Solar Power Plant in Spain

jobrok1

Just came across this on the BBC website.
A Solar Powered Electricity Generating Plant.
Looks amazing!

Check the link out below!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6616651.stm

Capt'n Midnight

Spain , solar, amazing ??

How about this http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15698812/

MADRID - Solar panels are now compulsory on all new and renovated buildings in Spain as part of the country’s efforts to bring its building rules up to date and curb growing demand for energy, ministers said on Monday.
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This means new homes have to be equipped with solar panels to provide between 30 and 70 percent of their hot water, depending on where the building is located and on its expected water usage.

New non-residential buildings, such as shopping centers and hospitals, now have to have photovoltaic panels to generate a proportion of their electricity.

Solar power has not yet taken off in Spain, largely because subsidies have been directed at wind energy, and it provided a negligible amount of the country’s electricity in 2005.

Other measures in the new building code enforce the use of better insulation, improve the maintenance of heating and cooling systems and increase the use of natural light.

“The new standards will bring energy savings of 30 to 40 percent for each building and a reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from energy consumption of 40 to 55 percent,” the Environment and Housing Ministries said in a joint statement.
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The construction lobby Asprima estimates that the new requirements will increase building costs by between 8 and 12 percent.

Trujillo said that was “absolutely untrue” and that the extra cost was 1 percent, which would be offset by the energy savings achieved.

Capt'n Midnight

"there is nothing new under the sun"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_furnace - The solar furnace at Odeillo in the Pyrenees of France was opened in 1970

Mellor

Its good that there are forcing shopping ventres to install PV cells, they use a ridiculous amount of energy for lighting, but it would never be as effectice over here due to our day lighting

D'Peoples Voice

Mellor wrote:

Its good that there are forcing shopping ventres to install PV cells, they use a ridiculous amount of energy for lighting, but it would never be as effectice over here due to our day lighting

I 100% agree with you, but that grey haired guy(from the bord gais carbon monoxide ads) on his eco-eye program went on this visit to Austria, where he found out that Ireland like Austria would have sufficient hours of daylight to make it work. you just never know who to believe!

Mellor

It would work, it will generate power (heat or electricity)
but it just works better in countries that are closer to the equator, I imagine it would work better in austria than here too

SeanW

D'Peoples Voice wrote:

that grey haired guy(from the bord gais carbon monoxide ads) on his eco-eye program

Duncan Stewart