Articles by
Susan Kraemer
How Has Spain’s Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Performed?
By
Susan Kraemer
Spain’s CSP blazed into operation in 2008 and put 2.3 GW of thermal solar generation on the 100 GW grid system in just five years. Most was parabolic trough and about one third included thermal energy storage, which enables CSP to compete with gas-fired power.
Israel Offers a Too-Low Rate For (Small) Wind Feed-in Tariff
By
Susan Kraemer
Israel’s Public Utility Authority posted on Monday for public comment its revised proposal for feed-in tariff rates that the government will pay for the output of small wind turbines up to 50 KW. It will pay between NIS 0.44 (US $0.10) and NIS 0.54 (US $0.12) per kilowatt hour, a mere quarter of what was floated in 2009 as a possible payment rate.
