Guzman (Termosolar Soluz Guzman)

Group

General Info

Owner/s:

FCC
Mitsui

Technology:

Parabolic trough

Country:

Spain

Status:

Operational

Purpose:

Commercial

Usage:

Electricity

Power:

50.00 MW

Construction start date:

November 2010

Start date:

December, 2012

Location:

Palma del Rio, Cordoba

Generation:

100.00 GWh

Land area:

200 hectares

Technology

Solar field

Solar Collector Assemblies - Trough:

SENER SENERTrough

Mirrors / Reflective surface:

Flabeg RP3

Number of SCAs:

384

Number of loops:

96

Number of SCAs per loop:

4

Number of modules per SCA:

12

SCA aperture area:

817 m²

SCA length:

150 m

Reflecting area:

310 000 m²

Heat Collector Element (Tube):

Schott PTR70

Number of HCEs:

13,824

Heat Transfer Fluid:

Dowtherm A

HTF Temp in:

293ºC

HTF Temp out:

393ºC

Power block

Storage Y/N:

No

Power cycle:

Steam Rankine

Power cycle pressure:

100 bar

Turbine:

MAN Diesel & Turbo - dual casing reheat turbine

Cooling:

Wet

Cooling method:

Cooling towers

Backup:

Yes

Backup type:

Natural gas HTF Heaters (3x15MWt) - max 15%

Companies involved

Project developer:

FCC

EPC:

Abantia
FCC
Idom

O&M:

FCC Energia

Key components suppliers:

SENER
MAN Diesel & Turbo
Flabeg

Suppliers details:

SENER (Parabolic troughs)

MAN Dieses & Turbo (Turbine)

Abantia (BOP and power block works)

Dow Chemical (HTF)

IDOM (Complete basic and detailed engineering)

Lazaro Ituarte Valves (Valves)

Flabeg (Mirrors)

Ideas en Metal (Torque Tube, Pylons, Drive Pylons)

Leser (Valves)

Magline (Magnetic positioning and detecting equipment)

Saidi (Valves)

Wika (Pressure and temperature measurement equipment)

MTS (valves)

AKO (Electric heat tracing)

Socioeconomics

Cost:

€272 million

Generation Offtaker:

Endesa

PPA/Tariff:

Spain RD61/2007 Feed-in-Tariff - 25 years - 27 eurocent per kWh

Financing:

Mizuho

BBVA

Other financing info:

FCC closed financing on March 2011, with Mizuho and BBVA with a €226 M loan as a project-finance.

Loan is backed by an insurance from the export credit agency Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI).

Other

Other info:

Plant owner is Guzman Energia, owned by FCC (70%) and Mitsui Renewable Energy Europe (30%)

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