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Revision as of 22:14, 14 September 2017
This is a list of the largest facilities generating electricity through the use of solar thermal power, specifically concentrated solar power.
Operational
Solar thermal power stations
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Part of the 354 MW SEGS solar complex in San Bernardino, California, United States.
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The Ivanpah solar project in San Bernardino, California, United States.
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The Andasol Solar Power Station, Spain, uses a molten salt thermal energy storage to generate electricity, even when the sun isn't shining.
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Parts of the Solnova Solar Power Station in the foreground. The two towers of the PS10 and PS20 solar power stations can be seen in the background.
Under construction
This section needs to be updated.(June 2016) |
Capacity MW | Name | Country | Location | Co- ordinates |
Expected completion |
Technology | Notes |
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200 | Noor II | Morocco | Ghassate (Ouarzazate province) | 2017/2018 | parabolic trough | [98] | |
121 | Ashalim power station 1 | Israel | Negev desert | 30°58′N 34°42′E / 30.967°N 34.700°E | 2017 | solar power tower | [99][100][101] |
110 | Cerro Dominador Solar Thermal Plant (Atacama 1) | Chile | María Elena, Antofagasta | 2018 | solar power tower | [102] | |
100 | Redstone Solar Thermal Power | South Africa | Northern Cape | 28°17′53″S 23°21′56″E / 28.29806°S 23.36556°E | 2018 | solar power tower | with 12h heat storage [103][104][105] |
100 | Xina Solar One | South Africa | Northern Cape | 28°53′40.56″S 19°35′53.52″E / 28.8946000°S 19.5982000°E | 2017 | parabolic trough | with 5h heat storage [106][107] |
100 | Kathu Solar Park | South Africa | Northern Cape | 27°31′59.67″S 23°8′10.56″E / 27.5332417°S 23.1362667°E | 2016 | parabolic trough | with 4.5h heat storage |
100 | Ilanga 1 | South Africa | Northern Cape (Upington) | 28°29′25.79″S 21°32′27.13″E / 28.4904972°S 21.5408694°E | 2017 | linear Fresnel technology | with 4.5h heat storage [112][113] |
100 | El Reboso 2+3 | Spain | El Puebla del Rio (Seville) | 2015 | parabolic trough | [114][115] | |
100 | Diwakar | India | Askandra | 2014 | parabolic trough | with 3h heat storage[116] | |
100 | KVK Energy Solar Project | India | Askandra | 2014 | parabolic trough | with 4h heat storage[117] | |
100 | Noor III | Morocco | Ghassate, Ouarzazate Province | 2017/2018 | solar power tower | [98] | |
50 | Erdos Solar Power Plant | China | Hanggin Banner | 2013 | parabolic trough | [118] | |
50 | CGNSED power plant | China | Delingha | 37°21′26″N 97°16′18″E / 37.35722°N 97.27167°E | sep 2016 | parabolic trough | [119] |
27.5 | Jinshawan | China | China | solar updraft tower |
Operations underway at 200 kW.[120] | ||
25 | Gujarat Solar One | India | Kutch | 23°22.233′N 70°41.988′E / 23.370550°N 70.699800°E | 2013 | parabolic trough | with 9h heat storage[121] |
17 | Stillwater | USA | Nevada | 2014 | parabolic trough | [122] | |
12 | Alba Nova 1 | France | Corsica | July, 2015 | fresnel reflector | First utility-scale solar thermal plant in France[123][124] | |
5 | Sundt Power Plant | USA | Arizona | 2014 | fresnel reflector | [125] | |
3 | Airlight Energy Ait Baha Plant | Morocco | Ait Baha | 2013 | parabolic trough | with 12h heat storage[126] | |
1.5 | Sundrop | Australia | Port Augusta | 2016 | solar power tower | [127] | |
1.5 | Tooele Army Depot | USA | Tooele | 2013 | dish | [128] | |
1.4 | THEMIS Solar Power Tower | France | Pyrénées-Orientales | 42°30′5″N 1°58′27″E / 42.50139°N 1.97417°E | solar power tower | Hybrid solar/gas power plant[129] | |
1 | e-Cube 1 | China | Hainan | 2013 | Modular Heliostat | First Modular Heliostat solar thermal plant in the world[130] | |
1 | Renovalia | Spain | Albacete | dish | [21] |
Announced
Capacity MW | Name | Country | Location | Coordinates | Technology | Notes |
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2,000 | Ordos | China | Mongolian desert, China | solar power tower | [131] | |
2,000 | Sandstone Energy 10X | USA | Nye County, Nevada | solar power tower | 10 plants with 10h heat storage[132] | |
1,540 | Solar Energy Project | Morocco | Ain Bni Mathar, Foum Al Quad, Boujdour, Sebkhat Tah - Morocco | unknown | [133] | |
450 | Tamarugal Solar Project | Chile | Atacama Desert, Chile | three solar power towers with 13h heat storage | [134] | |
390 | Likana Solar Project | Chile | Antofagasta | three solar power towers with 13h heat storage[135] | ||
260 | Copiapó Solar Project | Chile | Atacama Desert, Chile | solar power tower PV integrated. With 14h heat storage | [136] | |
280 | Al-Abdaliya | Kuwait | ?? | parabolic trough | [137] | |
150 | Aurora Solar Thermal Power Project | Australia | Port Augusta, South Australia | 32°12′S 137°36′E / 32.2°S 137.6°E | solar power tower | [138] |
120 | Shneur Solar Power Station | Israel | Tze'elim, Israel | parabolic trough | [139] | |
100 | Solnova 2, 4–5 | Spain | Sevilla | 37°25′00″N 06°17′20″W / 37.41667°N 6.28889°W | parabolic trough with heat storage | [140] |
100 | CAP SunEdison | Chile | Atacama Desert, Chile | [141] | ||
72 | Mashhad solar-thermal power station | Iran | Mashhad, Iran | Parabolic dish with tracer system | [142] | |
60 | Mashavei Sadde solar-thermal power station | Israel | Mashavei Sadde (Negev), Israel | CSP | [143] | |
50 | AZ 20 | Spain | Sevilla | solar power tower | [140] | |
30 | Archetype SW 550 solar power plant | Italy | Passo Martino (CT), Sicily | Parabolic trough with heat storage, biomass integration and cogenerating desalination | [144][145] | |
14 | Agua Prieta II integrated solar combined cycle power station | Mexico | Agua Prieta (Sonora), Mexico | ISCC | [146][147] |
Decommissioned
- Eurelios pilot plant, a 1 MW, power tower design in Adrano, Sicily, operational 1981-1987[148]
- Solar One pilot plant, operational 1982-1986; converted into Solar Two, operational 1995-1999; site demolished 2009 — USA California, 10 MW, power tower design
- SES-5 — USSR, 5 MW, power tower design, water / Steam, service period 1985-1989[149]
- Maricopa Solar — USA Peoria, Arizona, 1.5 MW dish stirling SES / Tessera Solar's first commercial-scale Dish Stirling power plant. Completed January 2010,[150] decommissioned September 2011 and sold to CondiSys Solar Technology of China on April 2012.[151][152]
Largest plants by technology
Technology type | Capacity MW | Name | Country | Location | Coordinates | Notes and references |
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solar power tower | 392 | Ivanpah Solar Power Facility | USA | San Bernardino County, California | 35°34′N 115°28′W / 35.567°N 115.467°W | Completed on February 13, 2014[1][153][154] |
parabolic trough | 359 | Solar Energy Generating Systems (SEGS) | USA | Mojave Desert, California | 35°01′54″N 117°20′53″W / 35.03167°N 117.34806°W | Collection of 9 units[155][156][157][158][159][160][161][162][163] |
ISCC with parabolic trough | 75 | Martin Next Generation Solar Energy Center | USA | Indiantown, Florida | 27°03′11″N 80°33′00″W / 27.05306°N 80.55000°W | Completed December 2010[164] |
fresnel reflector | 100 | Dhursar | India | Dhursar, Jaisalmer district | 26°47′N 72°00′E / 26.783°N 72.000°E | Completed November 2014, referred as 125 MW is some sources[35][36][37][38] |
Dish Stirling |
See also
- Concentrated solar power
- List of concentrating solar thermal power companies
- List of energy storage projects
- List of large wind farms
- List of largest power stations in the world
- List of photovoltaic power stations
- Plataforma Solar de Almería
- Renewable energy commercialization
- Renewable energy industry
- Solar power plants in the Mojave Desert
- Solar thermal energy
- Solar Turbine Plants
References
- ^ a b Large Solar Energy Projects, California Government
- ^ PG&E and BrightSource Sign Contracts for Over 1,300 MW of Solar Thermal
- ^ World’s Largest Solar Thermal Power Project at Ivanpah Achieves Commercial Operation
- ^ Solar Electric Generating Station I
- ^ Solar Electric Generating Station II
- ^ Solar Electric Generating Station III
- ^ Solar Electric Generating Station IV
- ^ Solar Electric Generating Station V
- ^ Solar Electric Generating Station VI
- ^ Solar Electric Generating Station VII
- ^ Solar Electric Generating Station VIII
- ^ Solar Electric Generating Station IX Archived 2011-06-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ csp-world.com Abengoa's Mojave 250 MW CSP plant enters commercial operation, 2 December 2014
- ^ Abengoa: Plants under construction - United States Archived 2013-06-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ CSP World: Abengoa closes $1.2 billion financing for the Mojave Solar Project and starts construction
- ^ Abengoa Solar: Abengoa’s Solana, the US’s first large-scale solar plant with thermal energy storage system, begins commercial operation
- ^ SolarServer: Concentrating solar power: Solana CSP plant begins commercial operation
- ^ CSP World
- ^ Another Huge Solar Plant Goes Online in California's Desert, Chris Clarke, REWIRE, May 5, 2014
- ^ Abengoa Solar begins construction on Extremadura’s second solar concentrating solar power plant
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag Mapa de proyectos en España
- ^ CSP World: Abengoa closes financing and begin operation of Solaben 1 & 6 CSP plants in Spain
- ^ Saudi Power Developer Gives Spanish Firms Work in Morocco
- ^ King Mohammed VI of Morocco will inaugurate the first phase of solar plant “Noor I,” on Sunday in Ouarzazate, according to Minister Delegate in Charge of Environment Hakima El Haite
- ^ Abengoa Rakes in $426M for 4 Solar Power Plants
- ^ "Abengoa Begins Operation of 50MW Concentrating Solar Power Plant". SustainableBusiness.com News. May 6, 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
- ^ Abengoa Solar begins commercial operation of Solnova 1
- ^ Abengoa Solar begins commercial operation of Solnova 3
- ^ Abengoa Solar Reaches Total of 193 Megawatts Operating
- ^ Andasol 1 has started test run
- ^ The Construction of the Andasol Power Plants
- ^ Solar Thermal Power Generation - A Spanish Success Story
- ^ ACS Launches the Operation Phase of its Third Dispatchable 50 MW Thermal Power Plant in Spain, Extresol-1
- ^ Tonopah Solar Energy
- ^ a b NREL: Dhursar
- ^ a b "Initiatives in Renewable Energy". Reliance Energy. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
- ^ a b "India Reliance Power's Dhursar concentrated solar power (CSP) project nears completion". HELIOSCSP. 26 July 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
- ^ a b "Linear Fresnel Reflector". European Solar Thermal Electricity Association. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
- ^ a b Abengoa: Plants under construction - South Africa
- ^ a b CSP World: Abengoa kicks off South Africa's first CSP plants construction
- ^ "Abengoa Solar :: Our plants :: Operating facilities :: South Africa". Abengoa Solar. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
- ^ VALLE 1 and VALLE 2
- ^ a b Renewable Energy Magazine: Abengoa-E.ON joint solar thermal electric plant comes online
- ^ a b Abengoa Projects in Andalucia
- ^ CSP World Solacor 2 comes on-line
- ^ World’s Largest Concentrating Solar Power Plant Launches In Abu Dhabi
- ^ Al Makahleh, Shehab (23 November 2012). "Milestone: Shams 1 set to tap solar power". Gulf News. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
- ^ Here comes the sun! FPL's Next Generation Solar Energy Center to be world's first hybrid solar plant, first utility-scale solar facility in Florida
- ^ Project 7841 : Bokpoort CSP (Concentrating Solar Power) Project, South Africa
- ^ CSP World: Groundbreaking ceremony for Bokpoort CSP plant in South Africa has been held
- ^ José María Barreda and Ignacio Galán open Iberdrola Renovables’ first solar termal power plant
- ^ Acciona Status Solarpaces 2008 p.25
- ^ ACCIONA Energía develops 900-million-euro renewables projects in the region of Extremadura
- ^ ACCIONA opens its first CSP plant in Spain, in Extremadura
- ^ Spain - A Solar Thermal Powerhouse
- ^ a b Concentrated Solar Power(CSP)
- ^ Solar Millennium AG and OHL Industrial jointly take over planned Spanish 50 megawatt power plant Arenales from Fotowatio Renewable Ventures
- ^ Acciona starts work on its €237 million CSP plant in Spain
- ^ Solel Begins Construction on New 50 MW Solar Field in Spain using Advanced SunField LP Technology
- ^ CSP World: Godawari Green Energy
- ^ NREL: Godawari Solar Project
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- ^ NREL: Megha Solar Plant
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- ^ World First in Solar Power Plant Technology
- ^ NREL: Puerto Errado 2 Thermosolar Power Plant
- ^ Abengoa Annual Information 2007
- ^ a b ISCC's outlook brightens with wave of projects
- ^ First parabolic trough solar field in Egypt is under construction
- ^ Egypt’s first solar-thermal plant goes into operation in Kuraymat
- ^ King Mohamed VI Launches Thermo-Solar Energy Plant in Morocco
- ^ World Bank: Nurturing Low Carbon Economy in Morocco
- ^ Centrale Thermo-Solaire à Cycle Combine Integre d'Ain Beni Mathar
- ^ Torresol Energy commissions Gemasolar Power Plant in Spain
- ^ "Iran - Yazd integrated solar combined cycle power station". Helios CSP. 21 May 2011. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014.
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- ^ Boragis: El Reboso III
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- ^ NREL: KVK Energy Solar Project
- ^ Project 6835 : Inner Mongolia Erdos 50MWp Groove Type Solar Thermal Project
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- ^ NREL: Airlight Energy Ait Baha Plant
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- ^ NREL: Tooele Army Depot
- ^ Production d'Electricité par turbine à GAz et énergie SolairE
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- ^ Project 4444 : Shneur Solar Thermal Grid-Connected Power Plant in Ze'elim
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- ^ CAP y SunEdison firman acuerdo para construir en Chile la mayor planta solar de Latinoamérica
- ^ Iran's biggest solar power plant
- ^ Two Sigma and Hezzi Kogler plan to build solar thermal power station with a budget worth 300 Million NIS
- ^ EGP realizza in Italia la prima centrale solare termodinamica
- ^ Demonstration of innovating parabolic solar trough using an alternative heat transfer fluid producing electricity and fresh water: ARChimede Hot Energy TYPology Enhanced Water Solar 550
- ^ Realizará CFE proyecto de campo solar
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- ^ World’s Largest Solar Thermal Power Project at Ivanpah Achieves Commercial Operation
- ^ Solar Electric Generating Station I
- ^ Solar Electric Generating Station II
- ^ Solar Electric Generating Station III
- ^ Solar Electric Generating Station IV
- ^ Solar Electric Generating Station V
- ^ Solar Electric Generating Station VI
- ^ Solar Electric Generating Station VII
- ^ Solar Electric Generating Station VIII
- ^ Solar Electric Generating Station IX Archived 2011-06-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Here comes the sun! FPL's Next Generation Solar Energy Center to be world's first hybrid solar plant, first utility-scale solar facility in Florida
Further reading
- Clean Tech Nation: How the U.S. Can Lead in the New Global Economy (2012) by Ron Pernick and Clint Wilder
- Deploying Renewables 2011 (2011) by the International Energy Agency
- Reinventing Fire: Bold Business Solutions for the New Energy Era (2011) by Amory Lovins
- Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation (2011) by the IPCC
- Solar Energy Perspectives (2011) by the International Energy Agency