21st century grid Archives

TuNur Night-time Solar Exports to EU for 10 cents – Q&A

Posted onSeptember 18, 2017April 24, 2019AuthorSusan Kraemer

Solar HVDC from Africa or gas pipeline from Russia 500

Europe already imports energy long-distance: via natural gas pipelines from Russia. TuNur plans round-the-clock solar via HVDC from Tunisia Read More …

CSP to be Essential by 2050 …for Germany?

Posted onAugust 10, 2017September 2, 2017AuthorSusan Kraemer

Given Germany’s lack of desert sun, it might seem improbable that thermal solar would be a key component of its low-carbon grid planning under its Energiewende (energy transition). But several papers published in 2016 found that concentrated solar power (CSP) will be essential. Read More …

SolarPACES to Optimize Chile’s Clean Energy Grid

Posted onJune 7, 2017September 4, 2017AuthorSusan Kraemer

Chile will be next to benefit from an analysis; developed in Germany, of optimal clean energy grid options A new computational tool will be used by international researchers at SolarPACES to calculate the best technology mix of generation resources to most cost-effectively cover Chile’s load curve. The modeling tool was initially developed at Aachen University, […]