Action plan for wind energy development in the Canary Islands

The competitive value of territorial resources for photovoltaic energy on the island of Gran Canaria

“…Energy is considered a key factor in sustainable development, to such an extent that the future of the planet may well depend on how this energy can be obtained and used (Calero, 2011). This is the case for islands where there is an increasing demand for energy.…”

“…This data reveals the need for a more effective use of this kind of energy in order to adjust available resources to existing demand in a more sustainable way. In this way, the use of autonomous energy sources is essential to achieve the most important energy objectives on the island: the reduction of supply vulnerability, the decrease in external energy dependence, to minimize the cost of energy, and the protection and preservation of the environment (Calero & Carta, 2004).…”

Preliminary experimental analysis of a small-scale prototype SWRO desalination plant, designed for continuous adjustment of its energy consumption to the widely varying power generated by a stand-alone wind turbine

“…Fossil fuels are presently the most commonly used energy source to power the different desalination technologies at industrial scale, but their rising price trend and associated problems with atmospheric contamination have led to the proposal for the use of alternative or complementary energy sources . A significant number of authors have underlined the benefits that can be obtained from water desalination through the use of hybrid energy sources (conventional-renewable) [28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35] and exclusively renewable sources [16,, with particular emphasis given to these latter sources being clean, cheap and inexhaustible. It should be noted that to date few projects have been developed for the exploitation of stand-alone renewable systems powering medium-and large-capacity desalination technologies [61][62][63][64][65].…”

Feed-in tariffs for promotion of energy storage technologies

“…For islands where water scarcity is a reality, desalination can be considered as an alternative solution (Calero and Carta, 2004;Karagiannis and Soldatos, 2010;Psychogiopoulos et al, 2008;Kaldellis and Kondili, 2007). Subsequently, there are also places where desalination could effectively be applied in combination with renewable energy sources and pumped hydro storage systems (Segurado et al, 2011;Akash et al, 1997).…”