Sierra SunTower

Group

General Info

Owner/s:

eSolar

Technology:

Central receiver (power tower)

Country:

US

Status:

Operational

Purpose:

Demonstration

Usage:

Electricity

Power:

5.00 MW

Start date:

July, 2009

Location:

Lancaster, California

Technology

Solar field

Heliostats:

eSolar

Mirrors / Reflective surface:

Flabeg

Heliostat aperture:

1.1 m²

Number of heliostats:

24360

Reflecting area:

27 670 m²

Central receiver:

Babcock & Wilcox

Receiver type:

One external and other Dual-cavity

Heat Transfer Fluid:

Water

HTF Temp in:

218ºC

HTF Temp out:

440ºC

Power block

Storage Y/N:

No

Power cycle:

Steam Rankine

Cooling:

Wet

Backup:

No

Companies involved

Project developer:

eSolar

EPC:

eSolar

O&M:

eSolar

Key components suppliers:

Victory Energy
Babcock & Wilkox

Suppliers details:

Flabeg (Mirrors)

Victory Energy

Babcock & Wilkox

Socioeconomics

Financing:

Federal Investment Tax

Other

Solar resource:

2 629 kWh/m2/yr

Solar resource source:

NREL

General comments:

The plant comprises two 2.5 MW units. Each unit has a different receiver.

One of the units has a Victory Energy's SolarGen receiver, a dual-cavity receiver.

The other units uses a Babcock & Wilkox external receiver.

Documents and links:

Images:

Victory Energy's SolarGen receiver at eSolar's Sierra Sun Tower CSP plant

Babcock & Wilkox's solar receiver at eSolar's Sierra Sun Tower CSP plant

Videos:

CSP World

World news about Concentrated Solar Power

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