[Greenbuilding] Solar Power Tower in Spain

[Reuben Deumling]

The Spanish seem to make to with about 2,500 kWh/yr & avg household for
their appliances and lighting. Given its climate, space heating is quite low
in Spain relative to the rest of the EU. See slides 12 and 13 below:
http://www.odyssee-indicators.org/Reports/households/households_full.pdf

As near as I can tell, an EU average for annual household electricity
consumption is about 3,500 to 3,600 kWh.

Reuben Deumling

On 5/4/07, David Delaney <ddelaney at sympatico.ca> wrote:
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>
> The nameplate (i.e. maximum under perfect conditions) 11
> megawatt of this thing provides enough electrical energy
> for the electrical needs of 6000 homes?  Unlikely. The
> capacity factor will be at most 1/3.   (The capacity factor
> is the ratio of the equivalent constant power to the
> nameplate power. The equivalent constant power is the
> constant power that would deliver energy equal to that
> produced by the varying power of the facility over a period
> of a year.)
>
> 1/3 x 11e6 / 6000 = 611 watt per home, or 5352 kWh/yr, or
> about 15 kWh/day.