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Solar electricity from the Sahara for Europe

KS Energy and Sustainable Development Theresa Spitzer, Stefan Krammer , Patrick Reiter. Solar electricity from the Sahara for Europe. Most environment friendly source of green energy Technologies: Photovoltaic Solar Thermal Energy Concentrated Solar Power . Solar Energy.

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Solar electricity from the Sahara for Europe

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  1. KS Energy and Sustainable Development Theresa Spitzer, Stefan Krammer, Patrick Reiter Solar electricity from the Sahara for Europe

  2. Most environment friendly source of green energy • Technologies: • Photovoltaic • Solar Thermal Energy • Concentrated Solar Power Solar Energy

  3. Most promising technology for large-scale solar power generation in Desserts Lenses or mirrors concentrate a large area of sunlight onto a small area Concentrated light is converted to heat which drives aheat engine connected to an electrical power generator Concentrated Solar Power

  4. Concentrated Solar Power

  5. 2003 TREC, Trans-Mediterranean Renewable Energy Cooperative • Desertec Foundation emerged from the Cooperative • 2005 – 2007 Researches • CDER(Morocco) • NREA(Egypt) • NERC(Jordan) • University of Sana’a and Aden(Yemen) • DRL(Germany) History of Desertec

  6. Resultofstudies: • 15% of European final energyconsumptioncanbedeliveredwith a „supernetwork“ ofrenewables • Most energycanbeproducedwith CSP in deserts • FoundingofDesertecFoundation in 2009 Historyofdesertec

  7. Yield of thermal power potential

  8. Cooperation between EUMENA • Europe and Middle East and North Africa • Methods: • CSP • Photovoltaic • Windparcs • desalination stations • Until 2020 MENA and until 2050 Europe AimsandVisions

  9. 400 billion Euros • 350 billion for the grids • 50 billion for the transport • 15-30 eurocents/kilowatt-hour actual production costs • 4-5 eurocents/kilowatt-hour if the demand increases • No commercial competitiveness at the moment Costs and financial situation

  10. Coolingrequirement Temperatureandsalt Obstacles

  11. Most promising Technology is HVDC • Voltageabout 800kV • Costeffectiveand environmental friendly • Transportation lossesofonly 10-15% • HVDC likehighwaysandconventional AC systemascountryandcityroads Gridsystem

  12. Vision oftheGridsystem

  13. Instability in Northern AfricaandMiddle East • ClosedborderbetweenMoroccoandAlgeria • Negotiationsonly in a broader sense • Dependencyon Northern Africa • Riskofexpropriation of assets • Reneging on license agreements • Corruption and bureaucratic red tape Political obstacles

  14. Europe has potential of renewableswithinborders Desertec will leadto monopoly Cost-effective? FasterImplementation Competitionwithsmall-scaleparadigm

  15. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgdGLLy8TRY&feature=player_embedded#at=15http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgdGLLy8TRY&feature=player_embedded#at=15 Video

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