Valle I & Valle II solar thermal power plants now in operation in Cadiz, Spain.
Two identical 50-MW solar thermal power plants just went into operation in Spain in January. They, the Valle one and Valle 2, are situated in San José del Valle in Cadiz (in the South of Spain). They are being operated by Torresol Energy, and the Engineering, Procurement and Building (EPC) contract for the two projects, as well as one hundred% of the engineering and engineering, had been offered by SENER, which now has 24 solar thermal electrical power plants representing one,500 MWe of power set up or under construction in Spain, US and India.
These are the 2nd and 3rd solar power plants Torresol Energy is operating, following Gemasolar’s commence in October.
“Construction on Valle 1 and Valle two began in December 2009, and was finished in December 2011,” Torresol Power writes. “In January 2012 the plants had been connected to Spanish nationwide grid for commercial operations. Roughly four,500 workers worked over 2,700,000 hours to construct and launch the twin projects for the duration of the two development a long time.” Nothing at all to scoff at.
Here are some far more details on the new solar thermal energy plants:
- They will each and every “produce 160 GWh of power per 12 months, equivalent to the amount of power consumed by 40,000 households.“
- They will “reduce COtwo emissions by approximately 90,000 tons/year” (collectively).
- They can make electrical energy for up to seven.five hrs without having a trace of sunlight due to their energy storage abilities.
Torresol Vitality & Masdar Electrical power Looking to Increase into Other Sunny Areas
Not stopping there, Torresol expects to commence function on new concentrated solar electrical power (CSP) projects in other nations “located in what is referred to as the sun-belt region,” Enrique Sendagorta, President of Torresol Vitality, mentioned.
“It is worth mentioning that, due to the economic power of Torresol Energy’s partners, SENER and Masdar, the Valle 1 and Valle 2 projects werefinanced by means of seven Spanish business banks in 2009 for a complete financing of EUR 540 million, in spite of the world-wide monetary crisis,” Common Manager of Torresol Power, Alvaro Lorente, said. “This operation was awarded the Venture Finance Deal of the Year 2009 in the Clean Energy Sector by EuroMoney.”
Masdar Energy, one more partner in the venture, notes that it now has electrical power plants with 200 MW of solar thermal power capacity in production. It is also interested in developing new CSP tasks in other areas (specifically the Middle East North Africa, or MENA, area).
“With the UAE’s visionary leadership and help, in just five a long time Masdar has become a prominent player in the renewable energy with many projects below its belt locally in the UAE and globally,” Masdar’s CEO Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber said. ”Valle one & 2 are two further milestones in Masdar’s portfolio of Concentrated Solar Power plants as a end result of the joint venture with SENER. We are proud of this partnership with SENER and will continue generating investments in utility scale tasks in renewable vitality, especially in solar and wind vitality as they are the most pertinent to the UAE.”
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