La Africana

Group

General Info

Owner/s:

Grupo Ortiz
Magtel
TSK

Technology:

Parabolic trough

Country:

Spain

Status:

Operational

Purpose:

Commercial

Usage:

Electricity

Power:

50.00 MW

Start date:

July, 2012

Location:

Fuente Palmera, Cordoba

Generation:

170.00 GWh

Land area:

252 hectares

Technology

Solar field

Solar Collector Assemblies - Trough:

SENER SENERTrough

Mirrors / Reflective surface:

Flabeg RP3

Number of SCAs:

672

Number of loops:

168

Number of SCAs per loop:

4

Number of modules per SCA:

12

SCA length:

150 m

Reflecting area:

550 000 m²

Heat Collector Element (Tube):

Schott PTR70

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

Cooling:

Wet

Power (gross):

50.00 MW

Power (net):

49.90 MW

Backup:

Yes

Backup type:

Natural gas for HTF heating - max 15%

Companies involved

Project developer:

Magtel

EPC:

SENER

O&M:

Magtel

Key components suppliers:

SENER
Schott
Foster Wheeler
Flabeg

Suppliers details:

SENER (Solar collector assemblies - troughs)

Schott (HCE)

Foster Wheeler (Steam generation)

Flabeg (Mirrors)

Talleres MAC (Heat exchangers)

IDOM (Detail engineering of Power Block & HTF System)

Ideas en Metal (Drive pylons, HCE supports)

MTS (Valves)

Idom (Detailed engineer for power block + BOP + HTF)

Abantia (GNL)

Saidi (Valves)

Vorsevi (Geotechnical engineering)

Wika (pressure and temperature measurement)

AKO (Electric heat tracing)

Schubert & Salzer - BVALVE (Valves)

Socioeconomics

Cost:

387 million Euros

Generation Offtaker:

Endesa

PPA/Tariff:

RD661/2007 - 27 eurocent per kWh - 25 years

Construction Employment:

300 jobs-year

O&M employment:

40 jobs-year

Financing:

BBVA (Project Finance Leader)

ICO (Instituto de Crédito Oficial)

Santander

Bankia

La Caixa

Banco Sabadell

Bankinter

Banesto

Other

Solar resource:

1 950 kWh/m2/yr

Solar resource source:

Measured on site

General comments:

Documents and links:

Images:

Heat exchangers delivering - Picture: Gruas Cambronero

La Africana CSP plant under construction

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