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Faisabilité d'exporter de l'électricité "géothermique"
islandaise vers la Grande-Bretagne et la Norvège...
OSLO - Statoil ASA , Norway's largest oil and gas group, said this week that
it was studying the possibility of exporting Icelandic geothermal electricity
to Britain and Norway.
It said in a statement that it had signed a letter
of intent with Norwegian grid operator Statnett and Icelandic power group
Landsvirkjun to do a feasibility study by early 2003 of a 600 MW power station.
Under the plan, geothermal energy from a depth of 1,000-2,000 metres would
drive turbines tied to electricity generators. It said that a power station
would generate about five terawatt hours a year, or 4-5 percent of Norway's
annual hydropower output.
If the plant were built, a submarine power cable about
1,200 kms (745.6 miles) long would have to be laid, either to Britain or
Norway or to both. Transmission losses over the cable would be about six
percent.
Statoil said preliminary assessments indicated that the
project could compete with other types of renewable power but that geothermal
power from Iceland was not competitive at current prices.
Even so, many nations are demanding that a certain percentage
of power be generated from non-polluting sources, such as geothermal power,
to help cut emissions of greenhouse gases blamed for global warming.
