Termosolar Borges

Group

General Info

Owner/s:

Abantia
Comsa Emte

Technology:

Parabolic trough - Biomass

Country:

Spain

Status:

Operational

Purpose:

Commercial

Usage:

Electricity

Power:

22.50 MW

Start date:

December, 2012

Location:

Borges Blanques, Lleida

Generation:

98.00 GWh

Technology

Solar field

Solar Collector Assemblies - Trough:

Siemens SunField LP

Number of SCAs:

336

Number of loops:

56

Number of SCAs per loop:

6

Number of modules per SCA:

8

SCA aperture area:

545 m²

SCA length:

96 m

Reflecting area:

183 120 m²

Heat Collector Element (Tube):

Siemens UVAC2010

Number of HCEs:

8064

Receiver type:

Evacuated

Heat Transfer Fluid:

Dowtherm A

HTF Temp in:

293ºC

HTF Temp out:

393ºC

Power block

Storage Y/N:

No

Power cycle:

Steam Rankine

Turbine:

MAN Diesel & Turbo

Turbine efficiency:

37% at full load

Cooling:

Wet

Cooling method:

Cooling tower

Backup:

Yes

Backup type:

Natural gas for HTF heating

Companies involved

EPC:

Abantia
Comsa Emte

Key components suppliers:

Siemens
MAN Diesel & Turbo
Intec

Suppliers details:

Siemens (Solar field, troughs and HCEs)

MAN Diesel & Turbo (Turbine)

Intec (Biomass boilers)

IDOM (Complete Basic and Detail engineering)

Dow Chemical (HTF)

Weber-Hydraulik (hydraulic systems)

Ideas en Metal (Center Pipe, Reflector supp, Pylons, Drive Pylons, UVAC supp)

Saidi (Valves)

Socioeconomics

Cost:

€153 million

PPA/Tariff:

Spain RD 661/2007 - 27 eurocent per kWh - 25 years

Construction Employment:

350 jobs-year

O&M employment:

30 jobs-year

Financing:

CaixaBank

Banc de Sabadell

ICO

BBVA

ICF

Banesto

Other financing info:

Excerpt from a press release:

Lleida, January 20, 2012 .- Termosolar Borges (Les Borges Blanques, Lleida), the first plant in the world that combines thermoelectric power and biomass with their entry into full operation in January 2013, closed yesterday a loan through the modality of "Project finance" for an amount of 99 million euro over 19 years, with a group of financial institutions led by CaixaBank jointly with Banc de Sabadell, Official Credit Institute (ICO), BBVA, Institut Català de Finances (ICF) and Banesto.

Other

Construction length:

20 months

General comments:

This is a hybrid CSP-Biomass plant.

The plant includes two biomass boilers of 22 MWt each.

Documents and links:

Termosolar Borges PPT presentation

Images:

Termosolar Borges CSP-Biomass hybrid power plant

Videos:

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