Category: Electricity

Technology to generate electricity based on converting the sun’s energy to heat and using it to operate a generator

As power plants age, the efficiency of the equipment declines and/or the equipment becomes technologically obsolete, even with regular maintenance. Rather than replace production equipment, some utilities have chosen to replace it with new technology. This process is called “repowering” and offers the opportunity to increase the efficiency of the process through the installation of new, improved equipment. Repowering with more efficient equipment can reduce net emissions of greenhouse gases and air pollutants compared to operating the original equipment. Repowering with equipment that uses lower-carbon fuels can further reduce net greenhouse gas emissions.

The Watt Power output of a Solar module is the number of Watts Output when it is illuminated under standard conditions of 1000 Watts/meter2 intensity, 25°C ambient temperature and a spectrum that relates to sunlight that has passed through the atmosphere

To convert from $/MWh to cents per kwh, divide by 1,000. For example, $85.52 per MWh is the same as 8.552 $cents per kwh

The PUA granted a self generation license to an IPP established by Mashav Development for a scope of 48 MW. The IPP was constructed with private financing by a partnership of Clal Industries and Investments and the international entity CRH on land belonging to the Nesher Cement plant in Ramle. The plant operates on natural gas. The generation license was granted for 20 years. The plant was completed at the end of 2009 at an investment of 150 million shekels and includes a gas turbine of the type LMS 600 of GE. In 2007 Mashav signed a gSA with EMG to buy 0.9 bcm of gas over 15 years at a total value of $106-125 million

By mid 2010, private electricity generation in Israel currently stands at about 520 MW

An electrical breakdown of a gas which produces an ongoing plasma discharge, resulting from a current flowing through normally nonconductive media such as air

A method to reduce nitrogen dioxide emissions from gas turbines

Concept is to improve use of renewable energy so that when one source (wind, solar) is not available in one specific area, consumers can be linked up via a supergrid to another source to ensure continuity of supply. There are currently plans for a massive electricity grid dedicated to uniting the varied sources of renewable energy available in northern Europe with nine countries working together on the project as of January 2010 and hope to have the grid working within the next decade in order to help meet the EU’s pledge to have 20% of electricity from renewables by 2020. Estimated cost of building a grid connecting countries across the North Sea region including the Baltic Sea, Irish Sea and English Channel would cost in the region of $30-$40 billion.