In the Republic of Mauritius commissioned a solar power plant

 

Since the island separated from the mainland for several thousand kilometers, more than 75% of the required electricity had to obtain by importing diesel, coal and liquid fuels. Only a quarter of the needs of Mauritius was able to meet the expense of local production.

It is expected that in the next 10 years demand for electricity on the island will increase by 60%. To meet the increasing demand for economically and environmentally sustainable basis, in 2008 the government announced a program of "Maurice Ile Durable" (MID). This program consists of five components: education, environmental protection, energy, employment and equality for all people. She intended to Mauritius has become an example of sustainable development for the world.

Plan on using energy includes a number of strategic initiatives and incentives to reduce energy consumption and using more renewable energy sources. The aim of the country is to meet 35% of demand by local electricity generation using renewable energy sources by 2025, according to IA "INFOLine".

This plan includes a project for small-scale distributed energy generation for businesses, local residents and communities. They can install photovoltaic panels to meet their own needs, and then sell the excess energy back into the local network. According to the Central energy management Mauritius, it will add more than 2 MW of additional renewable energy. 40,000 people will participate in the program to water heating based on solar energy in homes.

On a larger scale TSEU has also invested in increasing the capacity of supply to 60 MW through solar and wind energy, which will be implemented by 2015. ABB has supplied 17 Central inverters for solar power capacity of 15.2 MW in the La Femme, which was designed by the German company Tauber-Solar Group. The solar power plant was successfully commissioned in February 2014. It will produce approximately 24 gigawatt-hours of clean energy and to produce 15,000 tons less of CO2 emissions per year.





 

Source: greenevolution.ru