Engineering:Solnova Solar Power Station
Solnova Solar Power Station | |
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![]() The first three units of Solnova. I (right) III (left, front) and IV (left rear). The two towers in the background are the PS10 and PS20 solar power stations. | |
Country | Spain |
Location | Sanlúcar la Mayor |
Status | Operational |
Project commissioning | 2010 |
Owner(s) | Abengoa Solar |
Solar farm | |
Type | CSP |
CSP technology | Parabolic trough |
Site resource | 2,012 kWh/m2/yr |
Site area | 1.15 km2 (280 acres) |
Power generation | |
Nameplate capacity | 150 MW 250 MW (planned) |
The Solnova Solar Power Station is a large CSP power station made up of five separate units of 50 MW each. The facility is part of the Solucar Complex, in Sanlúcar la Mayor, in Spain , the same area where the PS20 solar power tower is also located.[citation needed] With the commissioning of the third 50 MW unit, the Solnova-IV in August 2010, the power station ranks as one of the largest CSP power stations in the world.
Solnova-I, Solnova-III, and Solnova-IV[1] were commissioned in mid-2010 and are all rated at 50 MWe in installed capacity each.[citation needed] All five plants are built, owned and operated by Abengoa Solar, a Spanish solar power company.
All five power stations, the three commissioned and two under development, will be utilizing parabolic troughs, a technology to use concentrated solar power. The three commissioned power stations are also equipped to support natural gas as its secondary fuel source for power generation.[citation needed]
See also
- List of power stations in Spain
- List of solar thermal power stations
References
- ↑ "Abengoa solar reaches total of 193 MW operating". https://www.power-technology.com/projects/solnova-solar-power-station/. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
![]() | Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solnova Solar Power Station.
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