Solar Power in Spain - Solar Power Stations in Spain, Andasol Solar Power Station, Ps10 Solar Power Tower, Hydrosol-2, Ps20 Solar Power Tower (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Solar Power Stations in Spain, Andasol Solar Power Station, Ps10 Solar Power Tower, Hydrosol-2, Ps20 Solar Power Tower, Puertollano Photovoltaic Park, Monte Alto Photovoltaic Power Plant, Plataforma Solar de Almera, Extresol Solar Power Station, Beneixama Photovoltaic Power Plant, Valle Solar Power Station, Darro Solar Park, Planta Solar Fuente lamo, Olmedilla Photovoltaic Park, Lobosillo Solar Park, Planta Solar de Salamanca. Excerpt: Spain is one of the most advanced countries in the development of solar energy, since it is one of the countries of Europe with more hours of sunshine. The Spanish government is committed to achieving a target of 12 percent of primary energy from renewable energy by 2010 with an installed solar generating capacity of 3000 megawatts (MW). Spain is the fourth largest manufacturer in the world of solar power technology and exports 80 percent of this output to Germany.. Spain added a record 2 GW of solar power in 2008. Total Solar power in Spain was 3 GW by end of 2009. Solar energy has covered 2.8% of the electricity demand in 2009. Through a ministerial ruling in March 2004, the Spanish government removed economic barriers to the connection of renewable energy technologies to the electricity grid. The Royal Decree 436/2004 equalises conditions for large-scale solar thermal and photovoltaic plants and guarantees feed-in tariffs. The 11 megawatt PS10 solar power tower produces electricity from the sun using 624 large movable mirrors called heliostats. Three Solar Towers from left: PS20, Eureka5, PS10. Solar Towers from left: PS10, PS20. Photovoltaic powerIn March 2007, Europe's first commercial concentrating solar power tower plant was opened near the sunny southern Spanish city of Seville. The 11 MW plant, kn... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=10293321