Helioenergy 1

Group

General Info

Owner/s:

Abengoa Solar
EON

Technology:

Parabolic trough

Country:

Spain

Status:

Operational

Purpose:

Commercial

Usage:

Electricity

Power:

50.00 MW

Construction start date:

Septermber 2009

Start date:

September, 2011

Location:

Ecija, Seville

Generation:

100.00 GWh

Land area:

110 hectares

Technology

Solar field

Solar Collector Assemblies - Trough:

Abengoa Solar Astro

Mirrors / Reflective surface:

Rioglass

Number of SCAs:

360

Number of SCAs per loop:

4

Number of modules per SCA:

12

SCA length:

150 m

Reflecting area:

300 000 m²

Heat Collector Element (Tube):

Schott PTR70

Heat Transfer Fluid:

Therminol VP-1

HTF Temp in:

293ºC

HTF Temp out:

393ºC

Power block

Storage Y/N:

No

Power cycle:

Steam Rankine

Power cycle pressure:

100 bar

Turbine:

Siemens SST700

Cooling:

Wet

Cooling method:

Cooling towers

Power (gross):

50.00 MW

Power (net):

49.90 MW

Backup:

Yes

Backup type:

Natural gas HTF boiler - 15% max

Companies involved

Project developer:

Abengoa Solar

EPC:

Abeinsa
Abener
Teyma

O&M:

Abengoa Solar

Key components suppliers:

Abengoa Solar
Rioglass

Suppliers details:

Abengoa Solar (Parabolic troughs)

Rioglass (Mirrors)

Telvent (Centralized control system)

Inabensa (Insulation works)

Leser (Safety valves)

Sindus (Cooling towers)

Saidi (Valves)

Smit

Wika (Pressure and temperature measurement equipment)

Comeval (Valves)

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

Schubert & Salzer - BVALVE (Valves)

Dinotec (Water treatment)

Esindus (Cooling towers)

Socioeconomics

Cost:

€240 million

Generation Offtaker:

Endesa

PPA/Tariff:

Spain RD661/2007 Feed-in-Tariff - 25 years - 27 eurocent per kWh

Construction Employment:

600 jobs-year

O&M employment:

50

Financing:

Santander (Mandated lead arranger)

Credit Agricole CIB

Banco Popular

Banesto

Bankinter

Barclays

Caja Madrid

Cajasol

La Caixa

SMBC

Societe Generale

Unicaja

Other

Other info:

Plant owner is Helioenergy Electricidad Uno S.A. which is owned in a 50% by Abengoa and E.ON

General comments:

Helioenergy 1 and 2, known as Helioenergy complex, is comprised by two twin parabolic trough plants 50 MW each.

Documents and links:

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Statement of "public interest" and permit	193.07 KB

Abengoa Solar project website
E-ON project website
Teyma project website

Helioenergy plants - Picture: Abengoa Solar

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