Arcosol 50 (Valle 1)

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General Info

Owner/s:

Torresol Energy

Technology:

Parabolic trough

Country:

Spain

Status:

Operational

Purpose:

Commercial

Usage:

Electricity

Power:

50.00 MW

Start date:

November, 2011

Location:

San Jose del Valle, Badajoz

Generation:

170.00 GWh

Land area:

230 hectares

Technology

Solar field

Solar Collector Assemblies - Trough:

SENERTrough

Number of SCAs:

624

Number of loops:

156

Number of SCAs per loop:

4

SCA aperture area:

817 m²

Reflecting area:

510 120 m²

Heat Transfer Fluid:

Diphenil / Biphenil oxide

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 efficiency:

38.1% at full load

Cooling:

Wet

Backup:

Yes

Backup type:

Natural gas - 15% max.

Companies involved

Project developer:

Torresol Energy

EPC:

Cobra
SENER

O&M:

Torresol Energy

Key components suppliers:

SENER

Suppliers details:

Imasa (Molten salt tanks isolation - Power block pipes)

SENER (Troughs)

MTS (valves)

Energia Gigjon (Metal sttructures)

Smit

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

Ideas en Metal (Torque Tube, Pylons, Drive Pylons)

AKO (Electric heat tracing)

Schubert & Salzer - BVALVE (Valves)

Saidi (Valves)

Esindus (Cooling towers)

Ensival Moret (Pumps)

Tedagua (Water treatment)

Socioeconomics

Cost:

€320 million

Generation Offtaker:

Endesa

PPA/Tariff:

Spain RD661/2007 - 25 years

Construction Employment:

900 job-years

O&M employment:

45

Other

Solar resource:

2 097 kWh/m2/yr

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