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The European Supergrid
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The Friends of the Supergrid is a group of companies and organisations with a mutual interest in promoting the policy agenda for a European Supergrid.
Third Largest Hydroelectric Powerstation in the World
Height Guri Dam: 162m, dam reservoir: 175km, 20 turbines generating 10 GW or 70% of Venezuelas electricity needs. Needs to be increased to 12 GW. Investment: 1.3 billion $. Planned completion date: 2016.
[energienachrichten.net]
[wikipedia – List of largest hydroelectric power stations]
Denmark 2011 – 40.7% of Electricity Produced Renewable
There can be little doubt that there are no real physical of economic limitations that could prevent several European countries from getting independent from fossil fuel as far as electricity generation is concerned, as early as 2020. Denmark for example produced 40.7% of its electricity from renewable sources in 2011.
[ens.dk]
Germany 2012 H1 – 26% Electricity from Renewables
During the first half of 2012, the share of renewable energy sources in the electricity supply has risen significantly in Germany, rising to a sensational 25.97%. That’s a massive increase compared to 20.56%, the percentage during the same period in 2011, and 18.3% in H1 2010.
Breakdown of that 26%:
1. Wind power with a share of 9.2% (+19.5%)
2. Biomass with a share of 5.7% (+7.5%)
3. PV-Solar with a share of 5.3% (+47%)
4. Hydropower with 4.0% (+25%)
5. Other Renewables 0.9% (+10%)
New Study: Solar Grid Parity Is Here Today
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A new study reveals: the price of solar energy-generated electricity, calculated by a legitimate levelized cost of energy (LCOE) method, is now competitive in many regions with the price of electricity generated by conventional sources… Solar has gone past grid parity. Parity in this context means: “the lifetime generation cost of the electricity from PV being comparable with the electricity prices for conventional sources on the grid.” Cost for PV systems have came down by 50% during the past few years. What’s keeping these systems from a large-scale introduction is that financial institutions are still uncomfortable to cooperate.
Electricity in Europe
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Despite all the talk about renewable energy generation and breathtaking progress solar energy is making in Germany and Italy (Germany alone produces 44% of the world’s PV-electricity!), in reality electricity is Europe is produced almost exclusively by ‘conventional means’.
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