Saturday 14 May 2011

Power from the sun

The future of sustainable power and environmental stability has taken a huge leap forward, with the announcement of 55 million euro investment in solar power for Lucainena de las Torres.
The project, which is currently under administrative processing, will include the installation of 170,000 new solar panels on more than 40 hectares of land, which will make the solar field one of the largest in Europe.
Spain is already one of the world leaders in renewable energy, and in particular solar power, with the government committed to increasing the use of cleaner energy to replace carbon power as soon as practical.
In terms of power generated, Spain ranks as number 2 in Europe for total energy generated by photovoltaic energy. Four of the ten biggest plants in the world are located within Spain, including the world´s largest plant at Puertollano Ciudad Real. 
In addition, Spain is one of the world’s biggest manufacturers of solar power equipment, exporting around 80% of all products with particular interest from Germany.
If approved, this project, which will be part funded by a German assets company in conjunction with the domestic provider, will become a benchmark and showcase for other developing countries to increase their use of renewable power and therefore potentially increase the demand and manufacture of products for global export.
Despite government subsidy for solar power being cut, the manufacturers still believe that the whole process in both worthwhile and will be profitable, largely due to the increased reliability and efficiency of the equipment and agreements made with the Chinese manufacturer of polycrystalline silicon which is used in the process.
The site will then generate some 47.5 megawatts of electricity, which is an increase of 26 megawatts on the power already produced.
The site generates the electricity through the three photovoltaic fields, as well as an additional three wind farms, which is fed into a substation at Carboneras. Once operational, the expanded site will reduce the carbon emissions into the environment by some 15,000 tonnes each year.
Project manager, Soledad Martínez, said that the work could start later this year with the creation of up to 150 construction jobs.
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