Comments on: Solar Energy | Stirling Energy Systems Solar Power Plant, California http://renewableenergydev.com/red/solar-energy-stirling-energy-systems-solar-power-plant-california/ New projects in solar energy, wind power, geothermal energy, biomass, wave power and tidal energy. Mon, 02 Aug 2010 21:40:35 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Tom’s Blue-Green World » Blog Archive » Scaling up with solar power: solar-thermal, municipal power, and warehouse roofs http://renewableenergydev.com/red/solar-energy-stirling-energy-systems-solar-power-plant-california/comment-page-1/#comment-263 Tom’s Blue-Green World » Blog Archive » Scaling up with solar power: solar-thermal, municipal power, and warehouse roofs Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:32:50 +0000 http://renewableenergydev.com/red/solar-energy-stirling-energy-systems-solar-power-plant-california/#comment-263 [...] announced 3 years ago, but is still not in construction.  Not much is known except that there are permitting issues, but they may just be dragging their feet on permitting to cover for underlying technical problems [...] [...] announced 3 years ago, but is still not in construction.  Not much is known except that there are permitting issues, but they may just be dragging their feet on permitting to cover for underlying technical problems [...]

]]> By: Kelly http://renewableenergydev.com/red/solar-energy-stirling-energy-systems-solar-power-plant-california/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Kelly Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:34:49 +0000 http://renewableenergydev.com/red/solar-energy-stirling-energy-systems-solar-power-plant-california/#comment-51 As of this morning, Lori at SES says their website should be back up later this week but she doesn't know when. If people want to know more about the status of the SES project for Southern California Edison, they should check with the Barstow office of the Bureau of Land Management (760)252-6000 and the California Energy Commission (916) 654-4287. If people want to know more about the status of the SES project for San Diego Gas & Electric, they should check with the El Centro office of Bureau of Land Management (760)337-4400 and the California Energy Commission (916) 654-4287. The BLM and CEC are responsible for permitting. The status of the projects is public information. Regarding the 31.25% efficiency announcement, I don't believe efficiency is the key technical obstacle to be overcome. Everyone I've talked to says it's reliability. As of this morning, Lori at SES says their website should be back up later this week but she doesn’t know when.

If people want to know more about the status of the SES project for Southern California Edison, they should check with the Barstow office of the Bureau of Land Management (760)252-6000 and the California Energy Commission (916) 654-4287.

If people want to know more about the status of the SES project for San Diego Gas & Electric, they should check with the El Centro office of Bureau of Land Management (760)337-4400 and the California Energy Commission (916) 654-4287.

The BLM and CEC are responsible for permitting. The status of the projects is public information.

Regarding the 31.25% efficiency announcement, I don’t believe efficiency is the key technical obstacle to be overcome. Everyone I’ve talked to says it’s reliability.

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