The power lines between France and the Iberian Peninsula to be expanded. Then flows more renewable electricity from Portugal to Central Europe, or more French nuclear electricity in the reverse direction?
Eco-friendly solar and wind energy from Portugal to Central Europe to deliver – on top of that, cheap, because of both Europe in the West, could be produced at the end of much? Sounds good, if there would be a 3000-Meter high obstacle: The Pyrenees, the island separating the Iberian Peninsula, also in the power of France.
That should change now, but that bypasses the mountains. The have decided to Portugal, Spain and France at the end of last month. For almost two billion euros, Spain and Portugal should be better connected to the European energy market.
A “historical event called” Portugal’s economy Minister Manuel Caldeira Cabral the Meeting of the heads of government of the three countries in Lisbon, the end of the “Portugal of the year meant a long energy of political Isolation.” By 2025, this will be a sub-water flow route through the Gulf of Biscay, by 2030, the networks between the Iberian Peninsula are linked to the island and France to 15 per cent – up to now, there are only just over five percent.
António Sá da Costa, from the Portuguese Association for Renewable energies, is happy about the “political Signal”.
At the end of the “energy Isolation”
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“The governments of the three countries have set a political Signal that you want to seriously work on European Energy network”, says António Sá da Costa, Chairman of the Portuguese Association for renewable energies, APREN. However, while the Portuguese Minister of the economy, hoping to provide Central Europe with cheap Portuguese electricity from renewable energies, brakes, Sá da Costa: “Until that happens, there is still much to do.”
On the one hand, Portugal has with Wind – and water power plants are well placed in the Renewable; it creates even again and again, its energy needs over extended periods of time without having to cover the connection of conventional power plants. On the other hand, the production is relatively expensive, and solar energy – despite the heat of the sun – as well as not used.
Since there is great danger that the new energy route in opposite direction could work, warns Francisco Ferreira of the environmental organization Zero: France can pass via its artificially cheap nuclear electricity from obsolete power plants easier to Portugal.” To prevent this, had to submit to the Portuguese state urgently a price guarantee for the production of green electricity, and so encourage investment. The was, however, up to now, with subsidies tend to be stingy and want you to be mine most of all.
In the production and use of renewable energies in Portugal, has already come very far.
“In the end the price will decide who delivers where energy,” APREN Director Sá da Costa. “So that we can export to the electricity prices is also a result of the cost of production be reflected.” He sees the competition more in Gas, not nuclear power plants, which would in the long term, driven back anyway. In order that the current can really flow freely, had to work through the EU and thus also the CO2-certificate trading and fair prices.
Links to Morocco
At the same time Portugal is to improve the energy connection to Morocco and the neighbors, Spain independent. Until now, two routes through the Mediterranean at Gibraltar, Portugal, exist wish for a third, which is scheduled to start in the South of the country. A direct connection with Morocco expand the market for Portuguese producer of renewable energy, explains Minister of economic Affairs Caldeira Cabral. Morocco could supply in return, eco-friendly solar power on the Iberian Peninsula and Central Europe.
Because Spain wants to expand the existing lines, searches Portugal already investors for the welfare of 700 million Euro expensive project. Because the costs are to be paid, according to the Minister, in any case of the Portuguese energy consumers. The already pay the fourth highest electricity bill in Europe. Because the governments have given in the past, the then state-owned monopoly group EDP, to many perks and while the Troika-time the value added tax for energy-from six to 23 percent. This price driving additional costs would disappear when you Export, of course.
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