Casablanca

Group

General Info

Owner/s:

Cobra

Technology:

Parabolic trough

Country:

Spain

Status:

Under construction

Purpose:

Commercial

Usage:

Electricity

Power:

50.00 MW

Start date:

July, 2013

Location:

Talarrubias, Caceres

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:

624

Number of loops:

156

Number of SCAs per loop:

4

Number of modules per SCA:

12

SCA aperture area:

817 m²

SCA length:

144 m

Reflecting area:

510 120 m²

Heat Collector Element (Tube):

Solel UVAC2008

Number of HCEs:

22464

Receiver type:

Evacuated

HTF Temp in:

293ºC

HTF Temp out:

390ºC

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

Backup:

Yes

Backup type:

Natural gas for HTF boilers - 15% max

Companies involved

Project developer:

Cobra

EPC:

Cobra
SENER

O&M:

Cobra

Key components suppliers:

SENER
Solel
Flabeg
Siemens

Suppliers details:

SENER (Solar Collector Assemblies 'Trough')

Flabeg (Mirrors)

Siemens (Turbine)

Estructuras y Montajes Hernandez (Pipe holders)

Grupo Coyre (Civil works)

Tardieu y Martinez (Civil works)

MTS (valves)

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

Saidi (Valves)

Ensival Moret (Pumps)

Socioeconomics

Generation Offtaker:

Endesa

PPA/Tariff:

Spain RD661/2007 - 25 years - 27 eurocent per kWh

General comments:

Plant was promoted by Serrezuela Solar II, a company owned by Fotowatio Renewable Ventures and OHL, in June 2011, Cobra bought the project.

Documents and links:

Attachment	Size
Environmental Impact Statement (Spanish)	236.07 KB

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