Stirling Energy Systems
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Stirling Energy Systems is a Phoenix, Arizona-based company which develops equipment for utility-scale renewable energy power plants and distributed electrical generating systems. In California's Mojave Desert, already home to 354 megawatts of SEGS solar thermal facilities, Stirling Energy Systems in conjunction with utility company Southern California Edison is erecting a 500 megawatt, 4,600-acre (19 km²), solar power plant to open in 2009. [1]
In April 2008, Ireland-based NTR purchased a majority stake in Stirling Energy Systems for $100M.[1][2]
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According to their website, Stirling Energy Systems (SES) is a systems integration and project management company that is developing equipment for utility-scale renewable energy power plants and distributed electric generating systems ("gensets"). SES is teamed with Kockums Submarine Systems, NASA-Glenn Research Center, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and The Boeing Company for solar power plants. SES claims it is positioned to become a premier worldwide renewable energy technology company to meet the global demand for renewable electric generating technologies through the commercialization of its own Stirling cycle engine technology for solar power generation applications.
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- ^ www.windaction.org | Wind Capital gets a $150 million boost
- ^ http://www.stirlingenergy.com/downloads/17-April-2008-Stirling-Energy-Systems-Announces-$100-Million-Investment-by-NTR-plc.pdf
[edit] External links
- www.stirlingenergy.com, the website of Stirling Energy Systems, Inc.
- Solar Dishes for Big Appetites (Distributed Energy; January/February 2006)
- (PZ) CPUC Approves SDG&E Contract for Solar Power - Contracts approved to purchase 300 megawatts (MW) of solar power by Stirling Energy Systems, with the potential to grow to 900 MW within 10 years, making it one of the largest in the world. (Chronicle; Dec. 20, 2005)
- November 15, 2005 in Wired News -Stirling Systems signed contracts with Con Ed to build plants in the Mojave.
- May 2005 in Fortune Magazine - Stirling Energy Systems makes Fortune Magazine’s 25 BREAKOUT COMPANIES 2005.
- Feb 2005 in Popular Science Magazine - Dishing Out Real Power - Costs are down, interest is up, and the Stirling solar system is ready to flick the switch.
- Jan 2005 in US News - It has been said that solar energy is the future of energy and always will be. But growing concern about climate change and high oil prices is generating new interest in ways to more efficiently capture the power of the sun.