The one thing there is plenty of in Spain is sunshine, so why do they don`t use this free energy for heating water for daily use. Renewable energy is now in big demand as everywhere else and it is growing at an exponential rate. Solar energy is a real investment in our future, and in our children’s future.
Solar energy systems do not create pollution. This is one huge advantage.
Solar Farms in Spain:
Solar farms are being set up in various areas of Spain from 200kw to 6mw, each investment starts at around 1.5 million Euros for a 200kw. The government has new offer for the Investments in solar systems. They welcome investors who would purchase individual farms or groups of farms or projects.
Spanish location is very good for solar energy. In England a solar panel generates approximately 150 k/w The same panel in Spain generates approximately 225 k/w. The Spanish Government in approaching its bi- fold strategy for supplying more energy and meeting the Kyoto Accord, have offered generous subsidies in the solar energy field.
Spain has electricity interconnects with France, Portugal and Morocco. With Spanish consumer electric rates far behind that of the rest of Europe the base price can only rise making this investment even more attractive. The panels produce power for 40 years.
A team of Japan Aerpspace Exploration (JAXA) and Osaka University for laser engineering are about to cause a revolution in technology. Instead, the yield of solar energy to get old-fashioned way, by capturing the sun, caught on the ground, scientists have discovered a way to get solar energy from space, reports Inhabitat. The technology is named Space Solar Power System (SSPS) and has the ability to capture solar radiation outside the earth’s orbit, then takes her to the ground. One such instrument, located in space, would generate enough power for more than 500 thousand homes.
Although it sounds like science fiction technology is actually quite simple. It consists of a solar satellite, which collects energy laser beams through it leads to the ground. Satellite itself can be positioned at about 41.48 kilometers above the equator.
The boars of satellites will be made of special ceramic material containing chromium and neodimium. Its role is to absorb sunlight and transform them into lasers.
Advantage of new technology is that the solar energy will be possible 24 hours and will not depend directly on sunny days - as ground systems located.
The final completion of the technology expected in 2030.
Besides the enormous reserves of oil, Saudi Arabia is desert and it is located in sunny region with high potential for the production of electricity from the sun.
Located in the center of the so called Sun belt,the country is part of the vast region without precipitation, which stretches from the west coast of North Africa to the east coast of Central Asia and has the greatest solar resources on earth. With the record oil prices this country attract the attention of the growing number of European leaders who embrace ambitious plan to use this energy in their countries, says the magazine Forbes.
Trans-Mediterranean Renewable Energy Cooperation (TREC) was founded by a consortium led by the Rome club (bringing together scientists, politicians and public figures). In TREC including influential organizations such as the German Aerospace Bureau, and several universities in Europe and the Middle East.
TREC headed the initiative to build a huge transmission network for alternative energy sources for Europe, which won an increasing number and more influential supporters. In 2007, Jordanian Prince El Hassan Bin Talal, presented the plan during a parliamentary session in the EU.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown also publicly supported the project for the network in recent weeks. Meanwhile, the conflict between Georgia and Russia, which showed the size of Europe’s energy insecurity, and it has undoubtedly increased support for the plan of TREC.
During a scientific forum in Barcelona in July las year was claimed that only 0.4% of the solar energy they receive the deserts of North Africa and the Middle East, are insufficient to fully satisfy the energy needs of Europe.
