List of solar thermal power stations
This is a list of solar thermal power stations. These include the 354 megawatt (MW) Solar Energy Generating Systems power installation in the USA, Solnova Solar Power Station (Spain, 150 MW), Andasol solar power station (Spain, 100 MW), Nevada Solar One (USA, 64 MW), PS20 solar power tower (Spain, 20 MW), and the PS10 solar power tower (Spain, 11 MW). The 370 MW Ivanpah Solar Power Facility, located in California's Mojave Desert, is the world’s largest solar thermal power plant project currently under construction.[1]
The solar thermal power industry is growing rapidly with 1.2 GW under construction as of April 2009 and another 13.9 GW announced globally through 2014. Spain is the epicenter of solar thermal power development with 22 projects for 1,037 MW under construction, all of which are projected to come online by the end of 2010.[2] In the United States, 5,600 MW of solar thermal power projects have been announced.[3] In developing countries, three World Bank projects for integrated solar thermal/combined-cycle gas-turbine power plants in Egypt, Mexico, and Morocco have been approved.[4]
Operational
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The PS10 concentrates sunlight from a field of heliostats onto a central tower.
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Aerial view of eSolar's 5 MW Sierra SunTower power plant in Lancaster, California.
Capacity (MW) |
Name | Country | Location | Technology type | Notes |
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354 | Solar Energy Generating Systems | USA | Mojave Desert California | parabolic trough | Collection of 9 units |
150 | Solnova | Spain | Seville | parabolic trough | Solnova 1 completed May 2010 Solnova 3 completed May 2010 Solnova 4 completed August 2010 [5][6][7][8][9] |
100 | Andasol solar power station | Spain | Granada | parabolic trough | Andasol 1 completed, 2008 Andasol 2 completed, 2009 |
64 | Nevada Solar One | USA | Boulder City, Nevada | parabolic trough | |
50 | Ibersol Ciudad Real | Spain | Puertollano, Ciudad Real | parabolic trough | Completed May 2009[12] |
50 | Alvarado I | Spain | Badajoz | parabolic trough | Completed July 2009[13][14][15] |
50 | Extresol 1 | Spain | Torre de Miguel Sesmero (Badajoz) | parabolic trough | Completed February 2010 [16][17][18] |
50 | La Florida | Spain | Alvarado (Badajoz) | parabolic trough | completed July 2010 [16][19] |
20 | PS20 solar power tower | Spain | Seville | solar power tower | Completed April 2009 |
17 | Yazd integrated solar combined cycle power station | Iran | Yazd | parabolic trough | World's first solar combined cycle power plant |
11 | PS10 solar power tower | Spain | Seville | solar power tower | World's first commercial solar tower |
5 | Kimberlina Solar Thermal Energy Plant | USA | Bakersfield, California | fresnel reflector | AREVA Solar, formerly Ausra demonstration plant[20] |
5 | Sierra SunTower | USA | Lancaster, California | solar power tower | eSolar commercial power plant, North America's only operating solar tower, completed August 2009 [21][22][23] |
5 | Archimede solar power plant | Italy | near Siracusa, Sicily | parabolic trough | ISCC with heat storage Completed July 2010 [24][25] |
2 | Liddell Power Station Solar Steam Generator | Australia | New South Wales | fresnel reflector | electrical equivalent steam boost for coal station[26][27] |
1.5 | Maricopa Solar | USA | Peoria, Arizona | dish stirling | Stirling Energy Systems / Tessera Solar's first commercial-scale Dish Stirling power plant. Completed January 2010[28] |
1.5 | Jülich Solar Tower | Germany | Jülich | solar power tower | Completed December 2008[29] |
1.4 | Puerto Errado 1 | Spain | Murcia | fresnel reflector | Completed April 2009[30] |
1 | Saguaro Solar Power Station | USA | Red Rock Arizona | parabolic trough | [31] |
2 | Keahole Solar Power | USA | Hawaii | parabolic trough | [32][33] |
0.25 | Shiraz solar power plant | Iran | Shiraz | CSP | Iran's first solar power plant |
940.65 | Overall operational capacity | - | - | - |
Under Construction
Capacity (MW) | Name | Country | Location | Technology | Notes |
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370 | Ivanpah Solar Power Facility | USA | San Bernardino County, California | power tower | [34][35] |
100 | Extresol 2-3 | Spain | Torre de Miguel Sesmero (Badajoz) | parabolic trough | with 7.5h heat storage[16][17] |
100 | Andasol 3–4 | Spain | Granada | parabolic trough | with 7.5h heat storage[16][36][37][38] |
100 | Palma del Rio 1, 2 | Spain | Cordoba | parabolic trough | [16][39][40] |
100 | Helioenergy 1, 2 | Spain | Ecija | parabolic trough | with heat storage[16][41][42] |
100 | Solaben 1, 2 | Spain | Logrosan | parabolic trough | [43] |
100 | Valle Solar Power Station | Spain | Cadiz | parabolic trough | with 7.5h heat storage[44] |
100 | Termosol 1+2 | Spain | Navalvillar de Pela (Badajoz) | parabolic trough | [16] |
100 | Helios 1+2 | Spain | Ciudad Real | parabolic trough | [16] |
75 | Martin Next Generation Solar Energy Center | USA | Florida | ISCC | steam input into a combined cycle [45] |
50 | Majadas de Tiétar | Spain | Caceres | parabolic trough | [40] |
50 | Lebrija-1 | Spain | Lebrija | parabolic trough | [46] |
50 | Manchasol-1 | Spain | Ciudad Real | parabolic trough | with heat storage[47] |
50 | La Dehesa | Spain | La Garrovilla (Badajoz) | parabolic trough | [16] |
50 | Axtesol 2 | Spain | Badajoz | parabolic trough | [16][48] |
50 | Arenales PS | Spain | Moron de la Frontera (Seville) | parabolic trough | [16][48] |
50 | Serrezuella Solar 2 | Spain | Talarrubias (Badajoz) | parabolic trough | [16] |
50 | El Reboso 2 | Spain | El Puebla del Rio (Seville) | parabolic trough | [16] |
50 | Moron | Spain | Moron de la Frontera (Sevilla) | parabolic trough | [16] |
50 | Olivenza 1 | Spain | Olivenza (Badajoz) | parabolic trough | [16] |
50 | Medellin | Spain | Medellin (Badajoz) | parabolic trough | [16] |
50 | Valdetorres | Spain | Valdetorres (Badajoz) | parabolic trough | [16] |
50 | Badajoz 2 | Spain | Talavera la Real (Badajoz) | parabolic trough | [16] |
50 | Santa Amalia | Spain | Santa Amalia (Badajoz) | parabolic trough | [16] |
50 | Torrefresneda | Spain | Torrefresneda (Badajoz) | parabolic trough | [16] |
50 | La Puebla 2 | Spain | La Puebla del Rio (Sevilla) | parabolic trough | [16] |
25 | Termosolar Borges | Spain | Borges Blanques (Lerida) | parabolic trough | [16] |
17 | Gemasolar, former Solar Tres Power Tower | Spain | Fuentes de Andalucia (Seville) | power tower | with 15h heat storage[16] |
20 | Kuraymat Plant | Egypt | Kuraymat | ISCC | [49] |
25 | Hassi R'mel integrated solar combined cycle power station | Algeria | Hassi R'mel | ISCC | [50] |
20 | Beni Mathar Plant | Morocco | Ain Bni Mathar | ISCC | [51] |
1.4 | THEMIS Solar Power Tower | France | Pyrénées-Orientales | solar power tower | Hybrid solar/gas electric power, using solar energy to heat the air entering a gas turbine[52] |
1 | Renovalia | Spain | Albacete | dish | [16] |
1934.4 | Overall capacity under construction | - | - | - |
Announced — USA
MW | Name | State | Location | Technology | Notes |
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968 | Blythe Solar Power Project | California | Riverside County | solar trough | Solar Millennium, Chevron [34] |
850 | Calico Solar Energy Project (SES Solar One) |
California | San Bernardino County | stirling engine | [34][53] |
750 | Imperial Valley Solar Project (formerly SES Solar Two) | California | Imperial County | stirling engine | [34] |
553 | Mojave Solar Park | California | San Bernardino County | parabolic trough | [54] |
500 | Fort Irwin | California | San Bernardino County | unnamed solar thermal technology, military |
[55] |
500 | Amargosa Solar Power Project | Nevada | Amargosa Desert, Nye County | parabolic trough | [56] |
484 | Palen Solar Power Project | California | Riverside County | solar trough | Solar Millennium, Chevron [34] |
350 | Sonoran Solar Project | Arizona | Maricopa County | parabolic trough | [57] |
340 | Hualapai Valley Solar Project | Arizona | Mohave County | parabolic trough | [58][59] |
300 | Unnamed | Florida | fresnel reflector | [60] | |
290 | Agua Caliente Solar Project | Arizona | Yuma County | parabolic trough | [61][62] |
280 | Solana Generating Station | Arizona | West of Gila Bend, AZ | parabolic trough | with 6h heat storage[63] |
250 | Beacon Solar Energy Project | California | Kern County | parabolic trough | [34] |
250 | Harper Lake Solar | California | San Bernardino County | solar trough | [34] |
250 | Genesis Solar Energy Project | California | Riverside County | solar trough | [34] |
242 | Ridgecrest Solar Power Project | California | Kern County | solar trough | Solar Millenium[34] |
200 | Unnamed Kingman solar project | Arizona | Mohave County | parabolic trough | [64] |
200 | Enviromission Australia | Arizona | solar tower | [65] | |
200 | BrightSource PPA5 | California | Mojave | power tower | [34] |
200 | BrightSource PPA6 | California | Mojave | power tower | [34] |
200 | BrightSource PPA7 | California | Mojave | power tower | [34] |
150 | Rice Solar Energy Project | California | Riverside County | power tower | with 7h heat storage [34] |
107 | San Joaquin Solar 1&2 | California | Fresno County | parabolic trough hybrid with biomass |
[66][67] |
100 | Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project | Nevada | Nye County | power tower | with 12h heat storage [68] |
92 | Suntower | New Mexico | Doña Ana County | solar tower | [69][70] |
92 | Alpine SunTower | California | Lancaster | solar tower | [71] |
84 | eSolar 1 | California | Los Angeles County | solar tower | [34] |
66 | eSolar 2 | California | Los Angeles County | solar tower | [34] |
62 | City of Palmdale Hybrid Power Project | California | Palmdale | parabolic trough steam input for hybrid gas plant | [34] |
59 | Unnamed | California | Barstow | parabolic trough with heat storage | [72] |
50 | Victorville 2 Hybrid Power Project | California | Victorville | parabolic trough steam input for hybrid gas plant | [34] |
50 | Sound Hybrid G | Southwest | Unannounced | hybrid | [73] |
5 | Kalaeloa Solar One MicroCSP Power Project | Hawaii | Barbers Point Naval Air Station | MicroCSP parabolic trough steam input for power generation with thermal storage | [74] |
9659 | Overall capacity announced in the USA | - | - | - | - |
Announced — Spain
MW | Name | Location | Technology | Notes |
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200 | Andasol 4–7 | Granada | parabolic trough with heat storage | [17] |
50 | Manchasol 2 | Ciudad Real | parabolic trough with heat storage | [17] |
100 | Solnova 2, 4–5 | Sevilla | parabolic trough with heat storage | [75] |
50 | Termesol 50 | Seville | parabolic trough with heat storage | [76] |
50 | Arcosol 50 | Cadiz | parabolic trough with heat storage | [76] |
50 | Ibersol Badajoz | Fuente de Cantos | parabolic trough | [77] |
50 | Ibersol Valdecaballeros 1–2 | Valdecaballeros | parabolic trough | [77] |
50 | Ibersol Sevilla | Aznalcollar | parabolic trough | [77] |
50 | Ibersol Almería | Tabernas | parabolic trough | [77] |
50 | Ibersol Albacete | Almansa | parabolic trough | [77] |
50 | Ibersol Murcia | Lorca | parabolic trough | [77] |
50 | Ibersol Zamora | Cubillos | parabolic trough | [77] |
50 | Enerstar Villena Power Plant | Villena | parabolic trough | [78] |
100 | Aste 3, 4 | Alcázar de San Juan (Ciudad Real) |
parabolic trough | [48] |
50 | Astexol 1 | Extremadura | parabolic trough | [48] |
50 | AZ 20 | Sevilla | power tower | [75] |
50 | Alcázar Solar Thermal Power Project | Alcázar de San Juan | power tower | [79] |
20 | Almaden Plant | Albacete | power tower | [80] |
10 | Gotasol | Gotarrendura | linear fresnel | [81] |
0.08 | Aznalcollar TH | Sevilla | dish sterling | [75] |
1080.08 | Overall capacity announced in Spain | - | - | - |
Announced — other countries
MW | Name | Location | Technology | Notes |
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2000 | Sudan Solar Program | Sudan | unknown | [82] |
2000 | unknown | Mongolian desert, China | power tower | [83] |
2000 | unknown | Morocco | unknown | [84] |
250 | Ashalim power station | Negev desert, Israel | CSP | [85] |
250 | unknown | Australia | unknown | [86] |
100 | Shams | Abu Dhabi Madinat Zayad, UAE | parabolic trough | [87] |
100 | unknown | Upington, South Africa | power tower | [88] (on ice)[89] |
12 | Alba Nova 1 | Corsica Island, France | unknown | [90] |
10 | Cloncurry solar power station | Cloncurry, Australia | power tower with heat storage | [91] |
10 | unknown | Nagpur, India | unknown | |
6799.0 | Overall capacity announced in other countries | - | - | - |
Out of commission
- Solar One (converted into Solar Two) — USA California, 10 MW, power tower design
- SES-5 — USSR, 5MW, power tower design, water / Steam, service period 1985-1989[92]
See also
- List of concentrating solar thermal power companies
- List of large wind farms
- List of photovoltaic power stations
- Plataforma Solar de Almería
- Renewable energy industry
- Solar power plants in the Mojave Desert
- Solar thermal energy
References
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- ^ Abengoa Solar begins commercial operation of Solnova 3
- ^ Abengoa Solar Reaches Total of 193 Megawatts Operating
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- ^ 100 MW Solar Thermal Electric Project in South Africa
- ^ Power shortages threaten as Eskom puts five projects on ice
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