21st century grid

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

Posted onSeptember 18, 2017April 24, 2019AuthorSusan Kraemer6 Comments

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 Kraemer5 Comments

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 Kraemer2 Comments

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, […]