Sweden to Build 2,000 Wind Turbines to Reach 50 Percent Renewable Energy by 2020
Spain Opens World’s Largest Solar Power Station
US Utilities increased 2009 Solar Production by 66 Percent
PG&E to Buy Solar & Natural Gas Power
Spain Rethinking Solar Subsidies due to Repercussions
Protection of Endangered Bird Species could place limits on Wind Energy Development in U.S
California Solar Power Plants Approved to Begin Construction
Natural Gas glut may edge out coal for Electricity Generation
Solar Power Oversupply risks Overloading Germany's grid
Solar Power Serpent Highway Proposed for Santa Monica
Abengoa and Abound Solar get $2Billion Solar Stimulus Money
Florida House Fails to Pass Renewable Energy Bill
GE Helping London 2012 Olympics Minimize Environmental Impact Using Cogeneration Technolog
KYOCERA Solar Modules Supply Approx. 40 MW at Large-Scale Solar Power Plants in Spain
Abengoa partners with E.ON to build solar mirror plants in South Spain
Hybrid Solar/Natural Gas Plants Proposed as Solution to Regulatory Issues
Florida Power and Light has developed a solar and natural gas hybrid power plant at the Martin Next Generation Solar Energy Center that they claim could fast-track the implementation of marketable utility-scale solar power generation. Such hybrid facilities are believed to have a better chance of passing regulatory roadblocks because they will be administered by established power companies who have experience manipulating the environmental review process to favor expansion and upgrades of their facilities over experimental, stand-alone alternative energy projects.
The Florida Power and Light pilot project is designed to test the feasibility of creating hybrid solar/natural gas plants since projects like Brightsource, Abengoa and Solar Reserve are facing regulatory review issues that are hampering implemetation of renewable power production projects. Existing utilities like Florida Power and Light believe that hybrid facilities can create a way to gradually shift energy production to sustainable methods, since steam generation is the basis of both solar and natural gas technology. The proposed hybrid system can bring energy production at a natural gas facility from 1570 MW at peak production hours up to 3,800 MW, a significant increase.
Recommended for Further Reading:
- Sweden to Build 2,000 Wind Turbines to Reach 50 Percent Renewable Energy by 2020
- Spain Opens World’s Largest Solar Power Station
- US Utilities increased 2009 Solar Production by 66 Percent
- PG&E to Buy Solar & Natural Gas Power
- Spain Rethinking Solar Subsidies due to Repercussions
- Protection of Endangered Bird Species could place limits on Wind Energy Development in U.S
- California Solar Power Plants Approved to Begin Construction
- Natural Gas glut may edge out coal for Electricity Generation
- Solar Power Oversupply risks Overloading Germany's grid
- Solar Power Serpent Highway Proposed for Santa Monica
- Abengoa and Abound Solar get $2Billion Solar Stimulus Money
- Florida House Fails to Pass Renewable Energy Bill
- GE Helping London 2012 Olympics Minimize Environmental Impact Using Cogeneration Technolog
- KYOCERA Solar Modules Supply Approx. 40 MW at Large-Scale Solar Power Plants in Spain
- Abengoa partners with E.ON to build solar mirror plants in South Spain
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