Mojave Solar

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General Info

Owner/s:

Abengoa Solar

Technology:

Parabolic trough

Country:

US

Status:

Under construction

Purpose:

Commercial

Usage:

Electricity

Power:

250.00 MW

Construction start date:

August 2011

Start date:

December, 2013

Location:

Harper Dry Lake, California

Generation:

600.00 GWh

Land area:

714 hectares

Technology

Solar field

Solar Collector Assemblies - Trough:

Abengoa Solucar TR

Mirrors / Reflective surface:

Rioglass

Heat Collector Element (Tube):

Schott PTR70

Heat Transfer Fluid:

Therminol VP-1

Power block

Power cycle:

Steam Rankine

Cooling:

Wet

Power (gross):

280.00 MW

Power (net):

250.00 MW

Backup:

Yes

Backup type:

Natural gas for HTF heating

Companies involved

Project developer:

Abengoa Solar

EPC:

Abeinsa
Abener
Teyma

O&M:

Abengoa Solar

Key components suppliers:

Abengoa Solar
Rioglass
GE
Therminol

Suppliers details:

Abengoa Solar (Parabolic troughs)

Rioglass (Mirrors)

GE (Turbine)

Therminol (HTF)

Foster Wheeler (Steam generation)

Flowserve (Pumps)

SPX (Cooling towers)

Primoris Services Corporation (Power block mechanical work)

Socioeconomics

Cost:

$1.6 billion

Generation Offtaker:

Pacific Gas & Electric

PPA/Tariff:

25 years

Construction Employment:

830 jobs-year

O&M employment:

70 jobs-year

Financing:

US DOE loan guaratee - $1.2 billion

Other financing info:

Loan guarantee form US Department of Energy was approved in September 2011

Other

Other info:

PPA details are confidencial in California, but some news published a statement of a CPUC member who said the total cost of the PPA over the 25 years would be $1.25 billion

General comments:

Documents and links:

Final Environmental Assessment (pdf - 15 MB)
Presentation by Abenga at the CEC (pdf - 2 MB)

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