Solana

Group

General Info

Owner/s:

Abengoa Solar

Technology:

Parabolic trough

Country:

US

Status:

Operational

Purpose:

Commercial

Usage:

Electricity

Power:

280.00 MW

Construction start date:

December 2010

Start date:

August, 2013

Location:

Phoenix, Arizona

Generation:

944.00 GWh

Land area:

1 257 hectares

Technology

Solar field

Solar Collector Assemblies - Trough:

Abengoa Solar Astro

Mirrors / Reflective surface:

Rioglass

Number of SCAs:

3 232

Number of SCAs per loop:

4

Number of modules per SCA:

10

Reflecting area:

2 200 000 m²

Heat Collector Element (Tube):

Schott PTR70

Receiver type:

Evacuated

Heat Transfer Fluid:

Therminol VP-1

HTF Temp in:

293ºC

HTF Temp out:

393ºC

Power block

Storage Y/N:

Yes

Storage type:

two tank indirect - molten salts

Storage:

6.00 Hours

Power cycle:

Steam Rankine

Power cycle pressure:

100 bar

Cooling:

Wet

Power (gross):

280.00 MW

Power (net):

250.00 MW

Backup:

Yes

Backup type:

Natural gas for HTF heating

Companies involved

Project developer:

Abengoa Solar

EPC:

Abeinsa
Abener
Teyma

O&M:

Abengoa Solar

Key components suppliers:

Rioglass
Schott
Therminol

Suppliers details:

Rioglass (Mirrors)

Schott (HCE)

Siemens (Drives)

Alfa Laval (heat exchangers)

Therminol (HTF)

Fluor (Constructability Study)

Leser (Valves)

AKO (Electric heat tracing)

Corval Group (Construction and fabrication services)

Socioeconomics

Cost:

2 billion USD

Generation Offtaker:

Arizona Public Services

PPA/Tariff:

PPA signed with APS for a 30 years period

Construction Employment:

1,700 jobs-year

O&M employment:

60 jobs

Financing:

$1.45 billion - DOE federal loan guarantee

Santander - $125 million equity

Other

Construction length:

30 months

General comments:

The plant has entered on testing phase as of September 15, 2013.

The plant drives two turbines of 140 MW (gross) each.

Documents and links:

Attachment	Size
AZCC approval of Solana CSP plan location - Dec 2008	28.92 KB
AZCC approval of PPA with APS - Sept 2008	39.31 KB

DOE loan programs office - Solana project

Abengoa CSP plant Solana in Arizona, a 280 MW parabolic trough plant

Solana CSP plant during construction, thermal storage tanks

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