Alvarado I (former La Risca project) is a large solar thermal power station in Alvarado, province of Badajoz, in Extremadura, Spain. Construction on the plant commenced in December 2007 and was completed in July 2009, when commercial operations began. Built by the Spanish company Acciona Energy, it has an installed capacity of 50 MWe[3][4][5] and lays next to the La Florida solar thermal power station.
The facility is built on a 1 km2 (0.4 sq mi) site with a solar resource of 2,174 KWh/m2/year, producing an estimated 105,200 MWh of electricity per year (an average power of 12 MW). The plant uses parabolic trough technology, and is made up of 768 solar thermal collectors, with an output temperature of 393 °C (739 °F), transferred with Biphenyl and Diphenyl oxide heat transfer agents.[3]
A second 50 MWe facility, Alvarado II, is currently on the proposal stage. It is planned to be constructed in the same area as Alvarado I.[4]
alvarado, former, risca, project, large, solar, thermal, power, station, alvarado, province, badajoz, extremadura, spain, construction, plant, commenced, december, 2007, completed, july, 2009, when, commercial, operations, began, built, spanish, company, accio. Alvarado I former La Risca project is a large solar thermal power station in Alvarado province of Badajoz in Extremadura Spain Construction on the plant commenced in December 2007 and was completed in July 2009 when commercial operations began Built by the Spanish company Acciona Energy it has an installed capacity of 50 MWe 3 4 5 and lays next to the La Florida solar thermal power station Alvarado ICountrySpainLocationAlvarado BadajozCoordinates38 49 37 N 6 49 34 W 38 8269 N 6 8261 W 38 8269 6 8261StatusOperationalCommission dateJuly 2009Owner s ContourGlobal 1 2 Solar farmTypeCSPCSP technologyParabolic troughCollectors768Total collector area352 854 square metres 3 798 090 sq ft Site resource2 174 kWh m2 yrThermal power stationSecondary fuelNatural gas backup Site area135 hectares 330 acres Power generationNameplate capacity50 MWAnnual net output105 2 GW h edit on Wikidata The facility is built on a 1 km2 0 4 sq mi site with a solar resource of 2 174 KWh m2 year producing an estimated 105 200 MWh of electricity per year an average power of 12 MW The plant uses parabolic trough technology and is made up of 768 solar thermal collectors with an output temperature of 393 C 739 F transferred with Biphenyl and Diphenyl oxide heat transfer agents 3 A second 50 MWe facility Alvarado II is currently on the proposal stage It is planned to be constructed in the same area as Alvarado I 4 See also edit nbsp Spain portal nbsp Renewable energy portal List of power stations in Spain List of solar thermal power stationsReferences edit ACCIONA sells its solar thermal assets in Spain to ContourGlobal Concentrated Solar Power Spain a b Alvarado I Solar Power Project National Renewable Energy Laboratory NREL U S Department of Energy April 30 2009 retrieved 2010 05 28 a b Acciona Energy Annual Report 2008 PDF p 12 archived from the original PDF on 2011 07 07 retrieved 2010 05 02 Acciona Reports 43 PDF p 6 archived from the original PDF on 2010 09 17 retrieved 2010 05 02 This article about a power station is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alvarado I amp oldid 1217320758, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
