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February 9th, 2007, 02:14 AM
Tavira Council considering investing in solar power station
26-06-2006 8:00:00
The Tavira Municipal Council is considering the possibility of sharing in the capital of the company that is planning to establish itself in the municipality and construct a solar power station for the production of electricity.
The number of partners from the Algarve in the Tavira Step project, which aims to construct the first thermal solar power station for the production of electricity in the Algarve, could increase, with capital coming from the local authority, following Rolear joining the project.
The municipal president told the Algarve Observer that even with capital of a symbolic amount they could participate in the investment in the project, in addition to the collaboration that had already been promised.
Macário Correia also confirmed that the project had already been given a favourable opinion by the Ministry of the Economy, and at the level of the local authority all the legal procedures are underway in order to guarantee the company’s goal of functioning by January 2008.
Tavira Step provides for the construction of a thermal power station for the production of electricity and it will be developed by an international consortium of companies, one of which is another regional partner, Rolear SA.
Those involved include: Rolear, Solar Thermal Electricity Portugal - Step consisting of the companies Enerpura and Meci and the Australian company Shp-Solar Heat and Power, which will have the collaboration of the University of the Algarve, as well as that of the Department of Renewable Energy of the National Institute of Engineering, Technology and Innovation (INETI).
According to Manuel Collares Pereira, the coordinator of the project, from the company Ao Sol, which is 100% owned by Enerpura, the EDP has also shown an interest and could be another partner through its subsidiary Enernova.
It is planned that the power station will start operating in January 2008, and its construction represents an investment of some 18 million euros.
The technology to be used in the Algarve power station opens up the possibility of producing electrical power from solar energy in the future, in quantities similar to those for wind energy.
The system makes use of CLFR technology by which steam is produced in concentrating solar collectors of an innovative design, which is injected into a turbine as in a conventional thermal power station for energy production.
The power station will have a peak output of 6.5 megawatts and a nominal output of 5.4 megawatts, and Collares Pereira says, will produce electricity much more cheaply that that produced in solar photovoltaic power stations, because the investment is smaller and more electricity is obtained per hour.
The researcher and coordinator of the STEP Tavira project added that the energy produced by the Tavira power station will cost about half that produced by solar photovoltaic power stations. The project will also have the support of the government, in this case owing to the stimulus this represents in the area of renewable energy.
26-06-2006 8:00:00
The Tavira Municipal Council is considering the possibility of sharing in the capital of the company that is planning to establish itself in the municipality and construct a solar power station for the production of electricity.
The number of partners from the Algarve in the Tavira Step project, which aims to construct the first thermal solar power station for the production of electricity in the Algarve, could increase, with capital coming from the local authority, following Rolear joining the project.
The municipal president told the Algarve Observer that even with capital of a symbolic amount they could participate in the investment in the project, in addition to the collaboration that had already been promised.
Macário Correia also confirmed that the project had already been given a favourable opinion by the Ministry of the Economy, and at the level of the local authority all the legal procedures are underway in order to guarantee the company’s goal of functioning by January 2008.
Tavira Step provides for the construction of a thermal power station for the production of electricity and it will be developed by an international consortium of companies, one of which is another regional partner, Rolear SA.
Those involved include: Rolear, Solar Thermal Electricity Portugal - Step consisting of the companies Enerpura and Meci and the Australian company Shp-Solar Heat and Power, which will have the collaboration of the University of the Algarve, as well as that of the Department of Renewable Energy of the National Institute of Engineering, Technology and Innovation (INETI).
According to Manuel Collares Pereira, the coordinator of the project, from the company Ao Sol, which is 100% owned by Enerpura, the EDP has also shown an interest and could be another partner through its subsidiary Enernova.
It is planned that the power station will start operating in January 2008, and its construction represents an investment of some 18 million euros.
The technology to be used in the Algarve power station opens up the possibility of producing electrical power from solar energy in the future, in quantities similar to those for wind energy.
The system makes use of CLFR technology by which steam is produced in concentrating solar collectors of an innovative design, which is injected into a turbine as in a conventional thermal power station for energy production.
The power station will have a peak output of 6.5 megawatts and a nominal output of 5.4 megawatts, and Collares Pereira says, will produce electricity much more cheaply that that produced in solar photovoltaic power stations, because the investment is smaller and more electricity is obtained per hour.
The researcher and coordinator of the STEP Tavira project added that the energy produced by the Tavira power station will cost about half that produced by solar photovoltaic power stations. The project will also have the support of the government, in this case owing to the stimulus this represents in the area of renewable energy.