Extresol 3

Group

General Info

Owner/s:

Cobra

Technology:

Parabolic trough

Country:

Spain

Status:

Operational

Purpose:

Commercial

Usage:

Electricity

Power:

50.00 MW

Start date:

August, 2012

Location:

Torre de Miguel Sesmero, 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:

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

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

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 for HTF heating - max 15%

Companies involved

Project developer:

Cobra

EPC:

Cobra
SENER

O&M:

Cobra

Key components suppliers:

SENER
Siemens
Flabeg
Dow Chemical

Suppliers details:

SENER (Parabolic troughs)

Siemens (Turbine)

Flabeg (Mirrors)

Dow Chemical (HTF)

Heat 11 solar (Heaters, three units 15 MW each)

Comeval (Valves)

MTS (valves)

Reyco (Valves calibration and/or other valves related works)

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

Schubert & Salzer - BVALVE (Valves)

Magline (Magnetic positioning and detecting equipment)

Saidi (Valves)

Esindus (Cooling towers)

Ensival Moret (Pumps)

Tedagua (Water treatment)

Socioeconomics

Generation Offtaker:

Endesa

PPA/Tariff:

Spain RD/661/2007 Feed-in-Tariff - 25 years - 27 eurocent per kWh

Construction Employment:

600 jobs-year

O&M employment:

40

Financing:

BBVA (Mandated Lead Arranger)

Other

Solar resource:

2 168 kWh/m2/yr

Solar resource source:

Meteo station

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