Alvarado I

Alvarado I
Location of Alvarado I in Spain
Country Spain
Location Alvarado, Badajoz
Coordinates 38°49′37″N 06°49′34″W / 38.82694°N 6.82611°W / 38.82694; -6.82611Coordinates: 38°49′37″N 06°49′34″W / 38.82694°N 6.82611°W / 38.82694; -6.82611
Status Operational
Commission date July 2009
Owner(s) Acciona Energy
Solar field
Type CSP
CSP technology Parabolic trough
Collectors 768
Site resource 2,174 kWh/m2/yr
Thermal power station
Secondary fuel natural gas (backup)
Power generation
Nameplate capacity 50 MW
Average generation 105.2 GWh

Alvarado I is a large solar thermal power station in Alvarado, province of Badajoz, in Extremadura, Spain. Construction on the plant commenced in December 2007 and was completed in July 2009, when commercial operations began. With an installed capacity of 50 MWe,[1] it is one of the largest solar thermal power stations in the world.[2][3]

The facility is built on a 1 km2 (0.4 sq mi) site with a solar resource of 2,174 KWh/m3/year, producing an estimated 105,200 MWh of electricity per year (an average power of 12 MW). The plant uses parabolic trough technology, and is made up of 768 solar thermal collectors, with an output temperature of 393 °C (739 °F), transferred with Biphenyl and Diphenyl oxide heat transfer agents.[1]

A second 50 MWe facility, Alvarado II, is currently on the proposal stage. It is planned to be constructed in the same area as Alvarado I.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Alvarado I Solar Power Project, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), U.S. Department of Energy, April 30, 2009, retrieved 2010-05-28
  2. 1 2 Acciona Energy: Annual Report 2008 (PDF), p. 12, retrieved 2010-05-02
  3. ↑ Acciona Reports #43 (PDF), p. 6, retrieved 2010-05-02


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 3/27/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.