Oct 21 2008
A Grant for GreenVolts
San Francisco-based GreenVolts, which is on track to become the first supplier of utility-scale solar power to PG&E, yesterday announced that it won a $250,000 competitive grant from the California Energy Commission's Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) Program for a proposal to develop low-cost installation methods for concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) power.
CPV power uses lenses or mirrors to focus solar energy on photovoltaic cells that convert the sun's radiation directly into electricity. The Energy Commission's PIER program supports research, development and demonstration projects aimed (among other objectives) at "developing renewable energy technologies, products, and services that provide electricity customers with more affordable electricity, improved reliability, and a selection of choices."
GreenVolts is currently developing a two-megawatt facility using that technology in Byron, south of Brentwood, under a 20-year power purchase agreement with Pacific Gas & Electric. The full project should be completed next year.
Search NEXT100
About
- About the Blog
- About the Bloggers
- > Jonathan Marshall
- > Leonard Anderson
- > Katie Romans
- > Kory Raftery
- > Jana Morris
Recent Posts
Subscribe to Blog
Contact Us
Categories
Blog Roll
- Green Business
- > Corporate America: Making the World a Better Place...Or Not
- > Environmental Capital
- > Environmental Leader
- > Green Biz
- > The Business of Green
- > Two Steps Forward
- Green Tech
- > Cleantech Blog
- > Earth2Tech
- > EcoGeek
- > Green Tech Media
- > Green Wombat
- > Green Pastures
- Energy
- > Future Energy Investor
- > Peak Energy
- > Renewable Energy Access
- > EnergyBlogs
- > The Oil Drum
- > Johnson Controls: Your Energy Forum
- > True Blue Natural Gas
- Green
- > Switchboard
- > Gristmill
- > Treehugger
- > Worldchanging
- Technology
- > All Things D
- > O'Reilly Radar
- > TechCrunch
Leave a comment