New and Renewable Technologies for Sustainable Development
Contributors: Naim Hamdia Afgan (Editor); Maria Cristina Ramos de Carvalho (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: December 31, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 728
ISBN-13: 9781402073410
Subjects: Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology; Sustainability; Sustainable development; Environmental Science; Technology & Industrial Arts; Economic Development; Technology And Industrial Growth; Business & Economics; Production management; Business/Economics; Industrial Technology; Environmental aspects; Environmental Engineering & Technology; General; Science / Environmental Science; Technological innovations; Development - Economic Development; Technology
First sentence: The electro-producter system at Madeira Island, includes a thermoelectrical power station, nine Hydroelectrical power stations and four private wind parks, with a total effective power of 180,7 MW, being 125,8 MW installed in Vitoria Power Station, 49,5 MW in the several hydroelectrical power stations and the remainder 5, 34 MW in the wind parks, representing 69,6%, 27,4% and 3,0% respectively, of the total effective power.