page.

DESERTEC: Reports which make specific mention of TREC or the DESERTEC proposals.
CSP: Reports with a focus on CSP.
CSP-PROJECT: News of specific CSP projects.
CSP-FACTORY
HVDC: Reports with a focus on large-scale HVDC transmission grids or the creation of a Europe-wide or EUMENA-wide single market for electricity, or both..
CSP-PROCESS: The use of solar heat or electricity from CSP plants to power industrial processes, including the synthesis of fuels.
CPV: Reports about the use of PV in conjunction with the concentrating technique.
M denotes a contribution to the media by a member of TREC or TREC-UK.

DECEMBER

Date	Area	Title	Source	See also	M
31	CSP	Tapping sunshine	Deccan Herald
24	CSP	Abengoa’s 280 MW Solena solar plant to use molten salt	Solar Guide Pro
23	DESERTEC	Samer Zureikat talks about MENA Cleantech and the DESERTEC project	AOL TV
23	CSP	Sopogy, Inypsa & Omniwatt announce 50-MW MicroCSP plant	Renewable Energy World
22	CSP	Turning on solar thermal power	EcoWorld
22	CSP	150 Solar startups, Part 6: Concentrating Solar Power (CSP)	GreenTechMedia
22	CPV	Concentrix opens production line for CPV	Renewable Energy World
20	CSP-PROJECT	Solar-powered plant to be built in Daegu	Joongang Daily
19	DESERTEC	Gerry Wolff at TREC-UK on UfM's DESERTEC plans	Blinkx		M
18	CSP	SCE gets CPUC approval for 245-MW solar thermal plans	Renewable Energy World
18	CPV	Greek solar project uses concentrator photovoltaic technology	CarbonFree
18	CSP PROJECT	SCE gets CPUC approval for 245-MW solar thermal plans	Renewable Energy World
16	HVDC	Offshore wind farms sparked by HVDC	Control Engineering
15	CSP	SolFocus lands Greek deal for concentrated solar	CNET
15	CSP	Study: Wind, solar baseload easily beat nuclear	The Grist
14	CSP	A passion for solar power	The Business Press
13	CSP	Concentrated solar thermal power	New Energy Direction
12	CSP-PROJECT	Green energy station to be built in Badaling area	People's Daily
12	CSP	UA institute to establish solar park	AZ Star
12	DESERTEC	Green 'super-grid' could let Europe harness African Sun	New Scientist
11	CSP	Creating new jobs, cutting carbon emissions, and reducing oil imports by investing in renewable energy and energy efficiency	Earth Policy Institute
10	CSP	Wind, water and sun beat other energy alternatives, study finds	Stanford News Service
10	CSP	Siemens to supply 123-MW steam turbine-generator for California solar thermal power plant	Green Energy for Earth
9	DESERTEC	Energy COOL: A powerful renewable vision (reprise)	Get Energy Smart Now
8	CSP-PROJECT	Abengoa's PS20 solar farm gets ready for inauguration	CSP Today
8	CSP-PROJECT	SCE gets approval for a solar facility	CSP Today
8	CSP-PROJECT	FPL breaks ground on hybrid solar energy plant	CSP Today
8	CSP-PROJECT	Acme to set up 100MW solar thermal power plant	CSP Today	Indiaserver
8	HVDC	ANALYSIS-European supergrid far-fetched but possible	Forexpros
8	CSP	The Energy Debates: Solar Farms	Live Science
5	DESERTEC	Solar Plan (MSP) becomes the flagship project of the Union for the Mediterranean	SolarServer
5	HVDC	Europe planning supergrids that would provide 100% clean energy	Device Dailly
5	CSP	Tight credit market unplugs renewable energy construction	Phoenix Business Journal
3	CSP	Solar thermal projects gather steam -- and opposition	LA TIMES
3	CSP	Solar industry pleads for more federal help	San Francisco Business Times
3	CSP	Hot Question: How big should solar get?	Wall Street Journal
2	HVDC	Europe backs supergrids	Technology Review
2	HVDC	Europe begins work on supergrid	Red Mullet
2	HVDC	Probing for fluff in Europe's supergrids vision	EnergyWise
2	CSP-PROJECT	Hybrid solar plant to reduce need for fossil fuel	Associated Press	Reuters
2	CSP-PROCESS	DLR scientists achieve solar hydrogen production in a 100-kilowatt pilot plant	FuelCellWorks	Hydrogen Motors
1	DESERTEC	Clean power from deserts (PDF, 456 KB, Forum CSR International, December 2008, pp 29-31). This is an article by Gerry Wolff, Coordinator of DESERTEC-UK.	Forum CSR International		M

NOVEMBER

Date	Area	Title	Source	See also
29	CSP	Nullarbor seen as a solar power oasis	The West
25	CSP-PROJECT	Spanish solar power tower almost ready	Earth2Tech
24	HVDC	Ultra-High Voltage transformer	High Voltage Info
24	CSP-PROJECT	Power in the desert: solar towers will harness sunshine of southern Spain	The Guardian	Greenpeace
23	CSP	Popularity contest	The Grist
20	CSP	Solar manufacturer Schott escapes economic woes	Forbes
20	CSP	Solar thermal comes out of the shadows	The Daily Climate
18	CSP	NREL, Iberdrola begin solar measuring network	Sustainable Business	Colorado Energy News
18	CSP	Un concentrateur solaire portable de 1 500 watts	Enerzine
17	CSP	It's for sun, it's for wind, it's supergrid	New Energy News
17	CSP	Sorting intermittent supply in solar energy	CSP Today
14	CSP	EU Calls for energy supply shake-up	Der Spiegel
14	CSP-PROJECT	Solar Energy \| Kimberlina CSP Plant	Renewable Energy Development
14	HVDC	EU unveils plan to weaken Russian grip on gas supply	The Guardian
14	HVDC	European blueprint for offshore grid	Scottish Government
14	CPV	SolFocus releases new SF-1100S CPV system	Renewable Energy World	Treehugger, EcoGeek
13	CSP	Solar thermal and fossil energy working together	Green Energy News	CSP Today
13	CSP	Australia's potential for development of CSP gets reiterated	CSP Today
13	HVDC	High-performance transformers	Business Times
13	DESERTEC	EU’s ideas for energy looking tired	WWF
13	HVDC	Power supergrid plan to protect Europe from Russian threat to choke off energy	The Times
11	CSP	Lack of funding forces rethink	Financial Times
10	CSP-PROJECT	Mitsui Engineering wins order for UAE solar thermal test plant	Trading Markets
10	CSP	Al Gore details five-step plan to clean electricity	CNet
9	CSP	The climate for change	NY Times
6	CSP	Solar Millennium sells stake in Andasol power plants to solar funds	CSP Today
6	CSP-PROJECT	Andasol 1 goes into operation	Renewable Energy World
5	CSP	Running on empty: deserts could solve energy crisis	The Age
5	DESERTEC	Lack of political will slowing Europe's renewables revolution, engineers say	Guardian
5	HVDC	Berlin urged to speed up energy project	Onet
4	CPV	World’s largest concentrating solar PV project announced by SolFocus	TreeHugger
3	CSP	Researchers explore hybrid concentrated solar energy system	Renewable Energy World
2	CSP	Europe's dream of endless energy	Zukunfstreffe
1	CSP	Solar thermal power may make sun-powered grid a reality	Popular Mechanics

OCTOBER

Date	Area	Title	Source	See also	M
31	CSP	Thermal solar power: Why concentrating on the sun promises a bright future	Financial Times
31	CPV	Green Volts green grant for concentrated solar	Carbon Free
30	CSP	Solar Millennium sells stake in Andasol CSP projects	Renewable Energy World
28	CPV	Concentrix Solar and Abengoa Solar successfully connect 2 MW power station to Spanish grid	Concentrix Solar	Solar Report
27	CSP	Abengoa marks investment worth $1.35 billion a year	CSP Today
27	CSP	"I have inquiries for projects equal to thousands of megawatts around Australia"	CSP Today
27	CSP	ICP Solar plans to acquire Ibersolar of Spain	CSP Today
27	CSP	MAR prepares for new welding technology to be applied to solar panel assembly	CSP Today
26	CSP	Solar development in Jordan	New Energy News
25	CSP	Mega solar: the world’s 13 biggest solar thermal energy projects	Eco Worldly
24	CSP-PROJECT	Ausra launches first solar thermal plant in California in nearly 20 years	Renewable Energy World	Mercury News, CSP Today
23	CSP-PROJECT	Governor Schwarzenegger participates in launch of new solar energy facility	Office of the Governor	Environment News, SF Gate, Reuters, Treehugger, MSNBC, Inhabitat
22	CSP	'Thermal storage for dish-stirlings and solar towers still needs significant R&D work'	CSP Today
22	CSP	Siemens to supply an industrial steam turbine for Solar Tres plant	CSP Today
21	CSP	US Solar and APS move forward with solar thermal storage technologies	CSP Today
20	CSP	Is the Sun setting on solar power in Spain?	Scientific American
20	CSP	Commissioner Piebalgs visits two state-of-the-art solar plants in southern Spain supported with EU-funds	Europa
18	CSP	Solar Thermal Electric Power	AMBL
18	CSP	US elections: who will avert the energy crisis? (New Scientist, 2008-10-18). This article contains a section about Professor David Mills of Ausra and their plans for CSP.	New Scientist
17	CSP-PROJECT	$4.3 million solar project will be built, tested north of Tucson	Tucson Citizen	AZStarBiz
16	CSP	GE gees up concentrated solar company	Carbon Free
15	CSP	TCE envisages building a solar thermal power pilot plant in Qatar	CSP Today
15	CSP	Energy storage: How solar can always meet demand	Renewable Energy World
15	CSP	APS, US Solar get $4.35 million grant	Phoenix Business Journal
15	CSP	Utility-scale solar power in the spotlight	Checkmate
14	CSP	Schott Solar signs contracts in the Middle East and the US	CSP Today
14	CSP	Concentrating solar outfit Soliant Energy gets General Electric investment	The Industry Standard	CSP Today
14	CSP	SkyFuel unveils SkyTrough technology	Renewable Energy World	CSP Today
12	CSP-PROJECT	World’s largest Solar Power Plant planned in Arizona for 2011	Inspiring News
11	CSP	SolarTAC to accelerate solar technology development	EcoFriendly Mag
10	CSP	Return of the solar power tower	IEEE Spectrum
10	CSP	Researchers from three continents join forces on solar rooftop project	Get Solar
10	CSP	SkyFuel unveils the SkyTrough(TM): the world's highest performance, lowest cost utility-scale solar power system	Market Watch	Clean Technica, Earth Talk
7	CSP	Largest solar thermal storage plant to start up	IEEE Spectrum
7	CSP-PROJECT	Army plans 500-megawatt solar thermal farm	CNET	CSP Today
3	CPV	Cool Earth Solar bets on new, money-saving technology	San Francisco Business Times	Nonimanager
2	CSP	Ausra Secures US $60.6M in funding	Renewable Energy World
2	CSP	$76m lights up solar tech maker	Australian IT
1	CSP	California solar developers have eye on southwestern New Mexico	IStockAnalyst
1	CSP	Google proposes $4.4 trillion clean energy plan	PC World	GreenVC, Its Getting Hot in Here, Green Prudence, New Energy News
1	CSP	Largest solar thermal storage plant to start up	IEEE
1	DESERTEC	Clean power from deserts (PDF, 465 KB), Arab Water World XXXII (10), p 20, October 2008). This is an article by Gerry Wolff, Coordinator of TREC-UK.	Arab Water World		M
1	CSP	Solar developer Ausra gets $60M private investments	Reuters

SEPTEMBER

Date	Area	Title	Source	See also	M
30	CSP	CSP: bright future for linear fresnel technology? (PDF, 368 KB, Renewable Energy Focus, September/October 2008, pp 48-51). This article is by Graham Ford, CEO of HelioDynamics Ltd and member of TREC-UK.	Renewable Energy Focus		M
30	CSP	Electricity: levelling the renewables playing field (PDF, 1028 KB, Renewable Energy Focus, September/October 2008, pp 42-47). This article is by Polly Higgins, barrister and member of TREC-UK.	Renewable Energy Focus		M
30	CSP	Solar eclipse?	Site Selection
30	CPV	Fraunhofer ISE researchers achieve 39.7% solar cell efficiency	Renewable Energy World
28	DESERTEC	Africa’s dazzling vision	Times Online
25	CSP-PROJECT	Major solar facility has ACC approval	AZ Star Net
25	DESERTEC	Could solar power from Africa supply all Europe’s energy?	Business Magazine
24	CSP	INTERVIEW-Sahara solar scheme could power poor West Africa. The Akosombo Declaration referred to in this report may be downloaded as a PDF file (152 KB)	Reuters		M
24	DESERTEC	Giant Mirrors Tap Sun, Subsidies in Europe's Clean Power Bid	Bloomberg
23	CSP	Reliance Power plans to tap opportunities in wind, solar power	India Times
22	CSP	DOE funds $67.6 million to develop cost-competive solar power storage by 2015	North Coast Oregon	Sustainable Business
19	CSP	DOE to fund 15 new solar projects	Energy Current	Electric Assets
17	HVDC	A national grid will make renewable electricity work	The Grist
17	CSP	SolarReserve gets US $140M Series B Funding	Renewable Energy World	Renewable Energy Jobs
13	CSP-PROJECT	APS announces new solar power plant, among world’s largest	Solar Guide Pro
12	HVDC	ABB delivers longest underwater power link	Edu Bourse
12	SUPERGRID	Supergrid proposal 'of European importance'	Low Carbon Economy	New Energy Focus
11	CSP	Solel Solar and Glaston Partner on $9M solar reflector manufacturing facility	Solar Energy News
11	CSP	3M to launch renewable energy unit	Sustainable Business
11	CSP	Solel & Glaston open US $9M solar reflector manufacturing facility	Renewable Energy World
10	CSP	'Clean' energy sources pushed	Deseret News
10	CPV	Concentrator-solar photovoltaic power at a quarter the cost: Morgan Solar Sun Simba HCPV	Treehugger
9	CSP, HVDC	A national electricity grid for Australia	The Oil Drum
9	CSP	The Sun is our unique source of energy	Blogactiv
9	DESERTEC	EU, Africa unveil 'ambitious' energy partnership	EUR Activ
7	CSP	Singur's lessons for solar power	Times of India
5	DESERTEC	Kingdom positioned to become solar power	Saudi Gazette
4	CSP	Investing in the renewable energy infrastructure	12 Degrees of Freedom
3	CSP PROJECT	Nagpur to house India's biggest solar thermal plant	India Times
3	CPV	CPV, Pt. 1: Stuck in the middle	GreenTech Media
3	DESERTEC	Svegliatevi, c'è il solare termico	La Stampa
3	CSP	Environment: Solar plant yields water and crops from the desert	Guardian	Peak Energy
2	CSP	Concentrating solar thermal power	Renewable Energy World
1	CSP	A national solar plan	Springs Blogger

AUGUST

Date	Area	Title	Source	See also
30	DESERTEC	"Soak up the sun to save the planet" on page 9	IPU Review
30	DESERTEC	Saudi Arabia positioned to become solar power	Gulf in the Media
29	HVDC	BritNed Submarine HVDC Cable To Connect UK And The Netherlands	Power Online
27	CSP	Ausra not blinded by the sun	Business Spectator
26	CSP, DESERTEC	The (renewable) electron economy, part 9	Grist
26	DESERTEC	Arabian Desert Solar: Better than Russian gas via Georgia	Solar Feeds
24	DESERTEC	Massive Saharan Solar Project Could Power $71 Billion EU Supergrid	Treehugger
23	SUPERGRID	African Solar Could Power all of Europe	Auto-Opstroom
23	CSP	Harvest The Sun	Times of India
22	CSP	New rays of hope for solar power’s future	Christian Science Monitor
22	DESERTEC	The Saudi Arabia Of Solar Energy	Forbes
21	CSP-PROJECT	Utility volunteers to close two coal plants in Colorado	Christian Science Monitor
20	CSP	The Renewable Electron Economy, Supplying Clean Energy - Summary for Policymakers Part 2	Green Thoughts
18	CSP	Green Engineering: Solar thermal technology heats up	EETimes
15	CSP	Giant solar power plant to tap Sahara sunshine	The Ecologist
15	CSP-PROJECT	Let The Sun Shine	Forbes	Epoch Times
13	CSP PROJECT	Abengoa Solar completes financing for Solnova 4 plant
13	CSP-PROJECT	Worley weighs up $1b Pilbara solar plant	Sydney Morning Herald	Sydney Morning Herald (Environment), The Age, This is Money, Bloomberg, The Australian Business
12	CSP	WorleyParsons' billion-dollar solar plan	Sydney Morning Herald
11	CSP	Capstone To Make Turbines that Run on Solar Power	Renewable Energy World	EcoTalks
11	DESERTEC	MPs get behind desert power scheme	Building Sustainability
9	CSP	New dawn for energy market	The National
6	CSP-PROJECT	Plans for first CSP plant in Asia	Renewable Energy World
6	CSP-PROJECT	Fresnel Solar Collector system in service	Renewable Energy World
5	CSP	New Energy: The Middle East Perspective	New Energy News

JULY

Date	Area	Title	Source	See also	M
31	CSP	CSP: dish projects inch forward (PDF, 276 KB, Renewable Energy Focus, July/August 2008, pp 52-54). This article is by Stewart Taggart, Director of Acquasol Infrastructure Ltd, Coordinator of DESERTEC-Australia, and member of TREC-UK.	Renewable Energy Focus		M
31	CPV	Competition heats up in concentrating solar firms	CNet
31	CPV	13 Startups working on Solar-Concentrating PV	Earth2Tech
31	CSP	Technologies shine on parabolic trough solar plants	Power Engineering
31	CSP-PROCESS	MIT researchers split water to store solar energy	CNet	Popular Mechanic
31	DESERTEC	Challenging 'voodoo' economics in the race for the best technology. This is an article by Polly Higgins of TREC-UK in the July 2008 issue (12) of Carbon2Share, published by Colin Challen MP. It is in three JPEG files: Section 1 (379 KB), Section 2 (270 KB), and Section 3 (341 KB). Click the '+' or 'enlarge' button to show each image full size.	Carbon2Share		M
31	DESERTEC	Tewfik Hasni (Algeria) and Calixte Jeuffrain (TREC-France) speak about the DESERTEC concept on French radio RFI (MP3, 4.6 MB, Les Visiteur de Jour, in French)	RFI		M
30	CPV	SolFocus builds out first phase of Spanish solar plant	Earth2Tech
30	CSP	Utah's Solar Fired Furnace to Power California for Less Than the Cost of Coal or Gas	Celsias
28	CSP	Solar baseload update	Climate Progress
28	CSP	Analysis: Roles and responsibilities in solar thermal	Business Intelligence- Middle East
28	CSP	Low-cost Solar Thermal Plants at Heart of Algerian-German Research Push	Vision
27	DESERTEC	Lighting up Europe from North America	New Energy News
25	CSP	Govt gets cracking on climate plan	Times of India
24	DESERTEC	Growing Solar in the Desert	Matter Network
24	DESERTEC	Massive Saharan solar project could power $71 billion EU supergrid	TreeHugger
24	CSP	Solar Thermal Power Coming to a Boil	YubaNet
23	DESERTEC	Dr Gerhard Knies, Coordinator of TREC, is interviewed by Robin Lustig on BBC Radio 4, The World Tonight, 2008-07-23 (Audio RAM, 1.8 MB)	BBC		M
23	CSP	SHEC Labs Takes First for Most Efficient Solar Concentration	EcoGeek	Good Clean Tech
23	CSP	Solar power comes to the boil	Earth Policy Institute
23	DESERTEC	Solar power from Saharan sun could provide Europe's electricity, says EU	Guardian	Daily Mail, Telegraph
22	DESERTEC	Saharan sun to power European supergrid	Guardian
22	CSP	Solar thermal power coming to a boil	Earth Policy
22	CSP	New solar thermal plant buoys spanish investors	Planet Ark
21	CSP	Britain wants more electric vehicles in Europe Transcript of the British Prime Minister's remarks delivered at the Union for the Mediterranean Summit in Paris. 13 July 2008 and that it contains a strong endorsement of the concept of "clean power from deserts"	Commodity Online
20	DESERTEC	MEPs urge action on renewable energy	NewsBlaze
19	DESERTEC	Solar power in Europe (2008-07-19). This is a radio programme about the DESERTEC ideas on ABC Radio (Australia). It includes several sections of an interview with Polly Higgins of TREC-UK.	ABC Radio		M
17	DESERTEC	Gerry Wolff at TREC-UK on UfM's DESERTEC plans	BrightCove		M
17	CSP	Concentrated solar market a little more concentrated	Carbon Free
17	CSP-PROJECT	Big push for big solar	Carbon Free
16	CSP-PROJECT	Sopogy's MicroCSP solar farm breaks ground in Hawaii	Renewable Energy World	KHNL
15	CSP	Sopogy thinks small to make megawatts of solar power	CNet
14	CPV	MIT’s revolutionary new concentrated solar array	Inhabitat	MSNBC
14	DESERTEC	Brown backs "major investment" in solar energy	New Energy Focus
13	CSP	TNEB to buy solar power at Rs 3.15/kWh	The Hindu Business Line
13	DESERTEC	North Sea could be 'Gulf of future'	Press Association	New Energy Focus
11	CSP	The Southwest desert's real estate boom	CNN Money
10	CSP	Concentrating solar power: Oasis or mirage?	Allianz
10	CSP	Technology could streamline solar power
10	CSP	Solar thermal power just got hotter with linear Fresnel technology	Plenty
9	CSP	Concentrating solar power (approx. 8 minutes of streaming sound, DW-world.de, Deutsche Welle Radio, 2008-07-09). This is another audio piece about CSP by Naomi Fowler, including interviews with Polly Higgins of TREC-UK.	Deutsche Welle Radio		M
9	CSP-PROJECT	Florida Power & Light goal: 3 solar plants in 2009	Think South
7	CSP-PROJECT	Big Island solar farm to begin construction	Think Green Hawaii
5	CSP	California ballot: Betting on Big Solar	News Review (Sacramento)
4	CSP	200 MW Solar Thermal Power	Terraform Earth	EnviroMission
3	CSP	New Mexico Utilities Bonding Over Solar Power Project	earth2tech
3	CSP	A solar-powered economy: How solar thermal can replace coal, gas and oil	Renewable Energy World
2	CSP	Egyptian centre to push Middle East renewables	SciDev
2	CSP	US government agency reverses moratorium on solar power proposals	CNN Money	Review Journal
1	DESERTEC	Concentrated solar power plants in North Africa could supply Europe	Building Services Journal

JUNE