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June 26, 2009 – Vol.14 No.14 PG&E Teams With NRG Energy and eSolar for 92 Megawatts of Solar Thermal Power. Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has entered into an agreement with Alpine SunTower, LLC, a subsidiary of NRG Energy Inc. for 92 megawatts (MW) of renewable, solar thermal power. The Alpine SunTower project will feature eSolar's modular, scalable solar thermal technology and is scheduled for completion in 2012. The project will be located near Lancaster, Calif. and will produce approximately 192 gigawatt-hours of electricity each year. This is equal to the annual consumption of nearly 30,000 average homes. Solar thermal power generates electricity by converting solar energy to heat, which boils water to create steam that turns a turbine. The spinning turbine then generates electricity like a traditional steam plant but without burning fuel or causing emissions, such as greenhouse gases. eSolar's concentrating solar power projects feature a proprietary combination of optics and software in a pre-fabricated form factor for cost-effective scalability. Its scalable plants will be built in 46 MW unit solutions, each of which requires one quarter square mile of land.
"With the only operating solar power tower technology in the U.S., this new agreement with world-class utility PG&E points to the success of NRG and eSolar to develop solar thermal generation," said Bill Gross, CEO of eSolar. "eSolar's power towers can be designed in variable configurations and are easily scalable to meet the growing and evolving needs of forward-looking power providers like PG&E." Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a subsidiary of PG&E Corporation, is one of the largest combined natural gas and electric utilities in the United States. eSolar is an Idealab company founded by CEO Asif Ansari in 2007 to develop, construct and deploy modular, scalable solar thermal power plants. eSolar's approach marries a low-impact, pre-fabricated form factor with advanced optics and computer software engineering to meet the demands of utilities of any size for clean, renewable and cost-competitive solar energy. NRG Energy, of Princeton, New Jersey, owns and operates one of the country's largest and most diverse power generation portfolios providing more than 24,000 megawatts of generation capacity, enough to supply more than 20 million homes. (6/25/09)
Links: PG&E eSolar NRG Energy
Related: --- NRG Energy to Develop Up To 500 Megawatts of Solar Thermal Power with eSolar Technology.
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