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Endesa To Build Biggest Solar Energy Plant Yet In Spain
New York NY (SPX) Jul 10, 2007 Endesa has announced that Endesa Generation has received a municipal permit to build a 20.1MW photovoltaic solar energy plant on land located in Guadarranque industrial park in San Roque (Cadiz). The first stage of the plant will have 12.3MW of installed power covering 37 hectares. Endesa Generation will start work in July. Once both stages are completed, the plant will have production capacity of 36GWh per year - the power required to supply a town such as Torremolinos. It will save 13,300 tonnes of CO2 emissions a year. Additionally, production at the plant will increase during the summer months due to the higher number of daylight hours helping to meet the significant rise in demand in Andalusia in the summer. Energy will be transmitted via a line which will also be built soon. The site is situated near an industrial park in expansion, so power evacuation is not a problem for existing electricity grids. To date, Endesa Generation has completed all engineering work required for the plant construction. The equipment supplier (current reversers and transformers) is currently being selected from a list of major domestic and international suppliers. Endesa's cogeneration and renewables division (ECyR) will be responsible for running the plant. The decision to build a plant using this type of technology responds to environmental criteria as these facilities produce no greenhouse gases whatsoever. Also, selecting the plant's site obeyed a series of climatological and economic criteria. The location is ideal not only because of the amount of solar radiation it receives but also because photovoltaic cells work better near the coast, where average summer temperatures are cooler. The plant has been designed to follow solar radiation - the most straightforward configuration, requiring moderate maintenance and which allows the Group to make the best use of the available land. The project is part of Endesa's strategic plan for development of clean energies, which proposes 100MW of new solar energy plant in the next five years. The project reinforces Endesa's firm commitment to photovoltaic solar energy already found in other installations that Endesa is executing in its thermal power plants throughout the Spanish mainland and islands. This new plant will improve Endesa's generation mix in Spain, and confirm its commitment to renewable energies, particularly photovoltaic solar energy, as an alternative source of power production with the aim of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from electricity generation. Endesa is firmly committed to research and development in efficient and environment friendly new technologies for electricity production. Related Links Endesa All About Solar Energy at SolarDaily.com
DOE Awards PrimeStar Contract To Scale Up World Record CdTe Cell Technology
Golden CO (SPX) Jul 10, 2007PrimeStar Solar is pleased to have been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy for $3 million in funding over 18 months within the Solar America Initiative's, Photovoltaic Technology Incubator Program. Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman announced the awards. |
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