Rod MacGregor

Exporting Solar Solutions

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Rising demand for energy efficiency solutions abroad may offer new, and expanding, opportunities for US renewable energy firms.

Omani state-owned oil firm Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) has awarded California-based GlassPoint a contract to build a pilot 7MW solar enhanced oil recovery (EOR) system at a an existing thermal EOR project in southern Oman. Keep reading →

 /  Published August 5, 2011 at 6:00 AM

The Solar Powered Oil Rig

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Oil companies using steam-driven enhanced oil recovery now have a cheaper and greener option.

Instead of using natural gas to generate the steam that is injected into reservoirs to force oil to the surface, GlassPoint Solar, a Fremont, California-based company has developed a new technology that utilizes solar power. Keep reading →

 /  Published July 14, 2011 at 6:00 AM