Termosol 1

Group

General Info

Owner/s:

NextEra Energy

Technology:

Parabolic trough

Country:

Spain

Status:

Operational

Purpose:

Commercial

Usage:

Electricity

Power:

50.00 MW

Construction start date:

March 2011

Start date:

March, 2013

Location:

Navalvillar de Pela, Badajoz

Generation:

170.00 GWh

Land area:

200 hectares

Technology

Solar field

Solar Collector Assemblies - Trough:

SENER SENERTrough

Mirrors / Reflective surface:

Flabeg RP3

Number of SCAs:

640

Reflecting area:

523 200 m²

Heat Transfer Fluid:

Therminol VP-1

HTF Temp in:

293ºC

HTF Temp out:

393ºC

Power block

Storage Y/N:

Yes

Storage type:

two tank indirect - molten salts

Storage:

9.00 Hours

Power cycle:

Steam Rankine

Cooling:

Wet

Backup:

Yes

Backup type:

3x16 MW Natural gas heaters for HTF and molten salts

Companies involved

Project developer:

NextEra Energy

EPC:

SENER

O&M:

NextEra

Key components suppliers:

SENER
Flabeg

Suppliers details:

SENER (trough)

Flabeg (mirrors)

Saidi (valves)

Talleres MAC (oil to salt heat exchangers)

Ideas en Metal (trough structure)

Wika (pressure and temperature measurement equipment)

MagLine (magnetic systems for sun tracking)

MTS (valves)

AKO (Electric heat tracing)

Schubert & Salzer - BVALVE (Valves)

Ensival Moret (Pumps)

Socioeconomics

PPA/Tariff:

Spain RD661/2007 - 27 euro cents per kWh - 25 years

Financing:

EUR589 million loan

EUR190.5 million equity

Other financing info:

Figures are for Termosol 1 and 2 jointly. Published by Project Finance Magazine

Financial close 29 April 2011

TOTAL PROJECT COST EUR819.8 million

TOTAL DEBT EUR589.2 million

MLAS Banco Santander, BBVA, Bankia, Bayern LB, Societe Generale, Banesto, Banco Popular, BNP Paribas, Intesa, La Caixa, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Banco Sabadell, Unicredit.

LENDER LEGAL COUNSEL Jones Day

FINANCIAL ADVISER PricewaterhouseCoopers

TECHNICAL ADVISERS RW Beck, Alatec

INSURANCE ADVISER Aon

General comments:

Termosol 1 and Termosol 2 are twin plants 50 MW each. The same data displayed here is of application to Termosol 2.

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