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HomeArchivesSubscribe: Posts l Comments l EmailBig Monocrystalline Solar Panels with CE and TUV Certificate for $3 per Watt at bigsolarpanels.comThu, Jan 7, 2010Alternative Power Sources , Concentrated Solar Power , Geothermal Power , Global Energy , Photovoltaics
,Renewable Power , Solar Power , Water Power , Wind PowerEurope is looking ahead for the first step to make the European super-grid a reality. The prime focus is tomake a smart electricity grid dedicated to distribute renewable power in North Sea.The project is already pinpointing on connecting turbines from north coast of Scotland to wave powergenerated from Belgian and Danish waves, Solar energy from the abundance of solar panels as well as hydro-electric dams in Norway's fjords. Nine countries are grouping together forming this huge step in the North Sea for Clean Energy.Sweden, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark, Germany, France, United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Irelandare planning to work together to make this a feasible project. Work is expected to launch within the decade. It will attribute to conquest the European 2020 goal of providing 20% of its energy from alternative sources ofenergy.The network will cost ar ound, 30 billion Euros and will have cables of thousands of kilometers placedundersea. This will make renewable energy finally a sustainable source of energy. The most fundamentalsetback of renewable energy has always been the unpredictability of weather. However, having energyRenewable Energy (Wind, Solar & Tide power) Will Be Distributed Thr...http://www.renewablepowernews.com/archives/8581 of 512/24/2010 8:20 P M
generated from various regions in the European region through different sources wil l assure that energy wil lconstantly be supplied. This will make it a sustainable and reliable energy source.The super-grid will assure that energy is constant. Wind will always blow, if it isn't in France, it will be in theUnited Kingdom. Moreover, similar to the sun and waves renewable energy will balance their supply throughdifferent climates in various regions.Furthermore, going to Norway could add up an astronomical battery of 30GW. There are many hydroelectricpower stations in Norway, which could store the clean energy in case of low demand. It could act as a batteryin the super-grid network.It is rare fact that many countries are already exploiting renewable energy at large scale, such as in the UnitedKingdom. Yet, Lord Hunt, Energy and Climate Change Minister in UK, considers that collective actions arevital in leveraging progress to further levels as they produce windfall gains.Currently in Europe, offshore wind projects that are work-in-progress will produce 100GW, which accountsfor 10 percent of the Europeans total demand. It is as much energy produced as 100 large coal-fired plantproduces. The rise in wind energy will require additional focus on the European grid. Certainly, this topic isgoing to be addressed when the countries sum together.Compared to contemporary sources of energy, renewable energy is widely decentralized. For instance, solarenergy can be integrated into buildings, and this is another challenge that the North Sea super-grid must accommodate.The hydro plants in Norway have a capacity of 30 large-scale coal-fired power stations. The surplus of powerproduced can be used to pump-up water in to the uphill creating a reservoir that can generate electricitywhenever the demand increases again.Renewable Energy (Wind, Solar & Tide power) Will Be Distributed Thr...http://www.renewablepowernews.com/archives/8582 of 512/24/2010 8:20 P M
The benefit of offshore grids such as the super-grid allows trading of energy across borders. This wil ldefinitely make EU more competitive in energy management.Even the European Commission has been evaluating potential grids in the North Sea. The plans are to beavailable in this year (2010). EU said that with the absence of the nine-country grid plan the project wouldn't become a feasible reality.The exact cost of the project is still uncertain. Based on studies carried out by Greenpeace in 2008, the costof comparable projects for project in the 2025 was around 15 to 20 billion Euros. The whole project will giverise to more than 6000 Km of cables through-out the region. Moreover, EWEA conducted a study in 2009,and concluded that to integrate the 100 GW wind farm projects in progress the bill would increase to ar ound30 billion Euros.Discussion is going to be undertaken this month. Legal, environmental, technical and planning aspects of thesuper-grid project will then be addressed. According to Hunt, the main objective is to establish a commonvision.The countries that are participating in this visionary action will be part of a team shaping the future. Thesuper-grid project has both political and institutional support. The institute for energy (IE), is positivelyencouraging this collaborative step towards renewable energy. Moreover, Gordon Brown as well as Nicolas Sarkozy say that connecting with southern Europe's renewable energy as well as other regions in thecontinent is optimizing the use of alternative sources of energy.However, according to IE, if only 0.3 percent of the sun rays heating the desert of the Middle East and Saharawould be captured it would be enough to meet the whole Europeans' demand for energy.High voltage direct current cables will be used to transmit the energy in the super-grid. Eventually thesecables are much more expensive than conventional cables in use. However, they are more effective as they maintain a higher concentration of energy transmission over long distances.According to Hunt, the super-grid is a challenge today and previously a dream. Moreover, the 2020 target ofsupplying 20% energy from renewable sources is just the tip of the iceberg as the aim for 2050 is a total decarbonised electricity production system.The North Sea super-grid can in the future extend to a much larger project such as the "Desertec IndustryInitiative" (DII). It is a project of providing 15 percent of Europe's electricity demand from theMediterranean and deserts. This proposal for the project was published in November 2009, and has alreadymany large companies backing it up.The DII project is a $400 billion worth project focusing on concentrated solar powers (CSP). The technologyhas been around in the United State and in Spain for decades. The "uniqueness of this project is not thetechnology but the scale". It is, if launched the biggest project ever proposed.Source: GuardianAlternative Energy , Clean Energy , Concentrated Solar Power , Energy Storage , Energy Targets
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,Renewable Energy , Solar Power Plants , Wind PowerRPN's Jimmy Eriksson contributed to this report.Professional freelancer in Green Technology and Scientific Development. Educational background in the fieldof Human Resources Management.Renewable Energy (Wind, Solar & Tide power) Will Be Distributed Thr...http://www.renewablepowernews.com/archives/8583 of 512/24/2010 8:20 P M
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