| Project Overview |
| Project Name: |
Airlight Energy Ait Baha Plant |
| Country: |
Morocco |
| Location: |
Ait Baha
(Agadir) |
| Owner(s): |
Cimar, Italcementi Group
(100%)
|
| Technology: |
Parabolic trough |
| Turbine Capacity: |
Net: 3.0 MW
Gross: 3.0 MW |
| Status: |
Under construction |
| Start Year: |
2013
|
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Airlight Energy Ait Baha Plant
This page provides information on Project Name, a concentrating solar power (CSP) project, with data organized by background, participants, and power plant configuration. The Solar field is designed to recover waste heat from the cement factory and provide additional heat at higher temperature to the existing 12MW ORC Generator.
| Status Date: |
February 18, 2013
|
Background
| Technology: |
Parabolic trough |
| Status: |
Under construction |
| Country: |
Morocco |
| City: |
Ait Baha |
| Region: |
Agadir |
| Lat/Long Location: |
30°13′
1.0″
North,
9°8′
6.0″
West |
| Land Area: |
24 hectares |
| Solar Resource: |
2,400 kWh/m2/yr
|
| Electricity Generation: |
2,390 MWh/yr
(Estimated)
|
| Generation Data Explanation: |
Computed if it were a stand alone plant |
| Contact(s): |
Airlight Energy |
| Company: |
Airlight Energy |
| Break Ground: |
February 2012 |
| Start Production: |
August 2013 |
| Project Type: |
Pilot plant |
Participants
| Developer(s): |
Airlight Energy |
| Owner(s) (%): |
Cimar, Italcementi Group
(100%)
|
| Operator(s): |
Cimar, Italcementi Group |
| Generation Offtaker(s): |
Cimar, Italcementi Group |
Plant Configuration
Solar Field
| Solar-Field Aperture Area: |
6,159 m² |
| # of Solar Collector Assemblies (SCAs): |
3 |
| # of Loops: |
1 |
| # of SCAs per Loop: |
3 |
| SCA Aperture Area: |
2,053 m² |
| SCA Length: |
215 m |
| # of Modules per SCA: |
12 |
| SCA Manufacturer: |
Airlight Energy |
| Mirror Manufacturer (Model): |
Airlight Energy (Pneumatic mirror)
|
| # of Heat Collector Elements (HCEs): |
108 |
|
HCE Manufacturer: |
Airlight Energy |
| Heat-Transfer Fluid Type: |
Air at ambient pressure |
| Solar-Field Inlet Temp: |
250°C |
| Solar-Field Outlet Temp: |
650°C |
Power Block
| Turbine Capacity (Gross): |
3.0 MW
|
| Turbine Capacity (Net): |
3.0 MW |
| Turbine Manufacturer: |
Turboden |
| Turbine Description: |
The solar field feeds 3 MWth to an existing 12 MWe ORC turbine |
| Output Type: |
Organic Rankine |
| Design-Point Conditions: |
3.9 MWth Peak thermal power |
Thermal Storage
| Storage Type: |
Other |
| Storage Capacity: |
12 hours |
| Thermal Storage Description: |
Pebble stone |
