Notes on Spanish Solar Energy Plants (CSP)

by admin July 2, 2009

At this moment, Spain has about 150 MW of thermo electric plants
 connected to the grid; some 750 MW are under construction and some 14 GW
 of these types of plants have requested license and have established the
 required bonds by the Spanish government. There are basically three
 types of plants:

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Senior Electrical Engineer questions political risk of Czisch type supergrid

by admin June 28, 2009

Bernard is a senior electrical engineer and has sat on many generation industry committees.  He writes:

 

“I unfortunately missed the House of Commons presentation.  I think we all agree the we could overcome technical problems at a price. However how do we overcome the political risk ?  In the coal, nuclear, oil and gas areas this is dealt with by storage and multi sourcing.  I don’t know how we factor in the cost of occupying a country while alternative supplies are built - even if it were possible. Any comments”

 Admin writes:

Regarding political risk.

 

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June 28, 2009

 NG have published a  - very positive  consultation on Wind Capacity
 
http://www.nationalgrid.com/uk/Electricity/Operating+in+2020

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June 26, 2009

 UK is now a member of IRENA (International Renewable Energy Agency) - our ambassador in Berlin signed this morning.

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June 26, 2009

Dear all,
 
Regarding the concerns expressed in this dialogue (on the claverton mailing list - ed) regarding the intermittency of wind and the risk to the transmission network of having a large percentage of wind generation on the network.
 
The National Grid has in the last year established what it calls its “Gone Green” scenario, which is [...]

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