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Barcelona - Xavier Miró email protected

Since 2005 Catalonia power dependence compared to the has tripled since the new foreign sources of production have not increased their own in the proportion of consumption, according to the College of Engineering in Civil Engineering in Catalonia. Catalonia will not come next year to 3,000 megawatts (MW) wind which provided the energy plan but there will be 2000 now only work when 420. The school requires a review of government targets and growth rates of 2006-2015 energy plan and decided to boost renewable energy, new combined-cycle and the renewal of contracts of exploitation nuclear power plants, a decision that this should take the state government.

Catalan government prepares the special plan for urban construction in the town of Girona Bescanó a thermal power of 400 megawatts under construction and two groups of 850 MW set in the port. He has also recently authorized a fifty new wind farms with a power jointly planned 1528 MW. The power station Girona not be ready next year and new wind farms do not allow to reach 3,000 MW, two objectives in terms of energy in Catalonia in 2010. But instead, it is expected that 850 MW thermal port of Barcelona in 2010 are already in the network, an aspect that the report of the school not included in the analysis. The Catalan government has already made it clear that recently reviewed the goals and deadlines of the country's energy plan to adapt them to the current situation and future perspectives set by the international economic crisis.

El Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos Catalonia calls for revision of the plan in light of "the failure of the program planning" and to the growing trend to increased electricity imports in the country although the rate of increase in consumption today is lower than expected because the plan . In this sense, the college has done an analysis of the situation recalls that imports represent 18.8% of the electricity consumed 3.5 times more than just 4 years ago. Without making any mention of the long strikes that have taken the two nuclear plants in recent years by incidents added to the fuel refills, the college attributes the decrease in electricity production in the fall in production hydroelectric plants and coal and fuel oil, which have not been replaced by new renewable and thermal. In addition, indicate that increased consumption will remain, for example, rail transport and new water production plant. The college estimates that these two sectors could reach 10% point increase in consumption because of the operation of the entire line of high-speed train (TGV) and new desalination plants, and reuse of water pumping. In view of this diagnosis, the agency requires priority measures of energy saving and efficiency, and diversifying the supply of electricity production centers, placing particular emphasis on renewable energy but without stopping nuclear power.

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terms of hydraulics, the agency proposes to increase the power and leverage existing reservoirs electrically taken today only serve to water as Santa Ponsa Llosa Horse. Even ask a diversified supply sources of production "with a great effect on renewable energy," curiously regarding wind and solar, the analysis by the college says that to achieve the goal that Catalonia has 12% of electricity coming from wind turbines and solar panels will "saturate the Catalan territory," a solution "entirely feasible" according to the engineers. The college must also consider the interconnection of electric transport lines connecting France and Figueres with the pipeline Martorell-European network across France. Ultimately, the study also recommended construction of strategic gas deposits to increase the reserves, for example, using the old pockets of oil off the coast of Tarragona.

committed to the renewal of permits for nuclear

In fact, analysis that makes the school look so pretty obvious claim the role of nuclear power as a guarantee of supply in Catalonia as output to cope with future climate change. Firstly remember that Vandellòs Asco I and II and II cover 40.8% of gross electricity demand in Catalonia. Continue by saying that electricity production comes from Catalonia in a 89.4% non-renewable energy such as nuclear and thermal coal or fuel oil. I still remember that 10.6% renewable up to 79% is hydroelectric and wind, solar and biomass represent only 1 remaining 8%. Joan Lluís Quer, head of the committee water and energy of the college, admits to Asco and Vandellòs recent years there have been "episodes that have questioned the safety" and that can not be 'separate nuclear power from management exquisite. " However, the final position of the body is defending the renewal of contracts for exploitation of central Spain, the first of which will decide the English government in July with Santa Maria de Garona. Directly the college defense nuclear energy as "the best alternative energy scale is not station greenhouse gases." Finally, civil engineers also require that the Govern espanyol ja l'decideixi emplaçament of magatzem centralitzat of Waste radioactius that S'ha to build a l'Estat.