The Spanish government’s recent move to block closures of inefficient power plants presents the latest example of a trend toward expensive political interference in electricity markets.
How to calculate the remaining useful life (RUL) of a wind farm
Wind turbine components are usually designed considering extreme and fatigue loads.
ACCIONA to supply all facilities of the Spanish Ministry of Defense with 100% renewables
ACCIONA Green Energy Developments, the ACCIONA Energía subsidiary that markets energy, has been awarded the high-voltage electric power supply to all the facilities of the Ministry of Defense in Spain. For the first time, these will be supplied by electricity of 100% renewable origin and completely free of greenhouse gas emissions. Under the contract, which was…
France-Spain electrical interconnection officially inaugurated and operating
Prysmian Group announced that the milestone High-voltage Direct Current (HVDC) underground cable system, interconnecting France and Spain, is ready for commercial operation. The project completion was announced at the inauguration ceremony, celebrated by INELFE on Friday, February 20, 2015. Prysmian, a global leader in the energy and telecom cables and systems industry, was awarded the…
Wind-powered generator concept needs no blades
The Vortex project, a wind-powered generator without moving parts, has won first prize for the Madrid company Deutecno in the energy category at South Summit 2014, a competition recently held in Madrid. Vortex project technology is reportedly based on resonant vibration caused by the wind and imposed on a semi-rigid vertical cylinders anchored to the…
GL Garrad Hassan recognizes outstanding wind power PhD thesis
The GL Garrad Hassan PhD Award has been presented to Iñigo Martínez de Alegría of the University of the Basque Country in Bilbao, Spain, for his thesis “Study on Full Direct Current Offshore Wind Farm.” Dr Andrew Garrad, Non-Executive Chairman of GL Garrad Hassan, awarded the prize to Mr Martinez in recognition of his outstanding…
Engineers to simulate five possible scenarios of the Spanish grid
This article comes from Energy Exemplar in the U.K. Two employees of Plexos Support Consultant for Energy Exemplar Ltd will present the paper ‘Analysing the effects of future generation and grid investments on the Spanish power market, with large scale wind integration, using PLEXOS for Power Systems’ at the 11th Wind Integration Workshop in Lisbon,…