SEGS IX

Group

General Info

Owner/s:

NextEra

Technology:

Parabolic trough

Country:

US

Region / State:

California

Status:

Operational

Purpose:

Commercial

Usage:

Electricity

Power:

80.00 MW

Start date:

October, 1990

Location:

Harper Dry Lake, California

Technology

Solar field

Solar Collector Assemblies - Trough:

Luz LS-3

Mirrors / Reflective surface:

Flabeg RP3

Reflecting area:

483 960 m²

Heat Collector Element (Tube):

Solel UVAC

Receiver type:

Evacuated

Heat Transfer Fluid:

Therminol

HTF Temp out:

390ºC

Power block

Storage Y/N:

No

Power cycle:

Steam Rankine

Power cycle pressure:

40 bar

Turbine:

MHI regenerative steam turbine

Turbine efficiency:

37.6% at full load

Power (gross):

89.00 MW

Power (net):

80.00 MW

Backup:

Yes

Backup type:

Natural gas

Companies involved

Project developer:

Luz

O&M:

NextEra Energy

Key components suppliers:

Flabeg
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Luz

Suppliers details:

Flabeg (Mirrors

Emerson (Automation)

Sulzer (Pumps)

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (Turbine)

Luz (Parabolic trough)

Socioeconomics

Generation Offtaker:

SCE

Other financing info:

PURPA Qualifying Facility Independent Power Producer, with special Standard Offer 2 (SO-2) type power purchase agreement to Southern California Edison.

Incentives:

Accelerated depreciation
Federal and state investment incentive
Solar property tax exclusion

Other

Solar resource:

2 725 kWh/m2/yr

Solar resource source:

National Solar Resource Data Base

General comments:

Documents and links:

Videos:

CSP World

World news about Concentrated Solar Power

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