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  1. [verwijderd] 15 augustus 2007 00:13
    Ik hoop het in ieder geval. Mijn centen hebben ze reeds en wel voor de lt.
    Hoe je het ook wendt, draait of keert, de olieprijs is over 5 jaar niet meer voor deze prijzen te krijgen. En met het voortschrijden van de techniek, wordt solar energy steeds sneller rendabeler tov olie.

    off-topic: is er een reden waarom op dins- en donderdagen de meeste rommel door mijn spamkiller wordt verontzijdigd?
  3. [verwijderd] 27 augustus 2007 07:46
    Italy's Enel commits to Eur300 million, 35 MW solar program
    Enel's 1,200 out-of-town electricity transformer stations will be fitted with solar panels with a total capacity of 24 MW by 2010 as part of a three-year program to boost solar capacity to 35 MW, company chief executive Fulvio Conti said Friday in Rimini. Speaking at the Meeting dell'Amicizia, where he was attending a round table debate on "The global climate challenge," Conti said the program would cost the Italian company Eur300 million ($408 million), Enel said.
    The 35 MW level is "enough to provide energy to a town of 20,000 residents and prevent 30,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide from being released into the atmosphere," Enel said.

    Some 14 transformer stations so far have had special photovoltaic roofing fitted, and another seven are to be installed by early September.

    Other projects include a 6 MW solar plant being built on 10 hectares of land close to the site of the uncompleted nuclear plant at Montalto di Castro (Viterbo), and the 5 MW thermodynamic solar plant at Priolo Gargallo (Siracusa), known as Progetto Archimede.

    This new capacity is in addition to the 3 MW at Serre Persano (Caserta), Italy's first large photovoltaic solar power plant. In operation since 1993, it was built as part of the Isole Verdi project, which seeks to provide Italy's smaller islands with integrated systems for the generation of energy from renewable sources.

    The company said it has installed over a third of all Italy's photovoltaic solar panels in residential, public and commercial premises through its Enel Si stores, where customers are advised on the choice of system, the permits required, maintenance and finance.

  4. [verwijderd] 28 augustus 2007 13:08
    Crystal Craving; Kyocera, the world's third-largest solar panel maker, strives to keep its silicon edge.
    Tim Kelly
    A quarter of the Earth's crust is silicon, but for Tatsumi Maeda, the boss of Kyocera's solar panel unit, getting enough of the superabundant material is the toughest part of his job. The handful of silicon refiners making the pure form that Kyocera needs are being inundated with orders as California's renewable power subsidies spark a solar energy rush. "In the past three years probably 60 or 70 new companies have entered the market," estimates Maeda, at the Kyoto offices of the world's third-biggest solar panel maker.
    Maeda, a 54-year-old ceramics engineer with a set of solar panels on his roof at home, joined Kyocera's solar business two years ago. Two months later calamity struck. Norway's wafer manufacturer Renewable Energy Corp. bought a key silicon supplier, Advanced Silicon Material, and diverted shipments to Kyocera's German rival Q-Cell. "It took us by surprise," admits Maeda. "We built a factory able to produce 500 megawatts but just couldn't get enough silicon."

    Q-Cell leapfrogged Kyocera to become the second-biggest panelmaker behind Japan's Sharp. Maeda, then deputy manager, had to act. He went to Kyocera's remaining suppliers and explained that when the solar boom is over, fly-by-night makers will disappear, but Kyocera will still be around. "The question is, 'Who do you want as a customer?'" he told them. They agreed to double shipments, and Kyocera, its silicon craving sated for now, will crank out 500 megawatts of panels a year by March 2011. Last year production was 180 megawatts.

    The former researcher, however, has become thriftier with his precious silicon. Kyocera has boosted its yield from raw silicon by 20% in the last couple of years by more carefully cooling down the 220-pound crystalline ingots from 2,600 degrees Fahrenheit. That leads to fewer defects and less waste. The other way to stretch out silicon supplies is to slice thinner. An ingot cut with a wire saw can produce about 4,000 180-micron-thick sheets, about twice the diameter of a human hair.

    Maeda is keeping an eye on Toshishige Hamano, his rival at Sharp. Hamano will do away with wire saws, he says, because "there's a limit to how thin you can cut with them."

    Instead Sharp will do as tofu makers do. Bean curd, like warmed milk, leaves a skin that can be skimmed off. Sharp has produced 50-micron sheets this way and is also experimenting with lasers to slice even thinner but so far has failed to mass-produce them.

  5. [verwijderd] 29 augustus 2007 13:08
    Exelon, German firm signs 20-year pact for 3 MW of solar power
    Exelon Generating said Tuesday that it had signed a 20-year contract with Epuron to buy power from a 3-MW solar photovoltaic project the Hamburg, Germany-based company plans to build in Falls Township, Pennsylvania. Epuron will develop the project through its Philadelphia-based Epuron LLC subsidiary. The company will install 16,500 solar panels on a 16.5-acre site adjacent to a Waste Management landfill. Exelon already uses methane from that landfill to produce 30 MW in a gas turbine.
    An Exelon statement said it will be the fourth largest PV project in the US, behind facilities in Arizona and California. Exelon and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection deferred questions about the project until Thursday, when Governor Edward Rendell officially will announce it.

  6. [verwijderd] 29 augustus 2007 13:36
    Solis Pitches Solar-Powered Wi-Fi; Orlando-based Solis Energy has released a plan to provide guaranteed energy to low-wattage devices, even in the event of a blackout.
    Katherine Montgomery
    Orlando-based Solis Energy has released a plan to provide guaranteed energy to low-wattage devices, even in the event of a blackout. Customers will be able to power their 100-watt-and-under devices -- WiFi hotspots, security cameras, traffic lights, and sensors, even when grid power is unavailable -- using solar power. Solis Energy designs stand-alone solar generators that are practical, relatively inexpensive, and easy to install--on the tops of streetlamps, for example--and that could keep a city's infrastructure mostly intact in the event of loss of grid power. Living in New York, where the possibility of a blackout seems palpable on hot days, I definitely see the advantages of this kind of power alternative. Of course, it would be great if Solis's devices became more than just power-source alternatives--solar power being super-green and renewable. (If you want to power your personal devices on solar power, check out this universal hybrid charger: the Better Energy Systems Solio).
    Plus, as WiFi becomes more ubiquitous, it might be nice to see this kind of solar-powered (read: practically guilt-free) wireless widely available in places like parks.

    Next up from Solis, later this year: the Squid and Octopus, DC to DC converters that deliver field configurable 12-, 24- or 48- volt output over two or more independent circuits.

    For more eco-friendly technology news, bookmark

    GoodCleanTech, the Ziff-Davis green tech blog.

  7. forum rang 10 voda 6 september 2007 16:18
    AMG dochterbedrijf BSI krijgt order voor zonnecelsiliconen


    AMSTERDAM (Dow Jones)--Becancour Silicon Inc (BSI), onderdeel van een dochterbedrijf van Advanced Metallurgical Group nv (AMG), heeft een order gekregen voor de levering van hoogwaardige siliconen aan een producent van zonnecellen. Dit maakt het metallurgisch bedrijf AMG donderdag bekend, zonder financiele details te geven.

    BSI is onderdeel van Timminco, waar AMG een belang van 50,6% in heeft.

    Het gaat om de levering van 13.100 metrische ton siliconen over een periode van vijf jaar, afhankelijk van capaciteitsuitbreiding.

    Het is de derde order die BSI krijgt voor levering van deze siliconen voor de zonnecel-industrie.

    BSI bouwt momenteel een faciliteit voor de productie van zonnecel-siliconen met een een productiecapaciteit van 3.600 metrische ton. De fabriek, die wordt gebouwd nabij Becancour in Quebec, zal naar verwachting in het vierde kwartaal van 2007 openen en in het eerste kwartaal van 2008 op volle sterkte gaan draaien.



    - Door Elvan Bayraktaroglu; Dow Jones Nieuwsdienst; +31-20-5890270; elvan.bayraktaroglu@dowjones.com

  8. [verwijderd] 27 september 2007 14:35
    FPL to sink $2.4 billion into solar projects
    BY KRISTI E. SWARTZ
    JUNO BEACH FPL Group said Wednesday it will spend $2.4 billion on major solar-energy projects, primarily in Florida, including a 300-megawatt solar-thermal operation as well as a program that lets consumers buy renewable-energy credits to counter their carbon emissions.
    FPL Group Chief Executive Lew Hay III made the announcement alongside Florida Gov. Charlie Crist at the 2007 Clinton Global Initiative Wednesday morning in New York.

    The projects include $1.5 billion for a 300-megawatt solar-thermal generating operation in Florida, as well as one in California. FPL is working with Palo Alto, Calif.-based solar-thermal startup Ausra on this project.

    FPL, a Fortune 500 company based in Juno Beach, said it would start with a 10-megawatt solar-thermal project in Florida and then increase that to 300 megawatts as long as Ausra agrees to FPL's cost and technical requirements and if the utility secures all necessary permits. The company did not say where the project would be located.

    FPL Group is close to completing a 150-kilowatt solar array in Sarasota, part of its green-power program called Sunshine Energy.

    FPL has kept its solar program, as well as Hay's appearance at the conference hosted by former President Bill Clinton, under wraps. But Hay made vague references to the company's plans at an early-morning investor conference.

    ''You'll be hearing a lot more about our solar initiatives in the near future,'' Hay said during a presentation at the Merrill Lynch Power & Gas Leaders Conference.

    He also praised Crist's efforts to make Florida greener, including a mandate to reduce carbon emissions by 80 percent by 2050 as well as requiring utilities to get 20 percent of their electricity from renewable fuels.

    ''Our governor is really trying to take the lead in moving our state forward,'' Hay said.

    ``At a dinner last night, the governor talked about what he's trying to do with us, and we're encouraged with that, but there's a lot more to be done.''

    FPL's utility unit, Florida Power & Light Co. will also put $500 million toward technology to help consumers keep better track of how much electricity they use. The utility, which has 4.5 million residential and business customers in 35 counties, is working on a ''smart'' meter program that lets consumers go online and check how much electricity they use each day.

    The high-tech ''smart'' meters keep track of more detailed data of how much electricity customers use so they can better control their energy consumption.

    FPL has more than 50,000 ''smart'' meters in Florida, Hay said at the investors conference. He said he considers the meters to be examples of a ''leading edge technology'' that has been ``working incredibly well.''

    'With an increased emphasis, things like `smart' meters are going to allow our customers to manage energy more efficiently,'' Hay told investors.

    The third project involves a renewable-energy education program from FPL Energy, FPL Group's fast-growing unit that operates outside of Florida. Starting next year, consumers nationwide will be able to buy renewable-energy credits from FPL Energy.

    Renewable energy credits indicate that part of the electricity that FPL Energy bought was offset by alternative energy such as wind, solar or biomass.

    FPL Energy is among the world's largest wind-power companies with operations in 16 states. The company also operates the world's largest solar-thermal field in the Mojave Desert. FPL Energy expects to bring in $400 million in revenue during the first five years of selling the renewable-energy credits. That money will be applied to other renewable-energy projects.

  10. [verwijderd] 24 januari 2008 06:54
    Weer subsidie voor zonnestroom
    Door PETER OTTE

    ROTTERDAM - De subsidie op zonnestroom komt terug. Het kabinet sloot woensdag een akkoord met verschillende organisaties om woningen en bedrijfsgebouwen energiezuiniger te maken.

    Zonnecellen. ARCHIEFFOTO AD


    FOTO ANP

    vorige afbeelding 2 / 2 volgende De plannen zullen de komende weken aan de Tweede Kamer worden aangeboden. Met een beetje geluk gaat de regeling dan op 1 april 2008 (geen grap) in.

    Het betreft dit keer geen aankoopsubsidie -zoals in 2005- voor zonnepanelen, maar, zoals in de rest van Europa, een terugleververgoeding. De huiseigenaar of huurder die zonnepanelen op zijn dak legt krijgt een speciale meter in de meterkast en krijgt betaald voor elke kilowattuur die aan het openbare net wordt teruggeleverd. Voor particulieren komt dat waarschijnlijk uit op 46,9 eurocent per kWh. Bedrijven kunnen op rond de 50 cent rekenen.

    De panelen moeten gewoon gekocht worden. Dat kost bij een complete installatie door een gespecialiseerd bedrijf ongeveer duizend euro per paneel.

    Marco van Veen van installatiebedrijf Solar NRG in ’s Gravenzande: ,,De terugverdientijd voor de investering is nu nog ruim 20 jaar, met een subsidie loopt dat terug naar een overzichtelijker jaar of tien.’’ Een kilowattuur zonnestroom kost nu ongeveer 50 eurocent, met de subsidie rond de 25 eurocent. ,,Afgezet tegen de kosten van gewone stroom (23 eurocent) is de aanschaf van zonnepanelen dan ineens rendabel.’’

    Vincent van Laar van zonnepaneelproducent Sharp in Houten: ,,Subsidie is nu nog nodig om de periode te overbruggen naar een nieuwe techniek van zonne-energie-opwekking, dunne film-panelen. Die zijn goedkoper en dan is de kilowattuurprijs gelijk aan de gewone stroomprijs. Dan is er geen subsidieregeling meer nodig.’’

    Inschrijving op de regeling wordt geregeld door Senter-Novem, wie het eerst komt, het eerst maalt. Er zit wel een maximum aan de regeling: bij 10 megawatt aan geplaatste zonnepanelen is-ie vol. In 2005 met subsidie aangelegde installaties zijn van deze nieuwe vergoeding uitgesloten.

    Naast zonnestroom omvat de nieuwe subsidieregeling ook de alternatieve energiebronnen, biomassa, wind en water.

    www.senternovem.nl

    www.ad.nl/economie/article1991819.ece
  11. [verwijderd] 5 februari 2008 14:44
    THIN-FILM TECHNOLOGY - NEW SOLAR PV TREND IN TAIWAN
    PR Newswire Europe, 5 February 2008
    Taiwan has always been a major place for thin-film technology and the semiconductor industry. Big players in the Taiwanese industry are now using this experience to explore and start new thin-film silicon solar production initiatives. The share of thin-film in the global supply of solar cells and modules is likely to grow from around 8% in 2007 towards 20% or more in 2010. After the year 2010, the production capacity in Taiwan could exceed 1 GW per year. This will make Taiwan one of the leading suppliers of thin-film silicon cells and modules in the multi- billion euro global market. To explore the business opportunities in this rapidly growing thin-film industry, SolarPlaza is organizing a dedicated international PV trade mission to Taiwan from 17 to 21 February. Together with the Taiwanese Photovoltaic Industry Association, a program has been set up including a symposium with several thin-film company presentations and company visits to E-Ton, NexPower Technology, Sinonar and Green Energy Technology. All of these companies are starting, or have started, major thin-film production activities. A list of the currently-known major new thin-film initiatives in Taiwan shows that for 2008 a total initial production capacity of at least 310 MWp is scheduled, ramping up to more than 800 MWp in two years time. Sun Well, one of the presenting companies in the program, is even aiming to boost its capacity to more than 1 GW by the year 2012. Some of the above-mentioned companies are involved in crystalline silicon technology as well, such as the major wafer manufacturer Green Energy Technology and cell manufacturer E-ton, both of which companies will be visited. The thin-film manufacturers will use a variety of technologies as supplied by Applied Materials, Oerlikon Solar, Ulvac as well as the technology of EPV from the USA. Undoubtedly, with these equipment manufacturers predicting production cost levels of less than $ 1/Wp within 5 years time, these products will easily find their way in the growing global market. This cost level however will open up opportunities for 'grid parity' in many new markets as well, creating an infinite market potential. That is why several of these manufacturers are already sold out for the coming years, even before their first thin-film modules are produced.

    After the success of the second PV trade mission to California in January 2008, which also demonstrated a trend towards cheaper thin-film technologies, it is now time to discover the business opportunities in one of the world's fastest growing PV industry regions: Taiwan. The Taiwan government is supporting the growth of its solar energy industry and has designated solar energy as a strategic industry for Taiwan. It forecasts that the total value will hit US$12.5 billion in 2015, compared to US$652 million in 2006, according to a Taipei Times report. This report states that Taiwan's External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) expects the nation to account for 7 percent of global solar-power generation equipment by 2015. Therefore, the purpose of this mission, dedicated to photovoltaic solar energy, is to explore business opportunities in Taiwan and to learn more about the new thin-film technology start-ups and next generation solar technology. The program will start on Sunday evening 17th of February and ends on Thursday 21st of February. Included in the program will be an interactive symposium focusing on new (thin-film) PV manufacturing initiatives and visits to the major new thin-film manufacturers. Furthermore some informal events are scheduled to enhance networking among the international delegates with many nationalities. This has proved to offer a great way to find new business partners and to discuss global market developments with enthusiastic fellow participants from different positions in the field of solar energy. This PV tour is the eighth one organized by SolarPlaza.com, the global PV marketplace. Previous trade missions visited China, Spain, California, Italy and Greece. The cost for participation in this exciting event is EUR 3,250 (incl. full program and hotel stays (Grand Hyatt Taipei)). This learning and market exploration experience will start and end in the capital Taipei.
  12. [verwijderd] 21 februari 2008 14:31
    TOKYO ELECTRON JOINS SHARP IN SOLAR PROJECT
    Financial Times, 19 February 2008, By Mariko Sanchanta in Tokyo
    Tokyo Electron, a leading maker of semiconductor equipment, is set to develop solar cell manufacturing equipment through a joint venture with Sharp in an effort to capitalise on demand for clean energy.The two Japanese companies plan to develop production equipment for thin-film solar cells. Tokyo Electron will produce and sell the equipment, starting next year.Thin-film solar cells use just 1 per cent of the silicon needed in conventional solar cells. The technology is attractive because, as a result of scarcity, the price of silicon has rocketed to as much as $350 a kilogramme.Japanese companies are at the forefront of thin-film solar cell technology, with Sharp, Kaneka and Sanyo the three big manufacturers.Sharp, the world's leading maker of solar cells, is set to boost output capacity for thin-film solar cells more than tenfold this year, by investing Y22bn ($203m). In western Japan, Sharp, which also makes LCD televisions, is constructing the world's biggest solar cell plant. It will be dedicated primarily to thin-film solar cells and is expected to start operations by March 2010.The joint venture will be capitalised at Y50m, with 51 per cent held by Tokyo Electron and the remainder by Sharp. For Tokyo Electron, it is an attempt to diversify and capitalise on a sector with a growing demand.Thin-film solar cells are more versatile than conventional crystalline solar cells because they are transparent and so can be used as walls that allow light to shine through.

  13. [verwijderd] 21 februari 2008 14:36
    INSTALLED SOLAR THERMAL CAPACITY IN FRANCE UP 15 PCT Y/Y 2007
    French News Digest, 18 February 2008
    France's installed solar thermal capacity marked a 15 pct year-on-year growth in 2007 reaching 177 megawatt thermal (MWth), equivalent to 253,000 sq m collector surface, according to information of French solar energy association Enerplan, published on February 18, 2008. The rise was chiefly attributed to the strong sales growth of central solar heating systems, which almost doubled to 40,000 sq m installed from 22,000 sq m in 2006. The sales of individual solar-powered water heaters went up to 37,000 units, equal to 165,00 sq m collector surface from 35,000 units totalling 150,000 sq m, in 2006. Solar combisystems (solar hot water production and space heating) registered a drop in sales to 4,600 units or 48,000 sq m sold, compared to 5,000 units equivalent to 51,000 sq m in 2006. The installed solar thermal capacity in the French overseas departments and territories was stable at 49 MWth or 70,000 sq m collector surface, at the end of 2007. Thus, the combined installed solar thermal capacity of metropolitan France and the overseas departments and territories reached 226 MWth in 2007.

  15. [verwijderd] 3 maart 2008 08:24
    20 februari 2007: Arabieren hebben het licht gezien ... 500 MW CSP centrale gepland. Toegegeven, het is ook niet makkelijk als het zand waar je op loopt vergeven is van dat zwarte, uit veel koolstofatomen bestaande spullie, je daar goud geld mee verdient op de chronisch verslaafde wereldmarkt, en je door het felle zonlicht langdurig "verblind" wordt. OK, je wil nog wel eens zo'n leuk zonnestroom projectje van de grond laten trekken door een paar Fransen, zoals in aflevering 2 van die opvallende VPRO dubbeldocu "Energy War" te zien was, maar wat blijkbaar zo slecht was ontworpen (of te vroeg uit het zand was getrokken), dat het een stille dood is gestorven in die onafzienbare Arabische woestijn. Laten we dan maar even beginnen met Galal Osman (Vice-President van de World Wind Energy Association) te citeren uit het hieronder gelinkte UAE artikel: "This region is not thinking eco-friendly. Renewable energy can have a sociological input to the region".

    Nieuwe tijden, nieuwe kansen, moet Sultan al-Jaber, chief executive van het staatsbedrijf Abu Dhabi Future Energy Co. in een van de rijkste landen ter wereld, de Verenigde Arabische Emiraten (U.A.E. - 4,9 miljoen inwoners volgens PRB), gedacht hebben. Deze meneer heeft byzonder goed "om zich heen" gekeken, legde al snel zeer interessante contacten met gerenommeerde onderzoeksinstellingen als Imperial College London (UK), RWTH (Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule) in Aachen (BRD), het zeer prestigieuze Duitse DLR (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft und Raumfahrt), wat een van de krachtigste promotoren is van de CSP-technologie, University of Waterloo (Ontario, Canada), Columbia University (New York, U.S.A.), en het Tokyo Institute of Technology in de hoofdstad van Japan.

    En toen al-Jaber eenmaal een goede diepe teug had genomen van al het moois wat op het vlak van duurzame energie NU AL mogelijk is, waren de ambities niet van de lucht en ging het hard. In maart 2006 werd het "Al Masdar" inititatief in het leven geroepen, met maximale financiële ondersteuning van diverse kroonprinsen, zijne koninklijke hoogheid Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan (President van de Verenigde Arabische Emiraten, U.A.E., en "ruler" van de hoofdstad Abu Dhabi). De grootindustriëlen als Shell, BP, Japan Oil Development Company, FIAT, en noem ze allemaal maar op, schaarden zich rap en volgaarne achter het initiatief van de in oliedollars zwemmende oliestaat en willen daar uiteraard een mooi graantje van meepikken. Allemaal uit naam en hoofde van duurzaamheid en onderzoek en ontwikkeling van duurzame energie in dit van fossielen doordrenkte land. Prachtig.


    The famous, adapted TREC-map with "possible infrastructure for a sustainable supply of power to EUrope, the Middle East and North Africa" (EUMENA). Note the inclusion of PV in northern Europe...
    Superimposed by Polder PV: Andasol plant (2-3 x 50 MW CSP plant in southern Spain, well under way), and planned 500 MW CSP plant in Abu Dhabi.
    © Map: TREC

    Een van de eerste "bescheiden" projectjes gaat dus "by far" de grootste zonne-centrale ter wereld worden (behalve van het zeer serieus lijkende Australische project van 154 MWp HCPV, wat met de beste zonnestroomcellen ter wereld uitgerust gaat worden, is van diverse andere projecten nog weinig nieuws; in Nevada wordt een 64 MW CSP centrale gebouwd, in Spanje is het tweede blok van de 100 MW Andasol centrale in aanbouw). En wel, zo te zien aan de berichtgeving, wordt dat een 350 miljoen dollar kostende, 500 Megawatt CSP zon-thermische centrale waarbij gebruik gemaakt zal worden van spiegels en lenzen om zonlicht te concentreren. Hierbij zouden dus volgens het Zawya bericht (slechts paar seconden zichtbaar, het is een betaalsite) geen zonnecellen ingezet worden, maar impliciet dus stoomturbines om van de opgewekte zonnehitte stroom te gaan maken. De centrale zou 10.000 huizen moeten kunnen voorzien van elektriciteit, maar details worden niet gegeven.

    De commerciële centrale - de eerste in zijn soort in het hele Golf gebied - zou al in 2009 op moeten starten volgens het Arabian Business artikel en lijkt vooral bedoeld om de enorme middagpiek in de elektrische vermogensvraag in deze regio (met extreem veel airco en sowieso hoog "westers" elektraverbruik) te gaan scheren. De potentie van CSP is natuurlijk veel groter dan alleen het scheren van de pieken. Naast andere investeerders zijn de belangrijkste geldschieters Future Energy, onderdeel van het staatsbedrijf Mubadala Development Co, en de Abu Dhabi Water & Electricity Authority. Abu Dhabi beheert 90 procent van de oliereserves van het uit 7 "leden" bestaande oliesjeikdom. Leuk is de opmerking van Al-Jaber dat Abu Dhabi niet voor 100 procent afhankelijk wil zijn van "hydrocarbons".

    De bedoeling is om een volledig nieuwe economische sector op te gaan zetten, met bijvoorbeeld ook al een speciale "economische zone" voor onderzoek en industrie in de hoofdstad. Ontzilting van zeewater voor de drinkwaterproductie vindt al plaats m.b.v. zonne-energie. Al-Jaber heeft zelfs al contacten gelegd met het Duitse bedrijf Sulfurcell voor dunnelaag zon-PV technologie (CIS met zwavel), en hij wil ook al een siliciumfabriek gaan bouwen. Tevens zijn er al plannen voor windenergie in dit zonovergoten land (goed gezien, windboeren?!). Times: They are a changing fast...

    Tenslotte: om alles in een zuiver perspectief te blijven zien dit citaat van de pagina waarop een "warme samenwerking" tussen hetzelfde Mubadala met oliegigant Shell wordt beschreven, in de vorm van een gezamenlijk ondertekend "Memorandum Of Understanding" (Shell-ME link, zie vooral ook de twee laatste alinea's):

    "Mubadala is building the biggest aluminium smelter in the world in Abu Dhabi in co-operation with DUBAL [Dubai Aluminium], a US $6 billion dollar initiative."

    N.B.: het Engelse "billion" is het Nederlandse "miljard". Slimme vent, die meneer Al-Jaber. Het mag duidelijk zijn. Duurzame energie is de toekomst, everywhere, of het nu in "Duitsland-op-een-andere-planeet" of "oliepompen-tot-je-verzuipt-U.A.E." is. Wie weet, gaat Shell toch via een leuke U-bocht constructie "in de CSP" betrokken worden via de Mubadala overeenkomst, en dan worden de gebeden van de heer Marchie-van Voorthuysen van GEZEN alsnog verhoord (zie ook een-na-laatste link). Ook kan in dit geweld der titanen duidelijk gesteld worden: Abu Dhabi, da's niks voor sissies...

  16. [verwijderd] 3 maart 2008 08:25
    Solar-Projekt Masdar (Abu Dhabi) ist "Clean Tech Leader of the Year"


    Die Masdar-Initiative, Abu Dhabi’s Projekt mit dem eine ganze Stadt vollständig mit Solarenergie versorgt werden soll, wurde am 26.02.2008 auf dem Cleantech Forum in San Francisco (USA) als weltbestes Vorhaben zur nachhaltigen und sauberen Energieversorgung mit der Auszeichnung "Cleantech Leader of the Year" geehrt. Der renommierte Cleantech Award ging an Masdar für dessen Beiträge zur Glaubwürdigkeit und Unterstützung der Technologie und Industrie zur CO2-freien Energieversorgung. Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, Vorstand von Masdar, nahm die Auszeichnung entgegen. "Masdar entwickelt neue Lösungen für den weltweit wachsenden Bedarf an Zukunftsenergie und investiert in diese". Sagte Dr. Al Jaber. "Wir fühlen uns sehr geehrt durch dies Auszeichnung und das Vertrauen das man uns entgegenbringt - denn der Erfolg der Entwicklung von Technologien zur Nutzung erneuerbarer und nachhaltiger Energien, das erklärte Ziel von Masdar, wird nur möglich durch Zusammenarbeit mit unseren Partnern in der Industrie", ergänzte der Sultan.

    Seit 2003 zeichnete die Cleantech Gruppe ausgewählte Personen und Unternehmen für Erfolge beim Ausbau der sauberen Energieproduktion mit den Cleantech Awards aus. Zu den Preisträgern zählten unter anderem Sir Nicholas Stern von der Weltbank, CalPERS, der größte öffentliche Pensionsfond der USA und der "Alternative Investment Market2 (AIM) der Londoner Börse.

    Solare Industriestadt mit 50.000 Einwohnern, ohne Autos und Abfälle

    Anfang Februar 2008 wurde der Grundstein gelegt für Masdar City, die erste CO2-freie, autofreie und abfallfreie solaren Industriestadt der Welt. Auf einer Fläche von 640 Hektar sollen im Endausbau bis zu 50.000 Menschen wohnen und in rund 1.500 Unternehmen arbeiten. Auf dem Gelände wird die Hauptinitiatorin, die Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (ADFEC), ihren Firmensitz haben. In unmittelbarer Nachbarschaft soll das Masdar Institute of Science and Technology entstehen. Das Institute ist Teil des Masdar Research Network, eines internationalen Forschungsverbunds aus derzeit sechs Partnern: Universität Aachen, Columbia University (USA), Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Imperial College London (UK), Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan) und die University of Waterloo (Kanada).

    Im September 2006 hat Masdar einen CleanTech-Fonds (CTF) im Umfang von 250 Millionen US-Dollar in Leben gerufen, gemeinsam mit Credit Suisse, Siemens und der Consensus Business Group (UK). Ziel des Risikokapital-Fonds ist, Clean-Tech-Unternehmen aufbauen. Der CTF beteiligte sich z. B. am Unternehmen wie Solargenics (Solarthermie), Segway, Halosource, Europlasma, Sulfurcell (Dünnschicht-Photovoltaik, Deutschland), Heliovolt, SIC Processing und EnerTech Capital.

    Weitere Informationen:
    www.masdaruae.com.

  17. forum rang 10 voda 24 april 2008 00:18
    SOLAR POWER: INDUSTRY REPORTS STRONG 2007 GROWTH BUT SEES HURDLES AHEAD
    Greenwire, 22 April 2008
    The U.S. solar industry expanded across its various sectors last year, and utility-scale photovoltaic systems saw especially strong growth, according to a new year-end report by the Solar Energy Industries Association.
    The trade group is warning, however, that the good times will end if Congress fails to extend the 30 percent investment tax credits that expire at year's end.Overall, 254 megawatts of photovoltaic and concentrating solar power were added last year, according to the report, in addition to 900 MW of solar thermal pool heating and 100 MW of solar thermal hot water and space heating.

    On the photovoltaic side, the level of PV installations tied into the electric grid grew by 45 percent, with more than 12,700 grid-connected sites added last year. Overall, grid-tied PV in the United States now totals 750 MW. California -- which launched a multi-year, multibillion-dollar solar program in 2006 -- remains the largest market by far, but other states also saw significant gains, the report said.The fastest growth last year was in the larger-scale photovoltaics, capped by the 14 MW installation that came online at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada and Xcel Energy's 8 MW plant in Colorado. The report also notes new photovoltaic installations or announcements by "big box" retail stores like Wal-Mart, Best Buy and others.

    Concentrating solar power (CSP) -- those big arrays of mirrors or lenses -- also saw new development and planned investments, SEIA said. Acciona's 64 MW Nevada Solar One plant came online in June. A host of even larger projects are at various stages in the planning and development process, according to the report, which estimates that the amount of CSP in the pipeline is roughly 4,000 MW, or enough to power about a million homes.SEIA finds that state programs, such as renewable portfolio standards that have specific solar or distributed generation set-asides, are helping to spur growth. But the group says that Congress should extend the investment tax credits or the growth could sputter. The wind industry is also pressing for fast action to extend a separate incentive, the production tax credit, that will also expire at the end of the year without congressional action.

    GERMAN SOLON TO SUPPLY SOLAR MODULES TO GREECE
    German News Digest, 22 April 2008
    German photovoltaic-module maker Solon AG won an order from Greek Hypervolt Renewable Energy S.A. for the supply of solar modules with a total capacity of 10 MWp in 2008 and 2009, the German company said on April 22, 2008.This is the first major order the German company receives from Greece.Hypervolt, a subsidiary of German projects developer and investor Stelio Solar GmbH & Co. KG, will use the modules for the construction of a solar power plant in Greece.Greece, being one of the sunniest countries in Europe, adopted a special law regulating the generation of solar energy in 2006. The market there is still not very well developed, but is considered highly promising, which makes the order from Hyperion an important strategic step for Solon.
    No financial details regarding the deal were disclosed.

    SUNTECH EXPANDS OVERSEAS PRESENCE BY ACQUIRING GERMAN PLANT
    Xinhua's China Economic Information Service, 22 April 2008
    China’s leading photovoltaic cells and modules producer Suntech Power Co., Ltd. has acquired a Germany-based manufacturer Kuttler, a Deloitte source was quoted by Shanghai Securities Journal as saying.It is said that Suntech and Kullter will co-establish a new large- scale plant in Germany, taking advantage of the latter’s production facilities and R&D talents.Financial terms of the deal are unknown by far.As early as 2006, Suntech acquired Japan’s largest photovoltaic device producer MSK Corporation.

    SUNTECH SETS UP IN AUSTRALIA; LONG-TERM SOLAR PLAN IN CHINA
    Dow Jones Energy Service, 22 April 2008
    China-based Suntech Power Holdings Co. (STP), one of the world's largest manufacturers of solar panels, Tuesday opened a regional office in Sydney to pursue investment opportunities in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands."With abundant sunlight and low population density, Australia is ideally suited to distributed solar energy generation, and well-placed to take a leading role in the development and utilization of this clean and sustainable energy solution," Suntech Chief Executive Shi Zhengrong said in a statement.After years of solar energy struggling to gain a foothold in Australia, which is heavily reliant on coal-fired power, demand has picked up, Shi told reporters, since Australia ratified the Kyoto protocol and began increasing support for solar projects at the state level.Globally, the solar power market is looking at a bright future, Shi said. Prices for solar panels are falling, pushing market expansion, and generation capacity is set to grow about 30% to 40% globally this year - from 3.8 gigawatts last year. But growth is constrained by raw material supply, he added."There could be 50% to 100% growth if it weren't for shortages of silicon. The tightness of material supply will ease as of 2009," he said.Germany is currently the biggest growth market for solar energy, but Suntech is also working to tap China's potential, he said."Solar energy in China is currently too expensive. Average income is too low, and wind and biomass are much cheaper. We're targeting to become competitive in five years time," Shi said.
  18. Cementwagen 28 mei 2008 21:46
    greenwombat.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/200...

    MAY 28, 2008, 2:09 PM
    Abu Dhabi to invest $2 billion in solar venture

    In the world’s single-largest investment in solar technology, the oil-rich emirate of Abu Dhabi announced Wednesday it will spend $2 billion to jumpstart a home-grown photovoltaics industry. The cash will fund what is undoubtedly the planet’s best-financed startup, Masdar PV, which will build manufacturing facilities in Germany and Abu Dhabi to produce thin-film solar modules that can be used in rooftop solar systems or solar power plants.

    Masdar PV is the latest project of the Masdar Initiative, Abu Dhabi’s $15 billion renewable energy venture designed to transform the emirate into a green technology powerhouse. Masdar is best known for its plans to build Masdar City, a “zero-carbon, zero-waste” urban center.

    Thin-film solar cells are essentially “printed” on glass or flexible metals, allowing them to be integrated into building materials like roofs and walls. Though thin-film solar is less efficient at converting light into electricity, it uses a fraction of the expensive silicon needed by conventional bulky solar modules and can be produced much more cheaply - provided economies of scale are achieved.

    Thus Masdar PV’s big solar bet. “You have to be working at scale to drive costs out of the system,” Steve Geiger, Masdar’s director of special projects, told Fortune in a phone call from Abu Dhabi. “We have to do it at scale and we have to do it in volume in multiple markets.”

    One of those markets is the United States, where Masdar PV could give established players like First Solar (FSLR) and startups such as Nanosolar, Heliovolts and Global Solar some formidable competition.

    The gamble Masdar PV is taking is that it’s investing billions in an older but proven thin-film technology that may well be left in the dust by more exotic, cheaper and efficient technologies under development by a host of startups.

    Masdar PV aims to have a gigawatt of annual production capacity in place by 2014. To get there, Geiger says the company has hired a management team that includes former top executives from First Solar and other thin-film industry veterans.

    A leading solar technology company that Geiger declined to identify will provide the manufacturing equipment for Masdar PV’s factories. Judging from his description, the likely supplier is Applied Materials (AMAT), the world’s biggest computer-chip equipment maker that has a burgeoning business building the machines that make thin-film solar cells of the type that Masdar PV will produce.

    “We usually partner with large companies that have managerial skills, technology and market access, but we were very fortune that we picked up a top management team and thought it was strong enough to do as a 100% Abu Dhabi Masdar company,” says Geiger, who will oversee Masdar’s thin-film solar venture.

    Masdar PV’s first plant is scheduled to go online in Germany toward the end of 2009 with the second to begin production in Abu Dhabi by mid-2010. “Very clearly we need to look at expansion beyond those two physical facilities,” Geiger says. “We really have to look at America and the Asian markets as well.

    Thin-film is just one of three solar strategies that Masdar is pursuing by funneling petrodollars into green energy startups. In March, Masdar unveiled Torresol Energy, a joint venture with a Spanish company that will build large-scale solar thermal power plants to supply electricity to utilities. Masdar has also made investments in other solar thermal companies as well as thin-film startups pursuing different technologies. Finally, Masdar wants to produce polysilicon, the basic material of conventional solar cells.

    As Masdar chief Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber recently told Green Wombat, “We want to cover the whole value chain - from research to labs to manufacturing to the deployment of technologies.”

    Geiger uses an analogy for Masdar’s green energy ambitions that may be more familiar to petroleum-dependent Americans - and should serve as a wake-up call to get serious about carbon-free energy. “The model might be the vertically integrated oil industry,” he says. “It clearly makes sense to have a consolidated power provider.”

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    You have to be pretty stupid to think that solar power will make any differnce in real energy consumption of the world. Oil is ‘concentrated’ energy, solar is ‘dilute’. Yes, its free, but because it is so dilute, you can only use it for trivial applications. Good for the german company that is selling old stuff to the arabs
    Posted By Sanoran Triamesh, Leesburg, VA : May 28, 2008 3:25 pm
    This is a great wave for the future…truly, the sun’s energy is free…a smart way of harnessing it.

    Wish more could afford such endeavours…like third world countries that do need this kind of technologies most.

    This is a great way of preserving the sun’s natural resources.

    Posted By Anonymous : May 28, 2008 2:58 pm
  20. [verwijderd] 29 mei 2008 08:51
    US-Solarverband: Auslaufen der Steuerkredite für Solaranlagen könnte zehntausende Arbeitsplätze kosten


    SEIA-Publikation zum US-Solar-
    markt 2007.

    Bislang ist nach Informationen des amerikanischen Solarenergieverbandes SEIA noch nicht sicher, ob die Steuerkredite für Solaranlagen in den USA über das Jahr 2008 hinaus verlängert werden. Und der Einspeisetarif für Solarstrom in der kanadischen Provinz Ontario wurde im Rahmen des "Renewable Energy Standard Offer Program (RESOP)" vorläufig ausgesetzt. Doch seit der Ölpreis explodiert, schrillen in Amerika die Alarmglocken - und die Solarindustrie gibt sich optimistisch, dass der "Schlafende Riese" Solarenergie bald erwachen wird. Zunehmendes Interesse an der Schaffung neuer Arbeitsplätze, wachsende Investitionen in erneuerbare Energien und die sichtbare Unterstützung der Photovoltaik durch Stromversorger wie Southern California Edison lassen erwarten, dass Nordamerika sicher bald aus dem Solar-Schlummer erwacht. Rhone Resch, Präsident des amerikanischen Solarenergieverbandes SEIA, warnt jedoch vor der planmäßigen Beendigung der so genannten Solar Investment Tax Credits (ITC). In einer Pressemitteilung forderte Resch sowohl vom US-Senat als auch vom Repräsentantenhaus eine Gesetzgebung, welche die Investitionen in Solar-Technik weiterhin unterstützt. Denn gegenwärtig wird um die Fortsetzung der dafür gewährten Steuerkredite gestritten. Bislang gewährt die US-Bundesregierung einen ITC für kommerzielle Photovoltaik-Systeme in Höhe von 30 Prozent der Netto-Systemkosten. Auch für private Solarstromanlagen kann die Förderung in Anspruch genommen werden, allerdings nur bis zu einer Höhe von 2.000 US-Dollar. Das Programm gilt jedoch ausschließlich für Systeme, die zwischen Januar 2006 und Dezember 2008 installiert werden. Eine Verlängerung des von der Solarbranche als sehr erfolgreich eingeschätzten Förderinstruments sei dringend erforderlich, so SEIA-Präsident Resch. Die Solarindustrie in Kanada berichtet von einem Rückschlag für die Förderung, nachdem die Regierung der Povinz Ontario beschlossen hat, die Förderung im "Renewable Energy Standard Offer Program (RESOP) zu stoppen und zu überprüfen.

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