Majadas

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General Info

Owner/s:

Acciona Energia
Mitsubihi Corp

Technology:

Parabolic trough

Country:

Spain

Status:

Operational

Purpose:

Commercial

Usage:

Electricity

Power:

50.00 MW

Construction start date:

March 2009

Start date:

October, 2010

Location:

Majadas de Tietar, Caceres

Generation:

100.00 GWh

Technology

Solar field

Solar Collector Assemblies - Trough:

Acciona SGX-3

Number of SCAs:

792

Heat Collector Element (Tube):

Schott PTR70

Heat Transfer Fluid:

Dowtherm A

Power block

Storage Y/N:

No

Power cycle:

Steam Rankine

Turbine:

GE

Cooling:

Wet

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:

Acciona Energia

EPC:

Acciona Energia
Idom

O&M:

Acciona Energia

Key components suppliers:

GE
Dow Chemical
Schott

Suppliers details:

GE (Turbine)

IDOM (Complete Basic and Detail engineering of Power Block & HTF System)

Dow Chemical (HTF)

Schott (HCE)

BValve (Valves)

Codexsa (Geothecnical studies)

Steel Tubes TPF (Pipes)

Dimasa (Polyester tanks)

Imtech (Industrial services)

Dehesa (Civil works)

Ingeteam (Admnistrative project)

Caldererias Indalicas

AKO (Electrical heat tracing)

WIKA (Pressure and termperature measurement equipment)

Esindus (Cooling towers)

Emerson (Automation systems)

Magline (Magnetic measurement for trough positioning)

Leser (Valves)

CCI (Control valves)

NEE (pre–EPC Extended Basic Design and consulting during the construction)

Flexim (Flowmeter for HTF and/or Molten Salt)

Socioeconomics

Cost:

€237 millions

Generation Offtaker:

Endesa

PPA/Tariff:

Spain RD5661/2007 - 27 eurocent per kWh - 25 years

Construction Employment:

350 jobs-year

O&M employment:

31

General comments:

The plant is owned by Acciona (85%) and Mirsubishi Corp (15%)

Documents and links:

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Majadas fact sheet

Images:

Majadas parabolic trough CSP plant in Spain - Acciona

Videos:

CSP World

World news about Concentrated Solar Power

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