Solar Power – Delivering Utility Scale Power on Demand
IET and EA Retired Engineers Group Event
Where: Engineers House, 11 Bagot St, North Adelaide
When: 1:00pm, Wednesday 10th June 2009, lunch from 12:30pm
Who: All visitors are welcome, although registration required
Registration and further details: Refer to brochure below, by 3rd June 2009
Speaker: Artur Zawadski, Manager, Business Development, Wizard Power Pty Limited, Canberra
Wizard Power is building a $14.5 million demonstration solar power plant at Whyalla providing a zero emission dispatchable (on-demand) power supply. The plant which incorporates “The Big Dish” (the world’s largest paraboloidal solar concentrator system) captures and concentrates solar energy to generate high temperatures that can be used for thermochemical energy storage and power generation. The Plant is at the forefront of solar power technology. The presentation will introduce you to:
- Why this project was successful in securing a Greenhouse Office Grant
- The unique ammonia-dissociation based thermo-chemical energy storage system
- The Big Dish solar thermal concentrator and demonstration plant design
- Current status of the plant, expected results and outcomes.
- Other thermo-chemical applications for the solar technology
Is 24 hour solar thermal power likely to be a viable alternative to nuclear power in sunny locations? This is a rare chance to hear the answer to this and your other solar energy questions from an Australian solar energy expert.
