Google Solar Thermal Power Generation To Invest 10 Million U.S. Dollars

Recently, Google announced that it would Solar BrightSource investment 10 million U.S. dollars, this investment is through Google's non-profit organizations Google.org.

BrightSource on Google's investment in the field of solar energy of the second investment. In April this year, Google has invested eSolar. BrightSource the profit comes from its ability in California's Mojave desert hinterland of building solar power plants. The power plants, generating capacity to 900 megawatts.

Google investment manager Chris Busselle wrote in his blog: "solar thermal power generation is currently the most important one of the emerging energy industry, we have to invest in solar thermal power generation technologies are full of confidence. We believe that by helping researchers and entrepreneurs The realization of their technology research plan, the industry will further accelerate the development of new energy industries improve the economic value. "

This investment is Google "cheap renewable energy" part of the project. BrightSource company is organizing researchers and engineers to accelerate the pace of research, to achieve GW of generating capacity, but the cost is lower than the same amount of thermal power generation costs. At the same time, BrightSource company also geothermal and wind power generation fields useful exploration.

Google plans to employ a renewable energy research director, the company responsible for BrightSource renewable energy research and development projects.

Source: 腾讯网 May. 16, 2008

The Second Session Of The International Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference Held In Shanghai

May 10 to 12, the second session (2008) international solar photovoltaic General Assembly held in Shanghai. PV industry is the world's fastest growing energy industry one of China's solar energy market to 20 percent to 30 percent annual growth rate of increase has become the world's largest solar energy applications market.

Source: 中国证券报 May. 13, 2008