| Project Overview |
| Project Name: |
Gemasolar Thermosolar Plant
(Gemasolar)
|
| Country: |
Spain |
| Location: |
Fuentes de Andalucía
(Andalucía (Sevilla)) |
| Owner(s): |
MASDAR
(40%)
Sener
(60%)
|
| Technology: |
Power tower |
| Turbine Capacity: |
Net: 19.9 MW
Gross: 19.9 MW |
| Status: |
Operational |
| Start Year: |
2011
|
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Gemasolar Thermosolar Plant
This page provides information on Gemasolar Thermosolar Plant, a concentrating solar power (CSP) project, with data organized by background, participants, and power plant configuration. Gemasolar is the first high-temperature solar receiver with molten salt, which provides 15 hours of thermal storage and an annual capacity factor of about 75%.
| Status Date: |
October 24, 2011
|
Background
| Technology: |
Power tower |
| Status: |
Operational |
| Country: |
Spain |
| City: |
Fuentes de Andalucía |
| Region: |
Andalucía (Sevilla) |
| Lat/Long Location: |
37°33′
44.95″
North,
5°19′
49.39″
West |
| Land Area: |
195 hectares |
| Solar Resource: |
2,172 kWh/m2/yr
|
| Source of Solar Resource: |
Sener |
| Electricity Generation: |
110,000 MWh/yr
(Expected/Planned)
|
| Contact(s): |
Juan Ignacio Burgaleta |
| Company: |
Sener |
| Break Ground: |
February 2009 |
| Start Production: |
April 2011 |
| Cost (approx): |
230,000,000 Euro |
| Construction Job-Years: |
800 |
| Annual O&M Jobs: |
45 |
Participants
| Developer(s): |
Torresol Energy |
| Owner(s) (%): |
MASDAR
(40%)
Sener
(60%)
|
| EPC Contractor: |
UTE C.T. Solar Tres |
| Operator(s): |
Gemasolar 2006, S.A. |
Plant Configuration
Solar Field
| Heliostat Solar-Field Aperture Area: |
304,750 m² |
| # of Heliostats: |
2,650 |
| Heliostat Aperture Area: |
120.0 m² |
| Heliostat Manufacturer: |
Sener |
| Heliostat Description: |
Sheet metal stamped facet |
| Heliostat Drive Manufacturer: |
Sener |
| Tower Height: |
140 m |
| Receiver Manufacturer: |
Sener |
| Heat-Transfer Fluid Type: |
Molten salts (sodium and potassium nitrates) |
| Receiver Inlet Temp: |
290C |
| Receiver Outlet Temp: |
565C |
| Receiver Temp. Difference: |
275C |
Power Block
| Turbine Capacity (Gross): |
19.9 MW
|
| Turbine Capacity (Net): |
19.9 MW |
| Cooling Method: |
Wet cooling |
| Fossil Backup Type: |
Natural gas |
| Backup Percentage: |
15%
|
Thermal Storage
| Storage Type: |
2-tank direct |
| Storage Capacity: |
15 hour(s) |
| Thermal Storage Description: |
One cold-salts tank (290ºC) from where salts are pumped to the tower receiver and heated up to 565ºC, to be stored in one hot-salts tank (565ºC). Annual equivalent hours = 6,500. |
