The United States Air Force has signed a contract with the Schafer Corporation of Massachusetts to allow a test of concentrating solar power (CSP) at a Maui, Hawaii military site in an attempt to offset a military computer system’s power demand.
Last week, San Bernardino county officials sought to stop progress on BrightSource Energy’s giant concentrating solar power (CSP) plant in the Mojave Desert. Land mitigation was the main complaint this time around, but BrightSource has been drawing flak for habitat destruction (desert tortoise) and water use (despite using a “dry loop” cooling technology, the solar [...]
Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) has traditionally been used for utility-scale power generation. Chromasun, however, is shrinking the technology and bringing it to retail rooftops as a solar HVAC system.
