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Solúcar Platform

Location: Sanlúcar la Mayor, Seville (Spain)

Type of Project: The Solúcar platform will generate 300 MW from a variety of solar sources: 50 MW from tower technology, 250 MW from troughs, 1.2 MW produced by photovoltaic technology, and 80 MW from dish Stirling technology.

The platform located in Sanlucar la Mayor will have 300 MW of installed capacity when it is completed in 2013. It will produce enough energy to supply 153,000 households, and will prevent the emission of 185,000 tons of CO ₂ per year. During the lifespan of the platform it will reduce an estimated 4 million tons of CO ₂ emissions.

The platform covers a land area of 800 hectares and will create 300 permanent jobs for a total investment of 1.2 billion Euros.

At present, there are six plants in operation at the platform (Seville PV, Casaquemada, PS10, PS20, Solnova 1 and Solnova 3), delivering power to the grid, and another plant under construction (Solnova 4).

Plants in Operation

Sevilla PV (1.2 MW)

Sevilla PV is the largest low-concentration (1.5x and 2.2x) PV plant in the world. It is composed of 154, two-axis tracking units. Each unit is 1076 ft2 (100 m ²) in area. The plant delivers 2.1 GWh of electricity to the grid annually enough to supply about 650 households and CO ₂ emissions are reduced by about 1,800 t per year. This plant delivers delivers to the grid annually under the Special Regime production tariff.

The plant uses Abengoa Solar's proprietary Sevilla PV technology.

» Learn more about Sevilla PV

» For more information, please download our photovoltaic technology white paper

 

Casaquemada (1,9 MW)

It is a 1.9-MW photovoltaic plant with two-axis tracking technology that went into operation in September of 2008. The plant has the particular feature of serving as a test field for high-concentration technology that enables concentrating sunlight by about 500 times onto a special module. This is Abengoa Solar’s first commercial plant to integrate this new technology into part of its installation.

 

PS10 (11 MW)

PS10, first commercial tower worldwide. The field is composed of 624 Sanlucar 120 heliostats. Each heliostat is 1291 ft2 (120 m ²) in area. The heliostats concentrate solar radiation onto a receiver located on a 377 ft (115 m) high tower. The electricity produced by PS10 is enough to supply electricity for 6,000 households.

» Learn more about PS10

» For more information, please download our tower technology white paper

 

PS20 (20MW)

PS20 is the world's second power tower plant in commercial use. PS20 features a number of significant technological improvements with respect to PS10, the first commercial power tower. These enhancements, developed by Abengoa Solar, include a higher-efficiency receiver, various improvements in the control and operational systems, and a better thermal energy storage system.

With a power capacity of 20 megawatts, double that of PS10, the new PS20 solar power plant will produce enough clean energy to supply 10,000 homes, and will avoid the emission of approximately 12,000 tons of CO ₂ into the atmosphere that a conventional power plant would have produced. 

PS20 consists of a solar field made up of 1,255 mirrored heliostats designed by Abengoa Solar. Each heliostat, with a surface area of 1,291 square feet, reflects the solar radiation it receives onto the receiver, located on the top of a 531 feet-high tower , producing steam which is converted into electricity generation by a turbine.

Learn more about PS20

 

Solnova 1, Solnova 3 and Solnova 4 (50 MW each)

Solnova 1, Solnova 3 and Solnova 4 are the three first 50-megawatt parabolic trough plant in operation of a total of five (Solnova 1, 2,3,4 and 5) at the Solúcar Platform.

Each 50-megawatt plant, Solnova 1, 3, and Solnova 4 will generate enough clean energy to meet the electricity needs of 25,700 homes, while preventing the emission of approximately 31,400 tons of CO2 into the atmosphere each year.

» Learn more about Solnova 1

» See the Press Release about Solnova 1

» See the Press Release about Solnova 3

» See the Press Release about Solnova 4

» For more information, please download our trough technology white paper

Plants under Development

Within the Sanlúcar Platform, three plants are still under development:

Solnova 2, and 5 (100 MW total):

Two plants creating 50 MW each, based on trough technology similar to that used in Solnova 1.

AZ20 (20 MW) :

Tower technology plant with similar characteristics to PS20.

Aznalcóllar TH (80 kW) :

A CSP plant based on dish Stirling technology.

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