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Grupo Ibereolica and Inveravante Start Construction on Two 50-MW CSP Plants

March 16, 2009 | 3 Comments

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Seville, Spain [RenewableEnergyWorld.com] Grupo Ibereolica has signed an agreement with Inveravante for the construction and operation of two CSP solar thermal power plants in Seville and Badajoz, Spain. Construction on the facilities will begin immediately. The two facilities employ parabolic through technology and will each have an installed capacity of 50 megawatts each.

The two facilities will also provide create jobs, including 1,000 during construction, and 50 during operation.

The plants, which represent a total investment of close to €600 million could also be upgraded with salt storage and biomass hybridisation technology, which would increase production from the facilities during the night. The two facilities will also provide create jobs, including 1,000 during construction, and 50 once the plants are operational.

Grupo Ibereolica, based in Madrid, Spain currently has a renewable energy portfolio that includes a number of mini-hydroelectric dams, almost 200 MW of working wind farms, and a short-term 1,000 MW pipeline of solar thermal and wind projects which the company said that it plans to start constructing during 2009 and 2010. Inveravante for its part said that it plans to invest €1.2 billion in renewable energy projects through 2011.

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adrian-akau-36758

March 16, 2009

It is too bad that our country (US) could not develop along these lines but I guess with the multi-billion dollar giveaways, we cannot afford to do so. The old saying, "a fool and his money are soon parted" seems to apply to us.

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carolyn-luce-54460

March 18, 2009

Yes, it's sad that we've had applications for hundreds of MW of CSP for years now, but it takes so long to get a license approved in California. Thousands of MWs applied for, and maybe none has reached construction stage.
http://www.energy.ca.gov/siting/solar/index.html

Well, at least Nevada moved ahead with Nevada One in 2007
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2007/06/acciona-connects-64-mw-solar-thermal-plant-to-nevada-grid-48848

and Florida has broken ground on a 75 MW facility.
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2008/12/fpl-breaks-ground-on-first-hybrid-solar-plant-54226

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gopal-somani-159106

March 19, 2009

Govt. of Rajasthan in India who had applications of hunderds of MW capacity CSP based Solar Power Plants for development pending for a long time now taken a hostoric decision and allocated 30 MW capacity development to three developers namely ESSAR POWER, ACME Telepower, and Entegra with 10 MW capacity to each.

The tariff is to be decided by State Regulators for the PPA to be entered with utilities.

This is the most encouraging decision of the state govt. under its Soalr Mission with further target of 100 - 150 MW additional capacity build up to follow soon.

RVUNL / RRECL must also take a lead role to implement long pending Mathania Solar Power Project with State govt. commitment for the equity as facilitated in case of building new thermal power plants of 660 MW capacity on super critical parameters.

With the efforts of developers to facilitate and take up manufacture of key structural equipments,actuators, control and instrumentation, pipeline, storage tanks, heat exchangers etc. required for the solar block will result into affordable price of solar block compared to international market.The state agencies will have no issues to accept and appvove the tariff for financial viability.

It is the time for international solar communities also to come forward and support solar mission of the state govt. to bring it to a reality.

GOPAL LAL SOMANI
308 Neel Kanth Heights
Ramgali, Hawa Sarak,
Jaipur 302006.
Phone 91 141 2210951
Mobile 91 9414113199
email : somani_gopallal@yahoo.co.in

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