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 Photo Gallery: Renewable Energies in Spain
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The European parabolic trough collector Eurotrough was tested first at the
Plataforma Solar de Almería research centre in the south of Spain.
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Since 2008 many commercial parabolic trough power plants are under construction. Spain in one of the boom countries
for concentrated solar thermal power.
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Many components such as high-precise mirrors or high-efficient absorber tubes are made in Germany.
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Although Spain has the best irradiation conditions in Europe the number of solar thermal systems in relatively low compared
to other European countries. In the south simple systems without freezing protection can be installed.
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Hotels are predestinated for installing solar thermal systems. Besides heat generation they are perfectly suited for solar
cooling.
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Spain is the second important wind power market in Europe behind Germany. Besides numerous
wind parks a powerful wind industry has been developed in Spain.
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On mountain ridges there is a good wind potential all over Spain.
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Hydro power plants provide about one fifth of the Spanish electricity demand and
help to save the water supply.
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Therefore, many dams have been constructed all over the country.
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Pumped storage power plants can be used for stabilising the electricity supply. This photo shows the
upper basin of a pumped storage power plant in Andalusia.
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Spain is a famous country of olive growing. Olives are stored solar energy.
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Bioenergy and biofuels can be made using olive stones and waste of olive oil production.
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All photos © by Volker Quaschning.
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