National Solar Thermal Power Plant

Group

General Info

Owner/s: 

  • IIT-Bombay
  • Ministry of New and Renewable Energy of India

Technology: 

  • Parabolic trough

Country: 

  • India

Status: 

  • Operational

Purpose: 

  • Research & Development

Usage: 

  • Electricity

Power: 

1.00 MW

Start date: 

September, 2012

Location: 

Mumbai
General comments:

The facility envisages a grid connected Solar Thermal Power Plant of 1 MW capacity. This will also include a test set up that enables companies and research institutions to test the performance of different solar concentrators, coatings and materials, components and system for a Solar Thermal Power Plant. The project is being implemented by IIT Bombay and a consortium partners consisting of Tata Power, Tata Consulting Engineers, Larsen & Toubro, Clique, KIE Solatherm.

There are two solar fields on site currently, a three llops parabolic trough solar field and a two lines linear Fresnel solar field.

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