Martin Next Generation Solar Energy Center

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General Info

Owner/s:

Florida Power & Light

Technology:

Parabolic trough - ISCC

Country:

US

Status:

Operational

Purpose:

Commercial

Usage:

Electricity

Power:

75.00 MW

Construction start date:

January 2009

Start date:

December, 2010

Location:

Indiantown, Florida

Generation:

155.00 GWh

Land area:

202 hectares

Technology

Solar field

Solar Collector Assemblies - Trough:

Gossamer Space Frames LAT 1

Number of SCAs:

1 136

Number of loops:

142

Number of SCAs per loop:

8

Number of modules per SCA:

6

SCA length:

72 m

Reflecting area:

464 908 m²

Heat Collector Element (Tube):

Solel UVAC2008

Heat Transfer Fluid:

Dowtherm A

Power block

Storage Y/N:

No

Cooling:

Wet

Companies involved

Project developer:

Florida Power & Light

EPC:

Lauren Engineering

O&M:

Florida Power & Light

Key components suppliers:

Gossamer Space Frames
Dow Chemical
Solel

Suppliers details:

Gossamer Space Frames (Trough)

Dow Chemical (HTF)

CCI (Valves)

Emerson (Automation)

Solel (HCE)

Socioeconomics

Cost:

$476 million

General comments:

This is the first ISCC plant built in the US. As of now it's also the largest (in terms of solar field) ISCC plant in the world.

Documents and links:

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Martin Next Generation Solar Energy Center - ISCC Plant

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