Helios 1

Group

General Info

Owner/s:

Abengoa Solar

Technology:

Parabolic trough

Country:

Spain

Status:

Operational

Purpose:

Commercial

Usage:

Electricity

Power:

50.00 MW

Start date:

May, 2012

Location:

Arenas de San Juan, Ciudad Real

Generation:

100.00 GWh

Land area:

110 hectares

Technology

Solar field

Solar Collector Assemblies - Trough:

Abengoa Solar Astro

Mirrors / Reflective surface:

Rioglass

Number of SCAs:

360

Number of loops:

90

Number of SCAs per loop:

4

Number of modules per SCA:

12

SCA length:

150 m

Reflecting area:

300 000 m²

Heat Collector Element (Tube):

Schott PTR70

Number of HCEs:

12960

Heat Transfer Fluid:

Therminol VP-1

HTF Temp in:

293ºC

HTF Temp out:

393ºC

Power block

Storage Y/N:

No

Power cycle:

Steam Rankine

Power cycle pressure:

100 bar

Turbine:

Siemens SST700

Cooling:

Wet

Cooling method:

Cooling towers

Power (gross):

50.00 MW

Power (net):

49.90 MW

Backup:

Yes

Backup type:

Natural gas for HTF heating - 15% max

Companies involved

Project developer:

Abengoa Solar

EPC:

Abeinsa
Abener
Teyma

O&M:

Abengoa Solar
Albatros

Key components suppliers:

Abengoa Solar
Rioglass
Schott
Siemens
Therminol

Suppliers details:

Abengoa Solar (Parabolic troughs)

Rioglass (Mirrors)

Schott (HCE)

Siemens (Turbine)

Lointek (Steam generation)

Dinotec (Water treatment)

Sindus (Cooling towers)

Inabensa (Insulation)

Leser (Valves)

Abantia

Saidi (Valves)

Smit

Wika (Pressure and temperature measurement equipment)

BValve (Valves)

Albatros (Cleaning equipment)

Steel Tubes TPF (steel pipes)

Reyco (Valves calibration and/or other valves related works)

Esindus (Cooling towers)

Solutia Therminol (HTF)

Socioeconomics

Cost:

€215 million

PPA/Tariff:

Spain RD661/2007 Feed-in-Tariff - 25 years - 27 eurocent per kWh

Financing:

Santander (Mandated Lead Arranger)

European Investment Bank - €30.6 million

Other

Solar resource:

2 217 kWh/m2/yr

Solar resource source:

Meteo station and satellite

Other info:

The plant is owned by Helios 1 HYPERION Energy Investments, owned by Abengoa Solar

General comments:

Helios 1 & 2 are twin CSP plants which comprise the Castilla-La Mancha Solar Complex.

Documents and links:

Environmental Impact Assessment (PDF - 21 MB)

Videos:

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