China has just turned on a world-first solar thermal power plant in the Gobi Desert, a move that could change the way solar energy is produced. This new plant is designed to be cheaper and more ...

Two 650-foot-tall (200-m) towers have risen in China's Gansu Province. Combined with an array of 30,000 mirrors arranged in concentric circles, the new facility is expected to generate over 1.8 ...

A once cutting-edge solar energy power plant in the Mojave Desert that looks like something out of a science fiction movie may be facing its last days, according to its builder and largest customer.

Concentrated solar thermal power (CSP) specialist Vast Renewables has completed final prototyping of a “first-of-its-kind” receiver tower that forms the basis of its clean energy solution that ...

15 October 2009 – Siemens announced today the aquisition of Israel-based Solel Solar Systems for $418m, to strengthen its position in the solar thermal power market. Siemens acquired a 63 per cent ...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is investing up to €105 million ($109.5 million) in a large-scale solar-thermal plant in Novi Sad, Serbia. The project is expected to reduce ...

The NSW Greens announced their Solar Thermal Power Plant initiative on March 13: a policy to build three baseload solar thermal power plants in NSW and create new green jobs. At the official launch of ...

Construction work has commenced in Mali on the largest photovoltaic solar power plant in West Africa, in a joint venture with Russia. The 200MW plant, which will cover 314 hectares in Sanankoroba, ...