If all goes according to plan, Alternus will finish 2019 with over 100
megawatts of installed power that should deliver over $300 million in contracted revenue backlog over 15 to 20 years.
However, he said the situation had improved after recent rains and better weather, increase in hydel production to 5000
megawatt and restoration of electricity generation from Port Qasim power plants after rigorous effort.
Indeed, Massachusetts installed 308
megawatts of solar power last year, the fourth highest total of any state.
Egypt has publicly owned wind farms in the Zafarana area, south of the Gulf of Suez, with a capacity of 520
megawatts, and small research and development wind park in the Red Sea resort of Hurghada.
Currently Iran's electricity exports and exchange with its neighboring countries stands at 5,000
megawatt, he said.
The plant will be built in two phases, the first of which will deliver 600
megawatts by 2012 while the next 600
megawatts will be delivered by 2013.
Fleet says although each of their two OSB mills use more than 50,000
megawatt hours of power annually, he was disappointed the rebate program is restricted to only largescale pulp and paper mills.
The first phase of the project consisting of 213
megawatts was completed in late 2005; phase two consisting of 223.5
megawatts was completed in the second quarter of 2006; and, phase three consisting of 299
megawatts was completed in September.
Building managers acting collectively as part of demand response programs can potentially save over 1,000
megawatts of electricity per day, according to Ken Klapp, spokesperson for NYISO.
A modest growth rate for a developing country--a 3.5% increase in gross domestic product--will require Brazil to produce 4,000 additional
megawatts. Considering that each
megawatt means $1 million in investment, sustainable economic growth will require at least $4 billion annually just to keep supply in line with demand, according to the government's own figures.
In a report by Seattle's KING-5 television earlier this year, BPA said Longview Fibre was selling electricity to other users in the region for as much as US$$200 per
megawatt, but buying it under its contract with BPA for only US$$22 per
megawatt.
National Power is already constructing a 1,100
megawatt plant at Midlothian, Texas, which is due to start operating next summer.