El Proyecto HYIELD, co-financiado por el programa de la Comisión Europea Horizon Europe, persigue desarrollar una nueva vía para la valorización de residuos junto con la producción de hidrógeno verde. Integrado por 16 socios de España, Francia, Luxemburgo, Noruega, Alemania y Suiza, la iniciativa va a invertir €15,5 millones para construir una planta de demostración …
Heineken and Engie inaugurate the largest concentrated solar power plant for industrial use in Europe
Heineken Spain and Engie Spain have built the largest solar thermal plant for industrial use in Europe, a completely pioneering innovation in Spain that the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, wanted to see firsthand by attending the inauguration ceremony held this Saturday in Seville. and in which Etienne Strijp, president of Heineken Spain, also …
Luis Crespo, honorary president of the Spanish Concentrated Solar Power employers’ association Protermosolar
Protermosolar is the association that represents the Spanish sector of the Concentrated Solar Power industry, in which Spain is the international leader both in terms of installed power and the participation of its companies in international projects. The Spanish Association for the Promotion of the Thermosolar Industry (Protermosolar) has approved at its general meeting the …
Each MW of concentrated solar power can replace each MW of natural gas and achieve the decarbonization of the electricity sector
Each MW of solar thermal power can replace each MW of gas and achieve a total transition of the electricity sector, which would imply the substitution of current natural gas plants, as can be seen from the study carried out by Protermosolar in collaboration with the Comillas Pontifical University, which analyzes the technical and economic …
The night must also be decarbonized, by David Trebolle, Secretary General of Protermosolar
«In Spain, there are more than 20 operational process heat concentrated solar power projects, which will double by 2023, thanks to the paybacks that we currently have for 2-3 years.» David Trebolle, general secretary of Protermosolar, the Spanish Association for the Promotion of the Thermosolar Industry, says so in an article that we have published …
Sener sells three Concentrated Solar Power plants in Seville and Cádiz to the Qualitas fund
Q-Energy, the energy investment vehicle of Qualitas Equity (former Fotowatio investor), has bought from Sener and Masdar -subsidiary of Mubadala- the Concentrated Solar Power Torresol Energy Investments S.A. (“Torresol Energy”), owner of three solar thermal plants in Spain with a total capacity of 120 MW located in Seville and Cádiz. The transaction also includes the …
TSK sells its La Africana concentrated solar power plant to the Q-Energy fund
TSK has agreed to sell its solar power plants in operation in Spain to Q-Energy, Qualitas Equity’s renewable asset fund manager. The company chaired by Sabino García Vallina has thus transferred a part of its subsidiary Esersa, for which a year ago it explored the possibility of going public. Specifically, it has transferred its stakes …
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Concentrated Solar Power reaches 796 GWh generated in July in Spain, 10% more than last year
Solar thermal energy has reached 796 gigawatt hours (GWh) of electricity generation in July, which represents 10% more than in the same month last year, according to data from Red Eléctrica (REE) collected by the Spanish Association for Promotion of the Thermosolar Industry (Protermosolar). In addition, this Concentrated Solar Power generation has accounted for 3.57% …
Demand for electrical energy in Spain falls 3.8% in July
Demand for electrical energy in Spain fell by 3.8% in July: wind energy produced 37.9%, concentrated solar power 3.5% and photovoltaic 7.9% The demand for electrical energy decreased in the Balearic Islands by 26.8% and in the Canary Islands by 9.4% compared to the same month of 2019.Solar photovoltaic produced 89.9% more than in July …
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Spain’s electricity demand falls 8.5% in June
Wind energy power represented 17.3%, concentrated solar power 3.9% and photovoltaic 9.2%. Spain’s electricity demand fell 8.5% in June. 43.9% of the monthly generation was from renewable sources and 63.5% were produced from technologies that do not emit CO2 equivalent. The demand for electrical energy decreased in the Balearic Islands by 33.3% and in the …
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