Andasol 2

Group

General Info

Owner/s:

Antin
Cobra
RREEF

Technology:

Parabolic trough

Country:

Spain

Status:

Operational

Purpose:

Commercial

Usage:

Electricity

Power:

50.00 MW

Construction start date:

March 2007

Start date:

June, 2009

Location:

Aldeire, Granada

Generation:

170.00 GWh

Land area:

200 hectares

Technology

Solar field

Solar Collector Assemblies - Trough:

Flagsol SKAL - ET 150

Mirrors / Reflective surface:

Flabeg RP3

Number of SCAs:

624

Number of loops:

156

Number of SCAs per loop:

4

Number of modules per SCA:

12

SCA aperture area:

817 m²

SCA length:

150 m

Reflecting area:

510 000 m²

Heat Collector Element (Tube):

Schott PTR70
Solel UVAC2008

Number of HCEs:

11,232 UVAC2008 & 11,232 PTR70

Heat Transfer Fluid:

Dowtherm A

HTF Temp in:

293ºC

HTF Temp out:

393ºC

Power block

Storage Y/N:

Yes

Storage type:

two tank indirect - molten salts

Storage:

7.50 Hours

Power cycle:

Steam Rankine

Power cycle pressure:

100 bar

Turbine:

Siemens SST700

Turbine efficiency:

38.1% at full load

Cooling:

Wet

Cooling method:

Cooling tower

Power (gross):

50.00 MW

Power (net):

49.90 MW

Annual Solar-to-Electricity Efficiency (Gross):

16%

Backup:

Yes

Backup type:

Natural gas - 15% max

Companies involved

Project developer:

Cobra

EPC:

Cobra
SENER

O&M:

Cobra

Key components suppliers:

Siemens
Schott
Flabeg
Solel
Flagsol
Dow Chemical

Suppliers details:

Foster Wheeler (Steam generation)

Dow Chemical (Heat Transfer Fluid)

Flowserve (control valves)

Flagsol (Engineering, construction and commissioning of solar field and HTF system)

ABB (Instrumentation and control)

Schlaich Begermann und Partner (conceptual design, construction design, site supervision)

IMASA (Pipes and insulation in power block, HTF and BOP)

BValve (valves)

Ingemetal

SMIT (solar field, salts and commissioning works)

Epsilon Tracing (Electrical heat tracing)

Energia Gijon (metal frame related works and products)

Sodes (Steam generation section works)

Grupo Salmeron (Civil works)

Arlita Leca

Rotork (valve control)

Avdel (fastening)

Wika (pressure and temperature measurement)

Reyco (valves related works)

Lointek (htf-molten salts heat exchanger, steam generation)

Schubert & Salzer - BVALVE (Valves)

Comeval (Valves)

Fichtner Solar (Consultancy and/or conceptual design)

Laitu solar (Troughs cleaning and/or pressure testing)

MTS (valves)

Flabeg (Mirrors)

Caldererias Indalicas (Pipes and/or tanks assembling and manufacturing)

Ideas en Metal (Torque Box, HCE supports)

AKO (Electric heat tracing)

CCI (Valves)

GEA (Condenser)

Sulzer (Pumps)

Ensival Moret (Pumps)

Socioeconomics

Cost:

€300 million

Generation Offtaker:

Endesa

PPA/Tariff:

27 eurocent per kWh - 25 years (RD661/2007)

Construction Employment:

600 jobs-year

O&M employment:

40 jobs

Financing:

Euroepean Investment Bank - €112.5 million

BNP Paribas

Banco Sabadell

Dexia

WestLB

Other

Construction length:

2 years

Solar resource:

2 200 kWh/m2/yr

Solar resource source:

Meteo station

General comments:

Andasol II and I are twin plants although there may be some minimal differences between them.

Documents and links:

Attachment	Size
Andasol 1 - 3 Solar Millenium fact sheet	1015.12 KB
Solar Millenium PR on selling of Andasol stakes	58.24 KB
ABB pres release	46.45 KB
Dow Chemical PR on HTF for Andasol plants	269.63 KB

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