Tunisian Sun Will Light European Homes By 2016
Source: http://www.desertec.org
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According to Desertec Foundation company's press release, project developer Nur Energie and its Tunisian partners, including Desertes Foundation plan to construct concentrating solar-thermal power (CSP) plant in the Saharan deserts of Tunisia.
The project, which called "TuNur" will construct in several phases. The first phase is expected to begin in 2014 and the first electricity exports are set to reach Europe by 2016 via a new low-loss transmission line to Italy. The project has been designed to reduce water requirements to a bare minimum by using a dry, air-based cooling system. It will ultimately produce 2 Gigawatts of electricity, roughly double the average nuclear power plant. The number of jobs created directly and indirectly over the project's construction and operational period will come to around 20 thousand.
Around 825 thousand flat plate mirrors and steel structures known as heliostats will be needed for the project and can be manufactured locally. Using heat storage tanks, "TuNur" can produce electricity on demand day and night, delivering enough clean electricity to power 700 thousand European homes.
Desertec Foundation was established in 2009. It is an international consortium, whose goal is to provide Europe with solar electricity. The consortium includes such major European companies, as ABB and Siemens, Deutsche Bank, insurance company Munich Re, energy company RWE and so on.
Desertec Foundation reported, that investors are willing to invest about 400 billion euro in solar electricity. They plan to construct solar power plants in Africa and the Middle East and to occupy about 15 percent of European electricity market.
The project, which called "TuNur" will construct in several phases. The first phase is expected to begin in 2014 and the first electricity exports are set to reach Europe by 2016 via a new low-loss transmission line to Italy. The project has been designed to reduce water requirements to a bare minimum by using a dry, air-based cooling system. It will ultimately produce 2 Gigawatts of electricity, roughly double the average nuclear power plant. The number of jobs created directly and indirectly over the project's construction and operational period will come to around 20 thousand.
Around 825 thousand flat plate mirrors and steel structures known as heliostats will be needed for the project and can be manufactured locally. Using heat storage tanks, "TuNur" can produce electricity on demand day and night, delivering enough clean electricity to power 700 thousand European homes.
Desertec Foundation was established in 2009. It is an international consortium, whose goal is to provide Europe with solar electricity. The consortium includes such major European companies, as ABB and Siemens, Deutsche Bank, insurance company Munich Re, energy company RWE and so on.
Desertec Foundation reported, that investors are willing to invest about 400 billion euro in solar electricity. They plan to construct solar power plants in Africa and the Middle East and to occupy about 15 percent of European electricity market.
