Solar thermal to the fore

clipped from www.businesswire.com Solar Thermal The Israeli government has granted a licence to Aora Solar for the supply of solar thermal power to Israel’s national grid from its plant at Kibbutz Samar in the Arava region of southern Israel. This is the first solar thermal project to be licenced by Israel and is due to start power generation by the end of March 2009. For further information: www.aora-solar.com US Solar thermal company, eSolar, has signed an exclusive licence agreement with India’s ACME Group to build up 1GW of solar thermal power plants in India over the next decade. As part of the deal, ACME has taken a $30 million equity stake in eSolar. For further information: www.esolar.com/news/press/2009_03_03