The European Union currently has a host of technical specifications that enable energy needs to be met at the expense of REE. The only condition is their large-scale and systematic application. These are the data in the “Energy Atlas of Europe” – the reports of experts on the current position of alternative energy. In addition, the report outlines prospects for the development of the industry in Europe by 2050 inclusive.
In the past 2 years, about 90% of the combined energy production in European countries is “green”, that is, renewable energy sources are used to generate energy. Leading positions in the rating of newly built capacities for 2016-2017 years are occupied by solar and wind stations.
And now the accumulated experience in the field of R & D to build and launch large-scale capacity enough for the further globalization of this type of energy. It should be noted that the volumes of generated net energy are directly dependent on weather and time of day. The accumulation of “green” energy is now becoming one of the most important issues on which the scientific world community works.
Fossil fuels currently have the advantage of heating / cooling the housing and transport sector. Today, the EU pays particular attention to expanding the use of RES in these areas.
The Energy Atlas of Europe also states that the integration of energy with the transport and heating sector and the application of the demand regulation mechanism can lead to an active increase in the share of renewable energy sources. The availability of technologies for accumulation and transformation of electricity, supplemented by electronic process control systems, provides an opportunity to quickly solve the issue of eliminating fossil fuel resources from all spheres.
The authors of the report gave a detailed discussion of the relationship between the spheres of activity and noted that excess electricity in such a coordinated work of all sectors can be used to heat the house, to save heat in the networks of heat supply and charging electric cars. It is this strategy that will make it possible to minimize the use of fossil fuels and reduce harmful emissions into the atmosphere.
The EU has a specific declared objective of climate change – to reduce by 40% the amount of greenhouse gases emitted to the environment by 2030 (1990 figures are taken as reference point). In order to achieve this goal, there is an urgent need for progress in the transport sector, production processes, thermal energy production and integration with energy.
The energy report was published by the European Federation of RES and the Green European Foundation with the assistance of the Henry Boll Foundation.
This way of saving energy allows you to extend the working hours or serve as heating the buildings. In addition, it is possible to generate electricity by using salt at night, when heliostats do not function.
This technology is actively implemented by the company “Ice Energy” from California. The firm introduces ice technology in the Australian market. Active sun makes it possible to produce large amounts of electricity from the sun, and thermal storage facilities minimize energy costs for cooling the housing in the region.
Scientists from the UK have solved this problem with the help of liquefied air. The development of the new project involved employees of the company Highview Power Storage. The essence of their invention is that the surplus generated electricity is use to reduce the air temperature to -190 degrees Celsius. This gives an energy carrier in a concentrated form, which in scientific circles is call cryogen. Liquefied air is stored with a special tank and a pressure of one bar.
The British cryogenic power storage has passed all the necessary tests and is already putting into operation. For example, not far from Manchester, a five-megawatt cryogenic installation is operating successfully today. In addition, the storage tanks were install at a power plant generating electricity from biomass in the town of Slough.
After the completion of all construction works, the Nikopol Solar Power Plant will be list as the most powerful station in our country and will rightfully be award the title of one of the largest SES of the world, having entered the top three of the largest stations in Europe.
DTEK Director General noted that this project is one of the largest and will attract serious investments in alternative energy of our country. The construction of the Nikopol SES together with the Chinese partners is capable of becoming a positive example of successful investments in the Ukrainian “green” energy sector. This can arouse the interest of other foreign investors. The state energy strategy has quite ambitious goals: to increase the order of five gigawatts of the capacities of alternative energy for two years (until 2020), to reduce the deficit of energy resources, to reduce the amount of СО2 falling into the atmosphere by 40 percent until 2035.
Chief Engineer of the company-producer Viktor Lazarenko notes that the market analysis took 3.5 years. In addition, about 50 kg of photo-electronic transducers were damage. According to Mr. Lazarenko, members of their team attended various exhibitions of this direction, in the role of potential buyers went to foreign industries. The first pilot party was solder with its own hands. For the creation of a soldering machine, a half-cetera of FEPs was broken.
Victor Lazarenko said that the company had set the retail price lower than that offered by Chinese manufacturers. However, the fight against wholesale purchases is unrealistic at this time. The company plans to organize its own production of FEPs in order to eliminate dependence on foreign suppliers.
The current legislation stipulates that the money received by the owner of a home SES from the sale of electricity be subject to taxation on general grounds. The income tax for individuals is 18 percent. In addition, a military charge of 1.5 percent is also paid. As a result, 19.5 percent is obtain.
Representatives of our country also presented the Strategy, after which the Minister noted that the world’s current conditions are a challenge and, at the same time, an opportunity for Ukraine. Changing the direction of activity is able to build new principles of economic development of the state, which will provide competitiveness. The economy should be reoriented to energy-efficient technologies and alternative energy sources. This will allow gradually abandoning the use of fossil fuel resources.
An international climate treaty (195 participating countries) was signed in Paris in 2016. This agreement was designed to strengthen compliance with the terms of the United Nations Framework Convention.
A group of scientists from Alta Devices (parts of Hanergy) recently reported that in a number of studies it became possible to create a module with the highest efficiency and conductivity indicators. This development at this stage has become a world record holder due to its characteristics. The main advantage of the innovative solar module is that it is single-section. This feature allows you significantly reduce its size.
The innovative discovery of Alta Devices has a conduction efficiency of twice that of traditional solar panels used in the industrial sector. However, the size of the new module is much smaller. The creators of innovation for this purpose used a special method of building up a microscopic layer of gallium arsenide. This layer is located on top of a single crystal of this substance.
It can be safely say that the era of stations “beyond the law” has already passed, which operate on dubious tariff plans and conditions. With the help of some changes made to the legislative base, it was possible successfully regulate the issue of the “green” tariff for SES. Moreover, to date, the provision of fully transparent market conditions for private homes and commercial enterprises has greatly simplified this problem. For example, if you make investments through currency, then when you receive a fixed rate for electricity, it is also fix in currency.
Often, users are not aware of the entire amount of work and their complexity in the implementation of installation projects for roof solar panels. In addition, very often they encounter intermediaries who do not have personal design offices. At the same time, this segment is not interesting for large prosperous companies, which are direct to the design and construction of large ground stations.
A team from the architectural company Dmytro Aranchii Architects worked on this project. The Bureau developed the project at the request of the owner of the Trakhtemirov Landscape Park in Grigorivka.
It should be noted that the project plan includes 5 villas, the total square of each of them will be about 200-250 meters square. Each building will be oriented eastwards. On the territory of the buildings, there will be open-air pools, and in the buildings, themselves will be equipped with panoramic windows. As a view from the villa will be the river Dnipro and its landscapes, including picturesque ravines. Such a concept will reduce the volume of earthworks.
