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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  1. ^ www.windaction.org | Wind Capital gets a $150 million boost
  2. ^ http://www.stirlingenergy.com/downloads/17-April-2008-Stirling-Energy-Systems-Announces-$100-Million-Investment-by-NTR-plc.pdf

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