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This is a '''List of Solar thermal power stations''' which are operating or are under construction: |
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[[File:PS10 solar power tower.jpg|thumb|The [[PS10 solar power tower|PS10]] solar thermal power station.]] |
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This is a list of the largest facilities generating electricity through the use of '''[[solar thermal]] power''', specifically [[concentrated solar power]]. |
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== Operational == |
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*[[Andasol 1 solar power station]] (Spain) |
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*[[Nevada Solar One]] (USA) |
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*[[PS10 solar power tower]] (Spain) |
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|+ Operational solar thermal power stations (of at least 50 MW capacity) |
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*[[Solar Energy Generating Systems]] (USA) |
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*[[Solar Tres Power Tower]] (Spain) |
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|[[Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park]] Phase IV||{{flag|United Arab Emirates}}||Dubai|| {{coord|24.7547|55.365|name= DEWA solar power park}} |
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| align="right" | 700 |
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| 2023|| Parabolic trough,<br />solar tower |
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||15|| 600 MW parabolic trough and 100MW solar tower commissioned.<ref name=no1>{{Cite web|url=https://renewablesnow.com/news/dubai-inaugurates-worlds-largest-csp-project-842592/|title=Dubai inaugurates world's largest CSP project|access-date=21 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.dewa.gov.ae/en/customer/innovation/renewable-energy/phases-of-energy-production|title=Phases of energy production, DEWA|access-date=16 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616165204/https://www.dewa.gov.ae/en/customer/innovation/renewable-energy/phases-of-energy-production|archive-date=16 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://helioscsp.com/uaes-push-on-concentrated-solar-power-should-open-eyes-across-world/|title=UAE's push on concentrated solar power should open eyes across world|access-date=29 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170926235527/http://helioscsp.com/uaes-push-on-concentrated-solar-power-should-open-eyes-across-world/|archive-date=26 September 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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| Noor / [[Ouarzazate Solar Power Station]] || {{flag|Morocco}} || [[Ghassate]] ([[Ouarzazate|Ouarzazate province]]) || {{coord|30|59|40|N|6|51|48|W|name=Ouarzazate solar power station}} |
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| align="right" | 510 |
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| || Parabolic trough and solar power tower (Phase 3) |
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|3 / 7 / 7.5|| 160 MW Phase 1 with 3 hours heat storage.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-04-30/acwa-power-says-it-was-awarded-solar-thermal-project-in-morocco|title=Saudi Power Developer Gives Spanish Firms Work in Morocco|newspaper=Bloomberg.com |date=30 April 2013|via=www.bloomberg.com|access-date=27 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181112025810/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-04-30/acwa-power-says-it-was-awarded-solar-thermal-project-in-morocco|archive-date=12 November 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2015/12/176134/king-mohammed-vi-to-inaugurate-noor-solar-plant-in-ouarzazate/|title=King Mohammed VI to Inaugurate 'Noor' Solar Plant in Ouarzazate|date=26 December 2015|website=moroccoworldnews.com|access-date=27 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151228002905/http://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2015/12/176134/king-mohammed-vi-to-inaugurate-noor-solar-plant-in-ouarzazate/|archive-date=28 December 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> 200 MW phase 2 with 7 hours heat storage is online from January 2018.<ref name="Morocco expands solar capacity">{{cite news | url=http://www.zawya.com/story/Expanding_solar_capacity-ZAWYA20130914070939/ | title=Morocco expands solar capacity | date=2013-09-23 | work=Zawya | access-date=2013-09-29 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002141451/http://www.zawya.com/story/Expanding_solar_capacity-ZAWYA20130914070939/ | archive-date=2013-10-02 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[http://www.solarpaces.org/moroccos-noor-ii-begins-synchronization-grid/ Morocco’s Noor II Begins Synchronization to Grid] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180527182712/http://www.solarpaces.org/moroccos-noor-ii-begins-synchronization-grid/ |date=2018-05-27 }}, solar paces, January 14, 2018.</ref> 150 MW (Phase 3) with 7.5 hours storage is online from November 2018<ref>{{cite news | url=http://helioscsp.com/chinese-firm-helps-build-worlds-largest-concentrated-solar-power-complex-in-moroccos-desert/ | title=Chinese firm helps build world's largest concentrated solar power complex in Morocco's desert | access-date=22 January 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122094857/http://helioscsp.com/chinese-firm-helps-build-worlds-largest-concentrated-solar-power-complex-in-moroccos-desert/ | archive-date=22 January 2019 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://helioscsp.com/noor-ouarzazate-iii-central-receiver-concentrated-solar-power-plant-with-storage-completes-its-reliability-test/ | title=Noor Ouarzazate III central receiver concentrated solar power plant with storage completes its reliability test | access-date=11 November 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181112021427/http://helioscsp.com/noor-ouarzazate-iii-central-receiver-concentrated-solar-power-plant-with-storage-completes-its-reliability-test/ | archive-date=12 November 2018 | url-status=live }}</ref> |
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|[[Ivanpah Solar Power Facility]] ||{{Flag|US}} || [[San Bernardino County, California]] || {{coord|35|34|N|115|28|W|name=Ivanpah Solar Power Facility}} |
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|2014||[[Solar power tower]] |
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| || Completed on February 13, 2014<ref name="officialcalifornia">{{cite web|url=http://www.energy.ca.gov/siting/solar/index.html|title=Relocation of the Solar Energy Projects Page|website=www.energy.ca.gov|access-date=2007-11-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511185253/http://www.energy.ca.gov/siting/solar/index.html|archive-date=2008-05-11|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="renewableenergyworld.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/05/pg-e-and-brightsource-sign-contracts-for-over-1300-mw-of-solar-thermal|title=PG&E and BrightSource Sign Contracts for Over 1,300 MW of Solar Thermal|website=www.renewableenergyworld.com}}</ref><ref name="corporate-ir.net">{{cite web|url=http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=121544&p=irol-newsArticleNRG&ID=1899656|title=News Release - Investors - NRG Energy|website=phx.corporate-ir.net|access-date=2014-02-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140916162021/http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=121544&p=irol-newsArticleNRG&ID=1899656|archive-date=2014-09-16|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|[[Mojave Solar Project]] || {{Flag|US}} || [[Barstow, California]] || {{coord|35|00|40|N|117|19|30|W|name=Mojave Solar Project}} |
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| align="right" | 280 |
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| || Parabolic trough |
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| || Completed December 2014. Gross capacity of 280 MW corresponds to net capacity of 250 MW<ref>csp-world.com [http://www.csp-world.com/news/20141202/001546/abengoas-mojave-250-mw-csp-plant-enters-commercial-operation Abengoa's Mojave 250 MW CSP plant enters commercial operation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210114729/http://www.csp-world.com/news/20141202/001546/abengoas-mojave-250-mw-csp-plant-enters-commercial-operation |date=2014-12-10 }}, 2 December 2014</ref><ref>[http://www.abengoasolar.com/web/en/nuestras_plantas/plantas_en_construccion/estados_unidos/ Abengoa: Plants under construction - United States] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130619041035/http://www.abengoasolar.com/web/en/nuestras_plantas/plantas_en_construccion/estados_unidos/ |date=2013-06-19 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csp-world.com/news/20110914/0057/abengoa-closes-12-billion-financing-mojave-solar-project-and-starts-construction|title=CSP World: Abengoa closes $1.2 billion financing for the Mojave Solar Project and starts construction|website=csp-world.com|access-date=2012-12-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210114823/http://www.csp-world.com/news/20110914/0057/abengoa-closes-12-billion-financing-mojave-solar-project-and-starts-construction|archive-date=2014-12-10|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|[[Solana Generating Station]] || {{Flag|US}} || [[Gila Bend, Arizona]] || {{coord|32|55|N|112|58|W|name=Solana Generating Station}} |
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|October 2013|| Parabolic trough |
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|6|| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abengoasolar.com/web/en/acerca_de_nosotros/sala_de_prensa/noticias/2013/abg_20131009.html|title=Abengoa Solar :: About us :: Press :: News :: 2013|website=www.abengoasolar.com|access-date=2013-10-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216235444/http://www.abengoasolar.com/web/en/acerca_de_nosotros/sala_de_prensa/noticias/2013/abg_20131009.html|archive-date=2014-12-16|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>[http://www.solarserver.com/solar-magazine/solar-news/current/2013/kw41/concentrating-solar-power-solana-solar-csp-plant-begins-commercial-operation.html SolarServer: Concentrating solar power: Solana CSP plant begins commercial operation] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016010325/http://www.solarserver.com/solar-magazine/solar-news/current/2013/kw41/concentrating-solar-power-solana-solar-csp-plant-begins-commercial-operation.html |date=2013-10-16 }}</ref> |
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|[[Genesis Solar Energy Project]] || {{Flag|US}} || [[Blythe, California]] || {{coord|33|38|37.68|N|114|59|16.8|W|name=Genesis Solar}} |
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|24 April 2014|| Parabolic trough |
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| ||<ref>[http://www.csp-world.com/cspworldmap/genesis-solar CSP World] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140404193845/http://csp-world.com/cspworldmap/genesis-solar |date=2014-04-04 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.kcet.org/news/rewire/solar/concentrating-solar/another-huge-solar-plant-goes-online-in-desert.html Another Huge Solar Plant Goes Online in California's Desert] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506233415/http://www.kcet.org/news/rewire/solar/concentrating-solar/another-huge-solar-plant-goes-online-in-desert.html |date=2014-05-06 }}, Chris Clarke, REWIRE, May 5, 2014</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.energy.ca.gov/sitingcases/genesis_solar/compliance/documents/2012-04-13_Petition_to_Amend_TN-64751.pdf#page=17|title=Genesis Solar Energy Project Eastern Riverside County, California - Amendment (09-AFC-8)|publisher=California Energy Commission|format=PDF|access-date=1 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913005106/http://www.energy.ca.gov/sitingcases/genesis_solar/compliance/documents/2012-04-13_Petition_to_Amend_TN-64751.pdf#page=17|archive-date=13 September 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|[[Solaben Solar Power Station]]<ref name="abengoasolar.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.abengoasolar.com/sites/solar/en/about_us/general/news/archive/2009/20090525_noticias.html|title=Abengoa Solar begins construction on Extremadura's second solar concentrating solar power plant|website=abengoasolar.com|access-date=2009-06-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091204111056/http://www.abengoasolar.com/sites/solar/en/about_us/general/news/archive/2009/20090525_noticias.html|archive-date=2009-12-04|url-status=live}}</ref> || {{flag|Spain}} || [[Logrosán]] || {{coord|39|13|29|N|5|23|26|W|name=Solaben Solar Power Station}} |
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|June 2012|| Parabolic trough |
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| || Solaben 3 completed June 2012<ref name="Protermosolar" /><br/>Solaben 2 completed October 2012<ref name="Protermosolar" /><br/>Solaben 1 and 6 completed September 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csp-world.com/news/20130930/001204/abengoa-closes-financing-and-begin-operation-solaben-1-6-csp-plants-spain|title=CSP World: Abengoa closes financing and begin operation of Solaben 1 & 6 CSP plants in Spain|website=csp-world.com|access-date=2013-10-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016055216/http://www.csp-world.com/news/20130930/001204/abengoa-closes-financing-and-begin-operation-solaben-1-6-csp-plants-spain|archive-date=2013-10-16|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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|[[Solar Energy Generating Systems]] (SEGS) || {{Flag|US}} || [[Mojave Desert]], [[California]] ||{{coord|35|01|54|N|117|20|53|W|name=Solar Energy Generating Systems}}|| align="right"|160 |
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|1984||[[Parabolic trough]]|| ||Originally collection of 9 units 1984–1990<ref name="nrel.gov">{{cite web|title=Concentrating Solar Power Projects - Solar Electric Generating Station I - Concentrating Solar Power - NREL|url=http://www.nrel.gov/csp/solarpaces/project_detail.cfm/projectID=28|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611060202/http://www.nrel.gov/csp/solarpaces/project_detail.cfm/projectID=28|archive-date=2013-06-11|access-date=2013-04-18|website=www.nrel.gov}}</ref><ref name="nrel.gov1">{{cite web|title=Concentrating Solar Power Projects - Solar Electric Generating Station II- Concentrating Solar Power - NREL|url=http://www.nrel.gov/csp/solarpaces/project_detail.cfm/projectID=29|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622173932/http://www.nrel.gov/csp/solarpaces/project_detail.cfm/projectID=29|archive-date=2013-06-22|access-date=2013-04-18|website=www.nrel.gov}}</ref><ref name="nrel.gov2">{{cite web|title=Concentrating Solar Power Projects - Solar Electric Generating Station III - Concentrating Solar Power - NREL|url=http://www.nrel.gov/csp/solarpaces/project_detail.cfm/projectID=30|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622162612/http://www.nrel.gov/csp/solarpaces/project_detail.cfm/projectID=30|archive-date=2013-06-22|access-date=2013-04-18|website=www.nrel.gov}}</ref><ref name="nrel.gov3">{{cite web|title=Concentrating Solar Power Projects - Solar Electric Generating Station IV - Concentrating Solar Power - NREL|url=http://www.nrel.gov/csp/solarpaces/project_detail.cfm/projectID=31|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621041324/http://www.nrel.gov/csp/solarpaces/project_detail.cfm/projectID=31|archive-date=2013-06-21|access-date=2013-04-18|website=www.nrel.gov}}</ref><ref name="nrel.gov4">{{cite web|title=Concentrating Solar Power Projects - Solar Electric Generating Station V - Concentrating Solar Power - NREL|url=http://www.nrel.gov/csp/solarpaces/project_detail.cfm/projectID=32|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611075703/http://www.nrel.gov/csp/solarpaces/project_detail.cfm/projectID=32|archive-date=2013-06-11|access-date=2013-04-18|website=www.nrel.gov}}</ref><ref name="nrel.gov5">{{cite web|title=Concentrating Solar Power Projects - Solar Electric Generating Station VI - Concentrating Solar Power - NREL|url=http://www.nrel.gov/csp/solarpaces/project_detail.cfm/projectID=33|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621041702/http://www.nrel.gov/csp/solarpaces/project_detail.cfm/projectID=33|archive-date=2013-06-21|access-date=2013-04-18|website=www.nrel.gov}}</ref><ref name="nrel.gov6">{{cite web|title=Concentrating Solar Power Projects - Solar Electric Generating Station VII - Concentrating Solar Power - NREL|url=http://www.nrel.gov/csp/solarpaces/project_detail.cfm/projectID=34|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121205005736/http://www.nrel.gov/csp/solarpaces/project_detail.cfm/projectID=34|archive-date=2012-12-05|access-date=2013-04-18|website=www.nrel.gov}}</ref><ref name="nrel.gov7">{{cite web|title=Concentrating Solar Power Projects - Solar Electric Generating Station VIII - Concentrating Solar Power - NREL|url=http://www.nrel.gov/csp/solarpaces/project_detail.cfm/projectID=35|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611082359/http://www.nrel.gov/csp/solarpaces/project_detail.cfm/projectID=35|archive-date=2013-06-11|access-date=2013-04-18|website=www.nrel.gov}}</ref><ref name="auto">[http://www.nrel.gov/csp/solarpaces/project_detail.cfm/projectID=36 Solar Electric Generating Station IX] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611215355/http://www.nrel.gov/csp/solarpaces/project_detail.cfm/projectID%3D36|date=2011-06-11}}</ref> with 354 MW. Seven units were decommissioned and replaced by solar PV. |
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|[[Solnova Solar Power Station]] || {{flag|Spain}} || [[Sanlúcar la Mayor]] ||{{coord|37|25|00|N|06|17|20|W|name=Solnova Solar Power Station}} |
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|May 2010|| Parabolic trough |
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| || Solnova 1 completed May 2010 <br/> Solnova 3 completed May 2010 <br/> Solnova 4 completed August 2010<ref name="50 million euro">{{cite web|url=http://earth2tech.com/2008/08/08/abengoa-rakes-in-426m-for-4-solar-power-plants/|title=Abengoa Rakes in $426M for 4 Solar Power Plants|first=Craig|last=Rubens|date=8 August 2008|website=earth2tech.com|access-date=2 February 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090102203300/http://earth2tech.com/2008/08/08/abengoa-rakes-in-426m-for-4-solar-power-plants/|archive-date=2 January 2009|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/index.cfm/go/news.display/id/20263 | title= Abengoa Begins Operation of 50 MW Concentrating Solar Power Plant | date= May 6, 2010 | publisher= SustainableBusiness.com News | access-date= 2010-05-07 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100509102842/http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/index.cfm/go/news.display/id/20263 | archive-date= May 9, 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref><ref>[http://www.abengoasolar.com/corp/web/en/about_us/general/news/archive/2010/solar_20100505.html Abengoa Solar begins commercial operation of Solnova 1] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707075111/http://www.abengoasolar.com/corp/web/en/about_us/general/news/archive/2010/solar_20100505.html |date=2011-07-07 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.abengoasolar.com/corp/web/en/about_us/general/news/archive/2010/solar_20100524.html Abengoa Solar begins commercial operation of Solnova 3] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100615191726/http://www.abengoasolar.com/corp/web/en/about_us/general/news/archive/2010/solar_20100524.html |date=2010-06-15 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.abengoasolar.com/corp/web/en/about_us/general/news/archive/2010/solar_20100802.html Abengoa Solar Reaches Total of 193 Megawatts Operating]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |
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|[[Andasol solar power station]] || {{flag|Spain}} || [[Guadix]] ||{{coord|37|13|42.70|N|3|4|6.73|W|name=Andasol solar power station}} |
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|7.5|| Completed: Andasol 1 (2008), Andasol 2 (2009), Andasol 3 (2011). Each equipped with a 7.5 hour [[thermal energy storage]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.solarmillennium.de/english/press/press-releases/archive-2008/testbetrieb-andasol-1_2008_10_15-kopie.html|title=Solar Millennium AG - Andasol 1 has started test run - Archives - Press - Press Releases - Archive 2008|website=www.solarmillennium.de|access-date=2011-09-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322022740/http://www.solarmillennium.de/english/press/press-releases/archive-2008/testbetrieb-andasol-1_2008_10_15-kopie.html|archive-date=2012-03-22|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.solarmillennium.de/english/technology/references_and_projects/andasol-spain/index.html|title=Solar Millennium AG - The Construction of the Andasol Power Plants. - Archives - Technology - References and Projects - Andasol (Spain)|website=www.solarmillennium.de|access-date=2011-09-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527234403/http://www.solarmillennium.de/english/technology/references_and_projects/andasol-spain/index.html|archive-date=2011-05-27|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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|[[Extresol Solar Power Station]] || {{flag|Spain}}||[[Torre de Miguel Sesmero]] ||{{coord|38|39|N|6|44|W|name=Extresol Solar Power Station}} |
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|7.5||Completed: Extresol 1 and 2 (2010), Extresol 3 (2012). Each equipped with a 7.5-hour [[thermal energy storage]].<ref name="Protermosolar">[http://www.protermosolar.com/mapa-proyectos-espana/ Mapa de proyectos en España ] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027105406/http://www.protermosolar.com/mapa-proyectos-espana/ |date=2014-10-27 }}</ref><ref name="madrimasd">[http://www.madrimasd.org/informacionidi/agenda/foros-mimasd/documentos/energia/JA_Nebrera_ACS_26_02_08.pdf Solar Thermal Power Generation - A Spanish Success Story] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318231730/http://www.madrimasd.org/informacionidi/agenda/foros-mimasd/documentos/energia/JA_Nebrera_ACS_26_02_08.pdf |date=2009-03-18 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.estelasolar.eu/fileadmin/ESTELAdocs/documents/powerplants/extresol/EXTRESOL_-_24_FEB_2010.pdf ACS Launches the Operation Phase of its Third Dispatchable 50 MW Thermal Power Plant in Spain, Extresol-1] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720161216/http://www.estelasolar.eu/fileadmin/ESTELAdocs/documents/powerplants/extresol/EXTRESOL_-_24_FEB_2010.pdf |date=2011-07-20 }}</ref> |
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| Dhursar || {{flag|India}} || [[Dhursar]], [[Jaisalmer district]] || {{coord|26|47|09|N|72|00|30|E|name=Dhursar Concentrated Solar Plant}} |
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|November 2014|| [[Compact linear Fresnel reflector|Fresnel reflector]] |
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| || <ref name=d1>{{cite web|url=http://www.nrel.gov/csp/solarpaces/project_detail.cfm/projectID=272|title=Concentrating Solar Power Projects - Dhursar - Concentrating Solar Power - NREL|website=www.nrel.gov|access-date=2013-09-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130301033724/http://www.nrel.gov/csp/solarpaces/project_detail.cfm/projectID=272|archive-date=2013-03-01|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=d2>{{cite web|url=http://www.reliancepower.co.in/business_areas/initiatives_in_renewable_energy.htm|title=Initiatives in Renewable Energy|publisher=Reliance Energy|access-date=20 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605043655/http://www.reliancepower.co.in/business_areas/initiatives_in_renewable_energy.htm|archive-date=2017-06-05|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=d3>{{cite news|url=http://helioscsp.com/india-reliance-powers-dhursar-concentrated-solar-power-csp-project-nears-completion/|title=India Reliance Power's Dhursar concentrated solar power (CSP) project nears completion|date=26 July 2014|publisher=HELIOSCSP|access-date=20 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518220701/http://helioscsp.com/india-reliance-powers-dhursar-concentrated-solar-power-csp-project-nears-completion/|archive-date=18 May 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=d4>{{cite web|url=http://www.estelasolar.org/techologies-plants/the-4-types-of-csp-electricity-technologies/linear-fresnel-reflector/|title=Linear Fresnel Reflector|publisher=European Solar Thermal Electricity Association|access-date=20 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170621003444/http://www.estelasolar.org/techologies-plants/the-4-types-of-csp-electricity-technologies/linear-fresnel-reflector/|archive-date=21 June 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|[[Ashalim Power Station]] (Negev Energy) || {{flag|Israel}} || [[Ashalim]] || {{coord|30|57|N|34|42|E|name=Ashalim Power Station}} |
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|4.5|| 4.5h heat storage. Completed August 2019 and located in [[Negev]] desert<ref>{{cite web|url=http://helioscsp.com/israel-inaugurates-negev-concentrated-solar-power-plant/|title=Israel inaugurates Negev concentrated solar power plant|access-date=29 August 2019}}</ref> |
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| Megalim Power Station (Negev Energy) || {{flag|Israel}} || [[Ashalim]] || {{coord|30|56|N|34|43|E|name=Megalim Power Station}} |
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| || Completed April 2019 and located in [[Negev]] desert<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.saurenergy.com/solar-energy-news/israels-megalim-concentrated-solar-power-plant-begins-operations|title=Israel's Megalim Concentrated Solar Power Plant Begins Operations|access-date=17 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417172039/https://www.saurenergy.com/solar-energy-news/israels-megalim-concentrated-solar-power-plant-begins-operations|archive-date=17 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.negevenergy.co.il/en/|title=Negev Energy – Negev Energy English site|website=www.negevenergy.co.il|language=en-US|access-date=2018-08-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801003601/http://www.negevenergy.co.il/en/|archive-date=2018-08-01|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://helioscsp.com/israels-121-mw-ashalim-plot-b-concentrated-solar-power-plant-set-for-50-expansion/|title=Israel's 121 MW Ashalim Plot B Concentrated Solar Power plant set for 50% expansion|work=HELIOSCSP|access-date=2018-08-21|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180821160542/http://helioscsp.com/israels-121-mw-ashalim-plot-b-concentrated-solar-power-plant-set-for-50-expansion/|archive-date=2018-08-21|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|[[Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project]]|| {{Flag|US}} || [[Nye County, Nevada|Nye County]], Nevada ||{{coord|38|14|N|117|22|W|name=Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project}} |
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|10||With 10h heat storage; commercial operation began September 2015,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tonopahsolar.com/|title=Home — SolarReserve|website=tonopahsolar.com|access-date=2010-04-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100606191258/http://tonopahsolar.com/|archive-date=2010-06-06|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grupocobra.com/business/project/crescent-dunes-solar-thermal-power-plant/|title=Crescent Dunes Solar Thermal Power Plant|work=Grupo COBRA|access-date=15 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604213753/http://www.grupocobra.com/business/project/crescent-dunes-solar-thermal-power-plant/|archive-date=4 June 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> mothballed since May 2019<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-07-30|title=Tonopah Solar Energy files for bankruptcy|url=https://pvtimes.com/news/tonopah-solar-energy-files-for-bankruptcy-87661/|access-date=2021-05-27|website=Pahrump Valley Times|language=en-US}}</ref> |
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|[[Cerro Dominador Solar Thermal Plant]] (Atacama 1) || {{flag|Chile}} || [[María Elena, Chile|María Elena]], [[Antofagasta]] ||{{Coord|22.77191|S|69.47994|W|name=Cerro Dominador Solar Thermal Plant}}|| align="right" | 110 |
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| || Solar power tower || 17.5 ||Completed April 2021, with 17.5h heat storage<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-02-20|title=The tower of Chile's concentrated solar power plant is completed and in testing phase|url=https://www.eulaif.eu/en/news/tower-chiles-concentrated-solar-power-plant-completed-and-testing-phase|access-date=2021-03-13|website=www.eulaif.eu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Latin America's first CSP plant now online|url=https://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2021-04/52580398-latin-america-s-first-csp-plant-now-online-451.htm|access-date=2021-05-27|website=pv magazine International|language=en-US}}</ref> |
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| Shouhang Dunhuang || {{flag|China}} || [[Dunhuang]] ([[Gansu Province]]) || {{coord|format=dms|40|5|33.11|N|94|39|55.56|E|name=Shouhang Dunhuang CSP Project}} |
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|15 / 7.5|| Phase I compleded in 2016,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Shouhang Dunhuang Phase I - 10 MW Tower {{!}} Concentrating Solar Power Projects {{!}} NREL|url=https://solarpaces.nrel.gov/project/shouhang-dunhuang-phase-i-10-mw-tower|access-date=2021-11-09|website=solarpaces.nrel.gov}}</ref> Phase II with 7.5h heat storage. Operational since end of December 2018<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cspfocus.cn/en/market/detail_1201.htm|title=China 1st 100MW molten salt Solar Tower CSP Plant connected to grid|access-date=29 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181229220516/http://www.cspfocus.cn/en/market/detail_1201.htm|archive-date=29 December 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|[[Kathu Solar Park]] || {{flag|South Africa}} || [[Northern Cape]] || {{coord|format=dms|27|31|59.67|S| 23|8|10.56|E|region:ZA-NC_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Kathu Solar Park}} |
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|4.5|| Completed February 2018, with 4.5h heat storage<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/100-mw-kathu-csp-plant-to-be-operational-in-2018-2016-05-10/rep_id:4136|title=100 MW Kathu CSP plant to be operational in 2018|last=Creamer|first=Terence|website=Engineering News|access-date=2016-05-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513050407/http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/100-mw-kathu-csp-plant-to-be-operational-in-2018-2016-05-10/rep_id:4136|archive-date=2016-05-13|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.southafrica.info/about/sustainable/solar-redstone-9115.htm#.VzL3ViGNLNM|title=New solar plants in sunny Northern Cape|website=www.southafrica.info|access-date=2016-05-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160523111835/http://www.southafrica.info/about/sustainable/solar-redstone-9115.htm#.VzL3ViGNLNM|archive-date=2016-05-23|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nersa.org.za/Admin/Document/Editor/file/Notices/Invitations/ELC/Kathu%20Solar%20Power%20Park.pdf|title=Kathu Solar Power Park - Nersa|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806055319/http://www.nersa.org.za/Admin/Document/Editor/file/Notices/Invitations/ELC/Kathu%20Solar%20Power%20Park.pdf|archive-date=2016-08-06|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fin24.com/BizNews/the-r12bn-kathu-solar-project-good-bye-diesel-hello-molten-salt-20160817|title=The R12bn Kathu solar project: Good-bye diesel. Hello molten salt.|access-date=2016-08-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817113711/http://www.fin24.com/BizNews/the-r12bn-kathu-solar-project-good-bye-diesel-hello-molten-salt-20160817|archive-date=2016-08-17|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>[https://www.nrel.gov/csp/solarpaces/project_detail.cfm/projectID=4290 Kathu Solar Park] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170609074942/https://www.nrel.gov/csp/solarpaces/project_detail.cfm/projectID=4290 |date=2017-06-09 }}, NREL</ref> |
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|[[KaXu Solar One]] || {{flag|South Africa}} || [[Pofadder, Northern Cape]] || {{coord|format=dms|28|53|40.56|S|19|35|53.52|E|region:ZA-NC_type:landmark|display=inline|name=KaXu Solar One}} |
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|2.5|| With 2.5h heat storage<ref name=ab/><ref name=csa/><ref>{{cite web|title=Abengoa Solar :: Our plants :: Operating facilities :: South Africa|url=http://www.abengoasolar.com/web/en/nuestras_plantas/plantas_en_operacion/sudafrica/#seccion_1|website=Abengoa Solar|access-date=5 May 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150406073446/http://www.abengoasolar.com/web/en/nuestras_plantas/plantas_en_operacion/sudafrica/#seccion_1|archive-date=6 April 2015}}</ref> |
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|[[Xina Solar One Power Station|Xina Solar One]] || {{flag|South Africa}} || [[Pofadder, Northern Cape]] || {{coord|format=dms|28|53|40.56|S|19|35|53.52|E|region:ZA-NC_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Xina CSP Project}} |
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|5.5|| Commissioned in September 2017 with 5.5h heat storage<ref>{{cite web|title=Xina Solar One Concentrated Solar Power plant completes first month of operation, South Africa|url=http://helioscsp.com/xina-solar-one-concentrated-solar-power-plant-completes-first-month-of-operation-south-africa/|access-date=18 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019003817/http://helioscsp.com/xina-solar-one-concentrated-solar-power-plant-completes-first-month-of-operation-south-africa/|archive-date=19 October 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|[[Manchasol Power Station]] || {{flag|Spain}}|| [[Alcázar de San Juan]] || {{coord|39|11|N|3|18|W|name=Manchasol Power Station}} |
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| align="right" |100 |
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|7.5|| Manchasol 1 and 2 completed in 2011, each with 7.5h heat storage<ref name="Protermosolar"/> |
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|[[Valle Solar Power Station]] || {{flag|Spain}}|| [[San José del Valle]] || {{coord|36|39|N|5|50|W|name=Valle Solar Power Station}} |
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|7.5|| Completed December 2011, with 7.5h heat storage<ref name="Protermosolar" /><ref>[http://www.torresolenergy.com/en/proyectos-en-construccion2.html VALLE 1 and VALLE 2] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090903175250/http://www.torresolenergy.com/en/proyectos-en-construccion2.html |date=2009-09-03 }}</ref> |
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|[[Helioenergy Solar Power Station]] || {{flag|Spain}} || [[Écija]] || {{coord|37|34|43|N|5|9|24|W|name=Helioenergy Solar Power Station}} |
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| align="right" |100 |
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| || Parabolic trough |
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| || Helioenergy 1 completed September 2011<ref name=heli>[http://www.renewableenergymagazine.com/renewableenergy/magazine/index/pag/solar_thermal_electric/botid/73/colright/solar_thermal_electric/tip/articulo/title/Go%20to%20Solar/pagid/16919/title/Abengoa-E.ON%20joint%20solar%20thermal%20electric%20plant%20comes%20online/ Renewable Energy Magazine: Abengoa-E.ON joint solar thermal electric plant comes online] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405215618/http://www.renewableenergymagazine.com/renewableenergy/magazine/index/pag/solar_thermal_electric/botid/73/colright/solar_thermal_electric/tip/articulo/title/Go%20to%20Solar/pagid/16919/title/Abengoa-E.ON%20joint%20solar%20thermal%20electric%20plant%20comes%20online/ |date=2012-04-05 }}</ref><ref name="Abengoa Andalucia">{{cite web|url=http://www.abengoasolar.com/sites/solar/en/nproyectos_esp_andalucia.jsp|title=Abengoa Projects in Andalucia|website=abengoasolar.com|access-date=2008-07-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080603031320/http://www.abengoasolar.com/sites/solar/en/nproyectos_esp_andalucia.jsp|archive-date=2008-06-03|url-status=live}}</ref><br/>Helioenergy 2 completed January 2012<ref name="Protermosolar" /><ref name=heli/><ref name="Abengoa Andalucia"/> |
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|[[Aste Solar Power Station]] || {{flag|Spain}}|| [[Alcázar de San Juan]] || {{coord|39|10|22|N|3|15|58|W|name=Helioenergy Solar Power Station}} |
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|8|| Aste 1A Completed January 2012, with 8h heat storage<ref name="Protermosolar" /><br/> Aste 1B Completed January 2012, with 8h heat storage<ref name="Protermosolar" /> |
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|[[Solacor Solar Power Station]] || {{flag|Spain}}|| [[El Carpio]] || {{coord|37|54|54|N|4|30|9|W|name=Solacor Solar Power Station}} |
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| align="right" |100 |
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| || Parabolic trough |
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| || Solacor 1 completed February 2012<ref name="Protermosolar" /><br/>Solacor 2 completed March 2012<ref name="Protermosolar" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csp-world.com/news/20120309/002/abengoa-and-jgc-bring-second-csp-plant-online-el-carpio-solar-complex|title=CSP World Solacor 2 comes on-line|website=csp-world.com|access-date=2012-05-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714155608/http://www.csp-world.com/news/20120309/002/abengoa-and-jgc-bring-second-csp-plant-online-el-carpio-solar-complex|archive-date=2014-07-14|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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|[[Helios Solar Power Station]]|| {{flag|Spain}}|| [[Puerto Lápice]] || {{coord|39|14|24|N|3|28|12|W|name=Helios Solar Power Station}} |
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| align="right" |100 |
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| || Helios 1 completed May 2012<ref name="Protermosolar" /><br/>Helios 2 completed August 2012<ref name="Protermosolar" /> |
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|[[Shams solar power station]] || {{flag|UAE}} || [[Abu Dhabi]] [[Madinat Zayed]] || {{coord|23|34|N|53|42|E|name=Shams solar power station}} |
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| align="right" | 100 |
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| || Parabolic trough |
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| || Shams 1 completed March 2013 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://cleantechnica.com/2013/03/17/worlds-largest-concentrating-solar-power-plant-launches-in-abu-dhabi/|title=World's Largest Concentrating Solar Power Plant Launches In Abu Dhabi - CleanTechnica|website=[[cleantechnica.com]]|date=17 March 2013|access-date=2013-05-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140717141458/http://cleantechnica.com/2013/03/17/worlds-largest-concentrating-solar-power-plant-launches-in-abu-dhabi/|archive-date=2014-07-17|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="gulfnews-1109188">{{cite news | url= http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/general/milestone-shams-1-set-to-tap-solar-power-1.1109188 | title= Milestone: Shams 1 set to tap solar power | last= Al Makahleh | first= Shehab | date= 23 November 2012 | work= [[Gulf News]] | access-date= 25 November 2012 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121126004217/http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/general/milestone-shams-1-set-to-tap-solar-power-1.1109188 | archive-date= 26 November 2012 | url-status= live }}</ref> |
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|[[Termosol Solar Power Station]] || {{flag|Spain}}|| [[Navalvillar de Pela]] || |
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| align="right" |100 |
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| || Parabolic trough |
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| || Both Termosol 1 and 2 completed in 2013<ref name="Protermosolar" /> |
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| Palma del Río I & II || {{flag|Spain}}|| [[Palma del Río]] ||{{coord|37|38|42.56|N|5|15|29.32|W|name=Palma del Río I & II }} |
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| || Palma del Rio 2 completed December 2010<ref name="Protermosolar" /><br/>Palma del Rio 1 completed July 2011<ref name="Protermosolar" /> |
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| Ilanga 1 || {{flag|South Africa}} || [[Northern Cape]] ([[Upington]]) || {{coord|format=dms|28|29|25.79|S|21|32|27.13|E|region:ZA-NC_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Ilanga 1 CSP Project}} |
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| align="right" |100 |
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|5|| With 5h heat storage. Operational since 2018<ref>{{cite web|url=http://helioscsp.com/black-developed-100mw-ilanga-concentrated-solar-power-1-achieves-commercial-operation-date/|title=100MW Ilanga Concentrated Solar Power 1 achieves Commercial Operation Date|access-date=1 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181201051400/http://helioscsp.com/black-developed-100mw-ilanga-concentrated-solar-power-1-achieves-commercial-operation-date/|archive-date=1 December 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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| CSNP Royal Tech Urat CSP || {{flag|China}} || [[Urat Middle Banner]], Inner Mongolia || |
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| || Parabolic trough || 10 || Completed in January 2020 with 10 hours of thermal storage <ref name=chinacsp/><ref name=chinasolar>{{cite web|url=http://helioscsp.com/15-gw-concentrated-solar-power-projects-to-compete-for-china-2nd-batch-pilot-projects/|title=15 GW Concentrated Solar Power projects to compete for China 2nd batch pilot projects|access-date=9 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110054606/http://helioscsp.com/15-gw-concentrated-solar-power-projects-to-compete-for-china-2nd-batch-pilot-projects/|archive-date=10 January 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Santamarta|first=Jose|title=China largest 100 MW parabolic trough Concentrated Solar Power plant connected to the grid|url=http://helioscsp.com/china-largest-100-mw-parabolic-trough-concentrated-solar-power-plant-connected-to-the-grid/|access-date=2020-06-17|website=HELIOSCSP|language=es}}</ref> |
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|[[Martin Next Generation Solar Energy Center]] || {{Flag|US}} || [[Indiantown, Florida|Indiantown]], Florida ||{{coord|27|03|11|N|80|33|00|W|name=Martin Next Generation Solar Energy Center}} |
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| ||[[Integrated solar combined cycle|ISCC]] with parabolic trough |
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| || Completed December 2010<ref name="auto1">[http://www.fpl.com/news/2008/120208.shtml Here comes the sun! FPL's Next Generation Solar Energy Center to be world's first hybrid solar plant, first utility-scale solar facility in Florida] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206052504/http://www.fpl.com/news/2008/120208.shtml |date=2008-12-06 }}</ref> |
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|[[Nevada Solar One]]|| {{Flag|US}}|| [[Boulder City, Nevada|Boulder City]], Nevada ||{{coord|35|48.0|N|114|58.6|W|name=Nevada Solar One}} |
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| || Parabolic trough |
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| || Operational since 2007 |
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| Dacheng Dunhuang CSP || {{flag|China}} || [[Dunhuang]], Gansu Province || |
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| || Fresnel reflector || 16 / 15 || 10 MW Phase 1 completed in 2016,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lanzhou Dacheng Dunhuang (DCTC Dunhuang) - 10MW Fresnel {{!}} Concentrating Solar Power Projects {{!}} NREL|url=https://solarpaces.nrel.gov/project/lanzhou-dacheng-dunhuang-dctc-dunhuang-10mw-fresnel|access-date=2021-11-09|website=solarpaces.nrel.gov}}</ref><br>50 MW Phase 2 in December 2019 with 15 hours of thermal storage<ref name="chinacsp" /><ref name="evcsp" /> |
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| Supcon Solar Delingha || {{flag|China}} || [[Delingha]] ||{{coord|37|22|13|N|97|16|56|E|name=Delingha}} |
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| 10 MW Phase 1 completed in 2013, Phase 2 completed in December 2018 with 7 hours of thermal energy storage<ref>{{cite web|url=http://helioscsp.com/delingha-50-mw-tower-csp-has-successfully-connected-to-the-grid/|title=Delingha 50 MW Tower CSP has successfully connected to the grid|access-date=3 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190104021447/http://helioscsp.com/delingha-50-mw-tower-csp-has-successfully-connected-to-the-grid/|archive-date=4 January 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=evcsp>{{Cite web|title=China makes half of global newly-built concentrated solar power capacity in 2019|url=https://www.evwind.es/2020/01/15/china-makes-half-of-global-newly-built-concentrated-solar-power-capacity-in-2019/73071|access-date=2020-06-17|language=en-US|date=2020-01-15}}</ref> |
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| Guzmán || {{flag|Spain}}|| [[Palma del Río]] || {{coord|37|38|N|5|15|W|name=Guzmán}} |
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| || Parabolic trough |
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| || Completed July 2012<ref name="Protermosolar" /> |
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|[[Khi Solar One]] || {{flag|South Africa}} || [[Upington]] || {{coord|format=dms|28|33|0.36|S|21|5|5.28|E|region:ZA-NC_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Khi Solar One}} |
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|2|| Completed Feb 2016 <br /> With 2h heat storage<ref name=ab>[http://www.abengoasolar.com/web/en/nuestras_plantas/plantas_en_construccion/sudafrica/ Abengoa: Plants under construction - South Africa] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130619041031/http://www.abengoasolar.com/web/en/nuestras_plantas/plantas_en_construccion/sudafrica/ |date=2013-06-19 }}</ref><ref name=csa>{{cite web|url=http://www.csp-world.com/news/20121106/00574/abengoa-kicks-south-africas-first-csp-plants-construction|title=CSP World: Abengoa kicks off South Africa's first CSP plants construction|website=csp-world.com|access-date=2012-12-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130106180916/http://www.csp-world.com/news/20121106/00574/abengoa-kicks-south-africas-first-csp-plants-construction|archive-date=2013-01-06|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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|[[Bokpoort CSP|Bokpoort]] || {{flag|South Africa}} || [[Groblershoop]] || {{coord|format=dms|28|43|26.96|S|21|59|34.88|E|region:ZA-NC_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Bokpoort CSP Project}} |
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| || Parabolic trough||9||With 9h heat storage<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cdm.unfccc.int/Projects/DB/CarbonCheck_Cert1350990641.93/view|title=CDM: Bokpoort CSP (Concentrating Solar Power) Project, South Africa|publisher=United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change|website=cdm.unfccc.int|access-date=2013-02-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016141729/http://cdm.unfccc.int/Projects/DB/CarbonCheck_Cert1350990641.93/view|archive-date=2014-10-16|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csp-world.com/news/20130925/001189/groundbreaking-ceremony-bokpoorts-csp-plant-south-africa-has-been-held|title=CSP World: Groundbreaking ceremony for Bokpoort CSP plant in South Africa has been held|website=csp-world.com|access-date=2013-10-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015021943/http://www.csp-world.com/news/20130925/001189/groundbreaking-ceremony-bokpoorts-csp-plant-south-africa-has-been-held|archive-date=2013-10-15|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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|[[Puertollano Solar Thermal Power Plant]] || {{flag|Spain}} || [[Puertollano]], [[Ciudad Real]] ||{{coord|38|39|N|3|58|W|name=Puertollano}} |
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| || Completed May 2009<ref>[http://www.iberdrolarenovables.es/wcren/corporativa/iberdrola?IDPAG=ENMODULOPRENSA&URLPAG=/gc/en/comunicacion/notasprensa/090508_NP_primera_termosolar.html José María Barreda and Ignacio Galán open Iberdrola Renovables’ first solar termal power plant]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |
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|[[Alvarado I]] || {{flag|Spain}}||[[Badajoz]]|| {{coord|38|49|37|N|06|49|34|W|name=Alvarado I}} |
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| ||Completed July 2009<ref>[http://solarpaces2008.sandia.gov/SolarPACES%20PLENARIES/2%20WEDNESDAY%20INDUSTRY%20DAY%20SESSIONS/1%20PLEN%20CSP%20PLANTS%20TODAY/01%20Acciona%20Cohen%20SOLARPACES%202008.pdf Acciona Status Solarpaces 2008] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318231714/http://solarpaces2008.sandia.gov/SolarPACES%20PLENARIES/2%20WEDNESDAY%20INDUSTRY%20DAY%20SESSIONS/1%20PLEN%20CSP%20PLANTS%20TODAY/01%20Acciona%20Cohen%20SOLARPACES%202008.pdf |date=2009-03-18 }} ''p.25''</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.acciona.com/es/|archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20160516224549/http://www.acciona.com/es/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2016-05-16|title=ACCIONA - Líder Mundial en Energía Renovable e Infraestructuras|website=arquivo.pt}}</ref><ref>[http://www.acciona.com/press-/news/270709-acciona-opens-its-first-csp-plant-in-spain-in-extremadura- ACCIONA opens its first CSP plant in Spain, in Extremadura]</ref> |
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| La Florida || {{flag|Spain}}||Alvarado ([[Badajoz]])|| |
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| ||Completed July 2010<ref name="Protermosolar" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.energymatters.com.au/index.php?main_page=news_article&article_id=960|title=Spain - A Solar Thermal Powerhouse - Energy Matters|date=15 July 2010|website=energymatters.com.au|access-date=19 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100718232721/http://www.energymatters.com.au/index.php?main_page=news_article&article_id=960|archive-date=18 July 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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| Arenales PS|| {{flag|Spain}}||[[Morón de la Frontera]] ([[Seville]])|| |
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| || Parabolic trough<ref name="Protermosolar" /><ref name="Aries" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.solarmillennium.de/Presse/Meldungen/Meldungen_,lang2,50,2117.html|title=Solar Millennium AG - Solar Millennium AG and OHL Industrial jointly take over planned Spanish 50 megawatt power plant Arenales from Fotowatio Renewable Ventures - Archives - Press - Press Releases - Archive 2011|website=www.solarmillennium.de|access-date=2011-09-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808090618/http://www.solarmillennium.de/Presse/Meldungen/Meldungen_,lang2,50,2117.html|archive-date=2016-08-08|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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| Casablanca|| {{flag|Spain}}|| [[Talarrubias]] || |
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| || Parabolic trough<ref name="Protermosolar" /> |
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| Majadas de Tiétar || {{flag|Spain}}||[[Cáceres, Spain|Caceres]]||{{coord|39|58|10|N|5|44|32|W|name=Majadas}} |
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| || Parabolic trough |
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| || Completed August 2010<ref name="Protermosolar" /><ref name="Acciona 2">[http://social.csptoday.com/content/acciona-starts-work-its-%E2%82%AC237-million-csp-plant-spain Acciona starts work on its €237 million CSP plant in Spain]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |
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| La Dehesa|| {{flag|Spain}}||[[La Garrovilla]] ([[Badajoz]])||{{coord|38|57|35|N|6|27|50|W|name=La Dehesa}} |
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| || Completed November 2010<ref name="Protermosolar" /> |
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| Lebrija-1 || {{flag|Spain}}||[[Lebrija]]|| |
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| || Completed July 2011<ref name="Protermosolar" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.solel.com/files/press-pr/lebrija-release-english-final2.pdf|title=Solel Begins Construction on New 50 MW Solar Field in Spain using Advanced SunField LP Technology|website=solel.com|access-date=2009-06-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090711012259/http://www.solel.com/files/press-pr/lebrija-release-english-final2.pdf|archive-date=2009-07-11|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|Astexol 2|| {{flag|Spain}}||[[Badajoz]]||{{coord|38|48|42|N|7|3|36|W|name=Astexol}} |
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|7.5|| Completed November 2011, with 7.5h thermal energy storage<ref name="Protermosolar" /><ref name="Aries">[http://www.aries.com.es/energia/default.asp?idioma=en&t=3&s=18&s2=84 Concentrated Solar Power(CSP)] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20100402175034/http://www.aries.com.es/energia/default.asp?idioma=en&t=3&s=18&s2=84 |date=2010-04-02 }}</ref> |
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| Morón || {{flag|Spain}}|| [[Morón de la Frontera]] ||{{coord|37|7|11.24|N|5|33|50.45|W|name=Morón}} |
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| || Parabolic trough |
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| || Completed May 2012<ref name="Protermosolar" /> |
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| La Africana|| {{flag|Spain}}|| [[Posada, Asturias|Posada]] || |
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|7.5|| Completed July 2012, with 7.5h thermal energy storage<ref name="Protermosolar" /> |
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| Olivenza 1|| {{flag|Spain}}|| [[Olivenza]]||{{coord|38|45|18.73|N|7|8|40.42|W|name=Olivenza1}} |
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| || Parabolic trough |
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| || Completed July 2012<ref name="Protermosolar" /> |
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| Orellana ||{{flag|Spain}}|| [[Orellana la Vieja]] ||{{coord|39|1|17.6|N|5|31|57.4|W|name=Orellana}} |
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| || Parabolic trough |
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| || Completed August 2012<ref name="Protermosolar" /> |
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| Godawari Green Energy Limited || {{flag|India}} || Nokh Village, Rajasthan || {{coord|27|36|01|N|72|13|25|E|name=Godawari}} |
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| || Parabolic trough |
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| || 2013<ref>[http://www.csp-world.com/cspworldmap/godawari-green-energy CSP World: Godawari Green Energy] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130802064336/http://www.csp-world.com/cspworldmap/godawari-green-energy |date=2013-08-02 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nrel.gov/csp/solarpaces/project_detail.cfm/projectID=247|title=Concentrating Solar Power Projects - Godawari Solar Project - Concentrating Solar Power - NREL|website=www.nrel.gov|access-date=2013-08-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130623231603/http://www.nrel.gov/csp/solarpaces/project_detail.cfm/projectID=247|archive-date=2013-06-23|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.slideshare.net/redocs_/godawari-green-energy-solar-thermal-power-plant|title=Godawari green energy - Solar thermal power plant|date=17 June 2013|website=slideshare.net|access-date=22 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801125344/http://www.slideshare.net/redocs_/godawari-green-energy-solar-thermal-power-plant|archive-date=1 August 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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| Enerstar Villena Power Plant || {{flag|Spain}} || [[Villena]] ||{{coord|38|43|41.51|N|0|55|18.23|W|name=Enerstar Villena }} |
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| || Parabolic trough |
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| || Completed 2013<ref name="Protermosolar" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://enerstar.es/ing/index2ing.htm|title=MAIN|website=enerstar.es|access-date=2008-09-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080422232352/http://www.enerstar.es/ing/index2ing.htm|archive-date=2008-04-22|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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| Megha Solar Plant || {{flag|India}} || [[Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh|Anantapur]] ||{{coord|14|56|47|N|77|41|15|E|name=Megha Solar Plant }} |
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| || Parabolic trough |
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| || Completed 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nrel.gov/csp/solarpaces/project_detail.cfm/projectID=264|title=Concentrating Solar Power Projects - Megha Solar Plant - Concentrating Solar Power - NREL|website=www.nrel.gov|access-date=2013-09-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150428074707/http://www.nrel.gov/csp/solarpaces/project_detail.cfm/projectID=264|archive-date=2015-04-28|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first1=V Rishi|last1=Kumar|title=MEIL Green Power commissions 50 MW solar farm|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/meil-green-power-commissions-50-mw-solar-farm/article6590683.ece|newspaper=The Hindu Business Line|date=12 November 2014|access-date=7 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227051135/http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/meil-green-power-commissions-50-mw-solar-farm/article6590683.ece|archive-date=27 December 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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| Delingha Solar Plant || {{flag|China}} || [[Delingha]] ||{{coord|37|22|13|N|97|16|56|E|name=Delingha}} |
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| 9|| Completed July 2018 with 9 hours of thermal energy storage<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.solarpaces.org/chinas-first-concentrated-solar-power-csp-has-connected-to-the-grid/|title=China's First Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Has Connected to the Grid|access-date=3 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180703162315/https://www.solarpaces.org/chinas-first-concentrated-solar-power-csp-has-connected-to-the-grid/|archive-date=3 July 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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| Shagaya CSP || {{flag|Kuwait}} || Shagaya ||{{coord|29|13|41|N|47|03|45|E|name= Shagaya CSP}} |
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|10|| Commercial operation started in February 2019, 10 hours thermal storage<ref>{{cite web|url=http://helioscsp.com/kuwait-eyes-up-to-400-mw-of-concentrated-solar-power/|title=Kuwait eyes up to 400 MW of Concentrated Solar Power|access-date=3 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703222043/http://helioscsp.com/kuwait-eyes-up-to-400-mw-of-concentrated-solar-power/|archive-date=3 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cspfocus.cn/en/market/detail_1741.htm|title=Brief on Shagaya 50MW CSP plant--Kuwait first Concentrated Solar Power project|access-date=3 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703222040/http://www.cspfocus.cn/en/market/detail_1741.htm|archive-date=3 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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| Waad Al Shamal ISCC Plant || {{flag|Saudi Arabia}} || Waad Al Shamal || {{coord|31|39|37|N|38|51|29|E|name= Waad Al Shamal ISCC Plant}} |
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| || Commercial operation started in 2018, 1,390 MW plant with 50 MW solar<ref>[http://saudigazette.com.sa/article/538645 SEC starts operating solar-powered plant in Waad Al-Shamal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708224305/http://saudigazette.com.sa/article/538645 |date=2019-07-08 }}, ''Saudi Gazette'', July 9, 2018</ref> |
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|Qinghai Gonghe CSP || {{flag|China}} || [[Gonghe County|Gonghe]], Qinghai Province || {{coord|36|06|08|N|100|37|30|E|name=Qinghai Gonghe CSP}} |
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|6||Completed in September 2019, with 6 h heat storage.<ref name=chinacsp/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://helioscsp.com/power-china-gonghe-50-mw-molten-salt-tower-concentrated-solar-power-project-successfully-connected-to-the-grid/|title=Power China Gonghe 50 MW Molten Salt Tower Concentrated Solar Power Project successfully connected to the grid|access-date=20 September 2019}}</ref> |
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| Luneng Haixi CSP || {{flag|China}} || [[Haixi Zhou]], Qinghai Sheng || |
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| 12 || Completed in September 2019 with 12 hours of thermal energy storage<ref name=chinacsp/><ref name=evcsp/> |
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|Hami CSP || {{flag|China}} || [[Hami]], Xinjiang Autonomous Region || |
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| || Solar power tower || 13 || Completed in September 2019 with 13 hours of thermal energy storage<ref name=chinacsp/><ref name=evcsp/> |
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| Yumen Xinneng CSP ||{{flag|China}} || [[Yumen City|Yumen]], Gansu Province || |
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|2020||Beam down tower|| 9 ||<ref name="cspchin" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://helioscsp.com/three-solar-modules-of-worlds-first-commercial-beam-down-tower-concentrated-solar-power-project-to-be-connected-to-grid/ |title=Three solar modules of world's first commercial beam-down tower Concentrated Solar Power project to be connected to grid |access-date=18 August 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Yumen Xinneng / Xinchen - 50MW Beam-down {{!}} Concentrating Solar Power Projects {{!}} NREL|url=https://solarpaces.nrel.gov/project/yumen-xinneng-xinchen-50mw-beam-down|access-date=2021-11-09|website=solarpaces.nrel.gov}}</ref> |
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|Image:Solar Plant kl.jpg|Part of the 354 MW [[SEGS]] solar complex in [[San Bernardino County, California|San Bernardino]], California, United States. |
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|Image:PS20andPS10.jpg|The [[PS10]] and [[PS20]] solar power plant near [[Seville]], in [[Andalusia]], Spain. |
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||The [[Gemasolar Thermosolar Plant|Gemasolar]] solar power plant in [[Fuentes de Andalucía]], Spain. |
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|Image:Ivanpah SEGS (2).JPG|The [[Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System|Ivanpah solar project]] in [[San Bernardino County, California|San Bernardino]], California, United States. |
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|Image:Andasol Guadix 4.jpg|The [[Andasol Solar Power Station]], Spain, uses a molten salt [[thermal energy storage]] to generate electricity, even when the sun isn't shining. |
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|Image:Foto aére de solnovas y torre junio 2010.jpg|Parts of the [[Solnova Solar Power Station]] in the foreground. The two towers of the [[PS10]] and [[PS20]] solar power stations can be seen in the background. |
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== Under construction == |
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| Golmud CSP || {{flag|China}} || [[Golmud]], Qinghai province || |
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| align="right" |200|| || Power tower || <ref name=chinacsp>{{cite web|url=https://solarpaces.nrel.gov/by-country/CN|title=Concentrating Solar Power Projects in China|access-date=16 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616175846/https://solarpaces.nrel.gov/by-country/CN|archive-date=16 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|Shouhang Yumen CSP |
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|[[Yumen City|Yumen]], Gansu Province |
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|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Shouhang Yumen 100 MW Tower {{!}} Concentrating Solar Power Projects |url=https://solarpaces.nrel.gov/project/shouhang-yumen-100-mw-tower|access-date=2021-11-09|website=solarpaces.nrel.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Santamarta|first=Jose|title=Shouhang Yumen 100MW Concentrated Solar Power Project starts building its tower this week|url=https://helioscsp.com/shouhang-yumen-100mw-concentrated-solar-power-project-starts-building-its-tower-this-week/|access-date=2021-11-09|website=HELIOSCSP|language=es}}</ref> |
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|[[Redstone Solar Thermal Power]] || {{flag|South Africa}} || [[Northern Cape]] || {{coord|format=dms|28|17|53|S|23|21|56|E|region:ZA-NC_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Redstone Solar Thermal Power}} |
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| align="right" |100|| 2023 ||Solar power tower||12h heat storage<ref name="SAinfoKathu">{{cite web | url=http://www.southafrica.info/about/sustainable/solar-redstone-9115.htm#.VLeKIdKUeCq | title=New solar plants in sunny Northern Cape | publisher=South Africa.info | date=9 January 2015 | access-date=15 January 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150114233310/http://www.southafrica.info/about/sustainable/solar-redstone-9115.htm#.VLeKIdKUeCq | archive-date=2015-01-14 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Redstone Solar Thermal Power Plant|url=http://www.nrel.gov/csp/solarpaces/project_detail.cfm/projectID=4289|access-date=6 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413202133/http://www.nrel.gov/csp/solarpaces/project_detail.cfm/projectID=4289|archive-date=13 April 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Reliably Powering South Africa with Clean Solar Energy – Day and Night.|url=http://origin-qps.onstreammedia.com/origin/multivu_archive/ENR/1226676-1-Redstone-Solar-Thermal-Power-Project-Brochure-8Jan2015.pdf|publisher=SOLARRESERVE|access-date=14 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414132311/http://origin-qps.onstreammedia.com/origin/multivu_archive/ENR/1226676-1-Redstone-Solar-Thermal-Power-Project-Brochure-8Jan2015.pdf|archive-date=14 April 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.solarpaces.org/acwa-powers-redstone-csp-draws-down-debt-in-9th-month-of-construction/ |
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|title=ACWA Power's Redstone CSP Draws Down Debt in 9th Month of Construction |
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|date=22 February 2022 | publisher=[[SolarPACES]] |url-status= |access-date=1 June 2022}}</ref> |
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| Erdos Solar Power Plant || {{flag|China}} || [[Hanggin Banner]] || |
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| align="right" |50|| ||Parabolic trough || <ref>{{cite web|url=http://cdm.unfccc.int/Projects/DB/China%20Quality1343179703.52/view|title=Project 6835 : Inner Mongolia Erdos 50MWp Groove Type Solar Thermal Project|website=unfccc.int|access-date=2013-02-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726023411/http://cdm.unfccc.int/Projects/DB/China%20Quality1343179703.52/view|archive-date=2014-07-26|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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| Gansu Akesai CSP || {{flag|China}} || [[Akesai]], Gansu Province || |
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| Parabolic trough || 15h storage<ref name=chinacsp/><ref>{{Cite web|title=Shenzhen Jinfan Akesai - 50MW Molten Salt Trough {{!}} Concentrating Solar Power Projects {{!}} NREL|url=https://solarpaces.nrel.gov/project/shenzhen-jinfan-akesai-50mw-molten-salt-trough|access-date=2021-11-09|website=solarpaces.nrel.gov}}</ref> |
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| Rayspower Yumen CSP || {{flag|China}} || [[Yumen City|Yumen]], Gansu Province || |
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| Parabolic trough ||<ref name=cspchin>{{Cite web |url=https://helioscsp.com/chinas-big-state-owned-firms-begin-new-concentrated-solar-power-for-2024/ |title=China's Big State-Owned Firms Begin New Concentrated Solar Power for 2024 |access-date=15 February 2022 }}</ref><ref name=chinacsp/> |
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|[[Noor Midelt II]] || {{flag|Morocco}} ||[[Morocco]] ||{{coord|32|40|51|N|04|43|59|W|name=Noor Midelt Power Station}} |
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| align="right" | 230 || ||<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://helioscsp.com/morocco-follows-lowest-ever-concentrated-solar-power-price-with-fresh-tender/|title=Morocco follows lowest ever Concentrated Solar Power price with fresh tender|access-date=19 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190719152758/http://helioscsp.com/morocco-follows-lowest-ever-concentrated-solar-power-price-with-fresh-tender/|archive-date=19 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|[[Noor Midelt I]] || {{flag|Morocco}} ||[[Morocco]] ||{{coord|32|40|51|N|04|43|59|W|name=Noor Midelt Power Station}} |
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| align="right" | 200 || Hybrid solar power with combination of 600 MW solar PV and 200 MW solar thermal with 5h heat storage || <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.dlr.de/content/en/articles/news/2019/02/20190605_controllable-solar-power.html|title=Controllable solar power – competitively priced for the first time in North Africa|access-date=7 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607004001/https://www.dlr.de/dlr/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-10081/151_read-34003/#/gallery/28711|archive-date=7 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.solarpaces.org/morocco-breaks-new-record-with-800-mw-midelt-1-csp-pv-at-7-cents/|title=Morocco Breaks New Record with 800 MW Midelt 1 CSP-PV at 7 Cents|access-date=7 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526222952/https://www.solarpaces.org/morocco-breaks-new-record-with-800-mw-midelt-1-csp-pv-at-7-cents/|archive-date=26 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|[[Tamarugal Solar Project]] || {{flag|Chile}} || [[Atacama Desert]], [[Chile]] || |
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| align="right" | 450 || Three solar power towers with 13h heat storage || <ref>{{cite web|access-date=2017-03-07|title=SolarReserve Receives Environmental Approval for 450 MW 24/7 Baseload Solar Facility in Chile_EnergyTrend PV|url=http://pv.energytrend.com/news/SolarReserve_Receives_Environmental_Approval_for_450_MW_24_7_Baseload_Solar_Facility_in_Chile.html|website=pv.energytrend.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307125011/http://pv.energytrend.com/news/SolarReserve_Receives_Environmental_Approval_for_450_MW_24_7_Baseload_Solar_Facility_in_Chile.html|archive-date=2017-03-07|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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|[[Likana Solar Project]] || {{flag|Chile}} || [[Antofagasta]] || |
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| align="right" | 390 || Three solar power towers with 13h heat storage<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2017-03-07|title=Likana|url=http://www.solarreserve.com/en/global-projects/csp/likana|website=www.solarreserve.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308045751/http://www.solarreserve.com/en/global-projects/csp/likana|archive-date=2017-03-08|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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|[[Copiapó Solar Project]] || {{flag|Chile}} || [[Atacama Desert]], [[Chile]] || |
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| align="right" | 260 || Solar power tower PV integrated. With 14h heat storage || <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/solarreserve-obtiene-aprobacion-ambiental-para-construir-una-central-de-concentracion-solar-de-260-mw-522386791.html|title=Solarreserve Obtiene Aprobación Ambiental para Construir una Central de Concentración Solar de 260 MW|website=www.prnewswire.com|access-date=2015-08-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924155324/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/solarreserve-obtiene-aprobacion-ambiental-para-construir-una-central-de-concentracion-solar-de-260-mw-522386791.html|archive-date=2015-09-24|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|[[Solnova Solar Power Station|Solnova]] 2, 4–5 || {{flag|Spain}} || [[Sevilla]] || {{coord|37|25|00|N|06|17|20|W|name=Solnova Solar Power Station}} |
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| align="right" | 100 || Parabolic trough with heat storage ||<ref name="Solúcar Platform">{{cite web|url=http://www.abengoasolar.com/sites/solar/en/nproyectos_psolucar.jsp|title=Solúcar Platform|website=abengoasolar.com|access-date=2008-07-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080225211654/http://www.abengoasolar.com/sites/solar/en/nproyectos_psolucar.jsp|archive-date=2008-02-25|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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| Gulang CSP || {{flag|China}} || [[Wuwei, Gansu|Wuwei]], Gansu Province || |
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| align="right" | 100 || Parabolic trough ||<ref name=chinacsp/><ref name=chinasolar/> |
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| Golden Tower CSP || {{flag|China}} || [[Jinta County|Jinta]], Gansu Province || |
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| align="right" | 100 || Power tower ||<ref name=chinacsp/> |
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| Mashhad solar-thermal power station || {{flag|Iran}} || [[Mashhad]], [[Iran]] || |
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| align="right" | 72|| Parabolic dish with tracer system ||<ref>[http://www.irna.ir/ENNewsShow.aspx?NID=30486609 Iran's biggest solar power plant] {{dead link|date=July 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> |
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| Chabei CSP || {{flag|China}} || [[Chabei]], Hebei Province || |
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| align="right" | 64 || Parabolic trough ||<ref name=chinacsp/> |
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| Al-Abdaliya || {{flag|Kuwait}} || ?? || |
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| align="right" | 60 || Parabolic trough ||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pv-tech.org/news/kuwaits_first_solar_park_to_be_built_for_us327_m|title=Kuwait's first solar park to be built for US$3.27 billion|website=pv-tech.org|access-date=2013-09-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002124251/http://www.pv-tech.org/news/kuwaits_first_solar_park_to_be_built_for_us327_m|archive-date=2013-10-02|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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| AZ 20 || {{flag|Spain}} || [[Sevilla]] || |
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| align="right" | 50 || Solar power tower ||<ref name="Solúcar Platform" /><ref name=chinacsp/> |
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| Shangyi CSP || {{flag|China}} || [[Shangyi]], Hebei Province || |
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| align="right" | 50 || Power tower ||<ref name=chinacsp/> |
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| Zhangjiakou CSP || {{flag|China}} || [[Zhangbei County|Zhangbei]], Hebei Province || |
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| align="right" | 50 || Fresnel reflector ||<ref name=chinacsp/> |
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== Cancelled == |
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|[[Sandstone Solar Energy Project]] || {{Flag|US}} || [[Nye County, Nevada|Nye County]], Nevada || {{coord|37|54|00|N|116|42|00|W|name=Sandstone Solar Energy Project}} |
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| align="right" | 1,600 || solar power tower || 8 units with 10h heat storage<ref>{{cite news |url=http://pucweb1.state.nv.us/puc2/Dktinfo.aspx?Util=Renewable |title=Docket: 17-08003 - Original filing (insert docket number in search field) |website=pucweb1.state.nv.us |publisher=[[Nevada Public Utilities Commission]] |access-date=21 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331170915/http://pucweb1.state.nv.us/puc2/DktInfo.aspx?Util=Renewable |archive-date=31 March 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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|[[Blythe Mesa Solar Power Project|Blythe Solar Power Project]] || {{Flag|US}} || [[Blythe, California|Blythe]], California || |
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| align="right" | 1,000 || Parabolic trough || 4 units, converted to [[Blythe Mesa Solar Power Project|485 MW PV]]<ref>{{cite web|access-date=1 April 2019|title=Blythe Solar Power Project|url=https://www.energy.ca.gov/sitingcases/blythe_solar/index.html|website=www.energy.ca.gov |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323190630/https://www.energy.ca.gov/sitingcases/blythe_solar/index.html |archive-date=23 March 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|[[Calico Solar Energy Project|Stirling Energy Systems Solar One Project]] || {{Flag|US}} || [[San Bernardino County, California|San Bernardino County]], California || |
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| align="right" | 850 ||[[Dish Stirling]] || converted to [[Calico Solar Energy Project|618 MW PV]], license terminated 27 August 2013<ref>{{cite web|access-date=1 April 2019|title=Calico Solar Project|url=https://www.energy.ca.gov/sitingcases/calicosolar/|website=www.energy.ca.gov |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323200356/https://www.energy.ca.gov/sitingcases/calicosolar/ |archive-date=23 March 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|[[Mount Signal Solar|Stirling Energy Systems Solar Two Project]] || {{Flag|US}} || [[Imperial County, California|Imperial County]], California || |
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| align="right" | 750 || Dish Stirling || converted to [[Mount Signal Solar|594 MW PV]]<ref>{{cite web|access-date=1 April 2019|title=Imperial Valley Solar|url=https://www.energy.ca.gov/sitingcases/solartwo/index.html|website=www.energy.ca.gov |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323201628/https://www.energy.ca.gov/sitingcases/solartwo/index.html |archive-date=23 March 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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| Palen Solar Power Project || {{Flag|US}} || [[Riverside County, California|Riverside County]], California || |
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| align="right" | 500 || Parabolic trough || 2 units, certification expired 15 December 2015<ref>{{cite web|title=Palen Solar Power Project|url=https://www.energy.ca.gov/sitingcases/palen/|website=www.energy.ca.gov |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310071409/http://www.energy.ca.gov/sitingcases/palen/ |archive-date=10 March 2018 |url-status=dead|access-date=6 September 2024}}</ref> |
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| Ridgecrest Solar Power Project || {{Flag|US}} || [[Kern County, California|Kern County]], California || |
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| align="right" | 250 || Parabolic trough || 2 units, license terminated 22 April 2014<ref>{{cite web|access-date=1 April 2019|title=Ridgecrest Solar Power Project|url=https://www.energy.ca.gov/sitingcases/solar_millennium_ridgecrest/|website=www.energy.ca.gov |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323202203/https://www.energy.ca.gov/sitingcases/solar_millennium_ridgecrest/ |archive-date=23 March 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|[[Solar Energy Generating Systems|Luz SEGS XI-XII Project]] || {{Flag|US}} || [[San Bernardino County, California|San Bernardino County]], California || |
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| align="right" | 160 || Parabolic trough || license expired 22 September 1989<ref>{{cite web|access-date=1 April 2019|title=Solar Energy Projects in California |url=https://www.energy.ca.gov/sitingcases/solar/|website=www.energy.ca.gov |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714141020/http://www.energy.ca.gov/sitingcases/solar/ |archive-date=14 July 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|[[Aurora Solar Thermal Power Project]] || {{Flag|Australia}} || [[Port Augusta]], [[South Australia]] || {{coord|32.2|S|137.6|E|name=Aurora Solar Thermal Power Project}} |
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| align="right" | 150 || solar power tower ||<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-05/solar-thermal-plant-will-not-go-ahead-in-port-augusta/10973948 |title=Port Augusta solar thermal power plant scrapped after failing to secure finance |work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] |date=5 April 2019 |access-date=5 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190405161220/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-05/solar-thermal-plant-will-not-go-ahead-in-port-augusta/10973948 |archive-date=5 April 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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| El Reboso 2+3|| {{flag|Spain}}||[[La Puebla del Rio]] ([[Seville]])|| |
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| align="right" |100|| || Parabolic trough<ref>[http://www.bogaris.com/en/proyectos/energia_y_medioambiente/energy/rebosoII.html Boragis: El Reboso II] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091220062702/http://www.bogaris.com/en/proyectos/energia_y_medioambiente/energy/rebosoII.html |date=2009-12-20 }}</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/20130118080221/http://www.bogaris.com/en/proyectos/energia_y_medioambiente/energy/rebosoIII.html Boragis: El Reboso III]</ref> |
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|[[SCE Solar 100]] || {{Flag|US}} || [[Johnson Valley, California|Johnson Valley]], California || |
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| align="right" | 100 || Solar power tower || license expired 1983<ref>{{cite web|access-date=1 April 2019|title=SCE Solar 100 |url=https://listserver.energy.ca.gov/sitingcases//pre1999_page/index.php?xkm=ajdkha2385duhkasd198dsasjd5598fhajkhs|website=www.energy.ca.gov |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401164142/https://listserver.energy.ca.gov/sitingcases//pre1999_page/index.php?xkm=ajdkha2385duhkasd198dsasjd5598fhajkhs |archive-date=1 April 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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| Diwakar || {{flag|India}} || [[Askandra]] || |
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| align="right" |100|| Parabolic trough || 2014, Parabolic trough with 3h heat storage<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nrel.gov/csp/solarpaces/project_detail.cfm/projectID=258|title=Concentrating Solar Power Projects - Diwakar - Concentrating Solar Power - NREL|website=www.nrel.gov|access-date=2013-09-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006070348/http://www.nrel.gov/csp/solarpaces/project_detail.cfm/projectID=258|archive-date=2013-10-06|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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| KVK Energy Solar Project || {{flag|India}} || [[Askandra]] || |
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| align="right" |100|| Parabolic trough || 2014, Parabolic trough with 4h heat storage<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.nrel.gov/csp/solarpaces/project_detail.cfm/projectID=260 |title= Concentrating Solar Power Projects - KVK Energy Solar Project - Concentrating Solar Power - NREL |website= www.nrel.gov |access-date= 2013-09-29 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131006070639/http://www.nrel.gov/csp/solarpaces/project_detail.cfm/projectID=260 |archive-date= 2013-10-06 |url-status= live }}</ref> |
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== Decommissioned == |
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*[[Eurelios pilot plant]], a 1 MW, power tower design in [[Adrano]], [[Sicily]], operational 1981–1987<ref>{{cite book|title= Guida All'energia Solare|page=231|publisher= Edizioni Mediterranee|date=1983}}</ref> |
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*[[The Solar Project#Solar One|Solar One]] pilot plant, operational 1982–1986; converted into Solar Two, operational 1995–1999; site demolished 2009 – USA California, 10 MW, power tower design |
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*[[SES-5 (power plant)|SES-5]] – USSR, 5 MW, power tower design, water / Steam, service period 1985–1989<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aprekh.org/files/SolarThermalPowergeneration_Final.pdf|title=Making solar thermal power generation in India a reality – Overview of technologies, opportunities and challenges|website=aprekh.org|access-date=2009-04-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090420002914/http://aprekh.org/files/SolarThermalPowergeneration_Final.pdf|archive-date=2009-04-20|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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*[[Maricopa Solar]] – USA [[Peoria, Arizona|Peoria]], Arizona, 1.5 MW [[dish stirling]] [[Stirling Energy Systems|SES]] / Tessera Solar's first commercial-scale Dish Stirling power plant. Completed January 2010,<ref name="suncatchers">{{cite web|last = Wilson|first = Alex|title = Building Green's Product of the Week|work = Stirling SunCatcher with "Heat Engine" Technology|publisher = Building Green|date = April 29, 2010|url = http://www.buildinggreen.com/live/index.cfm/2010/4/29/Alexs-Cool-Product-of-the-Week-Stirling-SunCatcher|access-date = 2011-03-03|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110708104109/http://www.buildinggreen.com/live/index.cfm/2010/4/29/Alexs-Cool-Product-of-the-Week-Stirling-SunCatcher|archive-date = July 8, 2011|url-status = dead}}</ref> decommissioned September 2011 and sold to CondiSys Solar Technology of China in April 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2012/03/27/former-stirling-power-plant-in-peoria.html?page=all |title=Former Stirling power plant in Peoria to be sold, disassembled |access-date=2014-07-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811032850/http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2012/03/27/former-stirling-power-plant-in-peoria.html?page=all |archive-date=2014-08-11 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/USCP/PNI/Business/2012-04-18-PNI0418biz-solar-auctionPNIBrd_ST_U.htm|title=Top bid on plant is $250K - USATODAY.com|website=usatoday.com|access-date=2017-09-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120818155055/http://www.usatoday.com/uscp/pni/business/2012-04-18-pni0418biz-solar-auctionpnibrd_st_u.htm|archive-date=2012-08-18|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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==Largest plants by technology== |
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{| class="wikitable sortable" |
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|+Largest operational Solar Thermal Power Stations by technology |
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!colspan=2|Technology type!!Name!!Country!!Location!!Coordinates!!Capacity [[Megawatt|MW]]!!Notes and references |
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| rowspan=2| [[Solar power tower]] || without thermal storage ||[[Ivanpah Solar Power Facility]]||{{Flag|US}}||[[San Bernardino County, California|San Bernardino County]], California ||{{coord|35|34|N|115|28|W|name=Ivanpah Solar Power Facility}}|| 392|| Completed on February 13, 2014<ref name="officialcalifornia"/><ref name="renewableenergyworld.com"/><ref name="corporate-ir.net"/> The station uses natural gas as supplementary fuel. |
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| with thermal storage ||[[Ouarzazate Solar Power Station]]||{{flag|Morocco}}||[[Ghassate]] ([[Ouarzazate|Ouarzazate province]]) ||{{coord|30|59|40|N|6|51|48|W|name=Ouarzazate solar power station}}|| 510|| |
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| rowspan=2| [[Parabolic trough]] || without thermal storage ||[[Solar Energy Generating Systems|Solar Energy Generating Systems (SEGS)]]||{{Flag|US}}||[[Mojave Desert]], [[California]]||{{coord|35|01|54|N|117|20|53|W|name=Solar Energy Generating Systems}}|| 310 || Collection of 9 units<ref name="nrel.gov"/><ref name="nrel.gov1"/><ref name="nrel.gov2"/><ref name="nrel.gov3"/><ref name="nrel.gov4"/><ref name="nrel.gov5"/><ref name="nrel.gov6"/><ref name="nrel.gov7"/><ref name="auto"/> The station has gas firing facility to run the units during night time. |
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| with thermal storage ||[[Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park]]||{{flag|United Arab Emirates}}||Dubai ||{{coord|24.7547|55.365|name= DEWA solar power park}}|| 600|| 15 hours heat storage. The biggest solar thermal power station with total capacity 700 MW. 600 MW parabolic trough and 100MW solar tower power station.<ref name=no1/> |
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| colspan=2| [[Integrated solar combined cycle|ISCC]] with parabolic trough ||[[Martin Next Generation Solar Energy Center]]||{{Flag|US}}||[[Indiantown, Florida|Indiantown]], Florida ||{{coord|27|03|11|N|80|33|00|W|name=Martin Next Generation Solar Energy Center}}|| 75|| Completed December 2010<ref name="auto1"/> Basically combined cycle power plant running on natural gas. Solar energy is supplemented to reduce the natural gas consumption for the same station output. |
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| colspan=2| [[Fresnel reflector]] without thermal storage || Dhursar ||{{flag|India}}||[[Dhursar]], [[Jaisalmer district]]||{{coord|26|47|N|72|00|E|name=Dhursar Concentrated Solar Plant}}|| 100 || Completed November 2014, referred as 125 MW is some sources<ref name=d1/><ref name=d2/><ref name=d3/><ref name=d4/> |
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| colspan=2| [[Dish Stirling]] || || || || || || No utility scale installastions currently operational, 1.5MW Maricopa Solar was largest |
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==See also== |
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*[[List of solar photovoltaic power plants]] |
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*[[Concentrated solar power]] |
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*[[List of concentrating solar thermal power companies]] |
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*[[List of energy storage projects]] |
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*[[List of largest power stations in the world]] |
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*[[List of photovoltaic power stations]] |
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*[[Plataforma Solar de Almería]] |
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*[[Renewable energy commercialization]] |
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*[[Renewable energy industry]] |
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*[[Solar power by country]] |
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*[[Solar power in China]] |
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*[[Solar power plants in the Mojave Desert]] |
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*[[Solar thermal energy]] |
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*[[Solar Turbine Plants]] |
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==References== |
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{{Reflist|30em}} |
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==Further reading== |
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*''[[Clean Tech Nation|Clean Tech Nation: How the U.S. Can Lead in the New Global Economy]]'' (2012) by [[Ron Pernick]] and [[Clint Wilder]] |
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*''[[Deploying Renewables 2011]]'' (2011) by the [[International Energy Agency]] |
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*''[[Reinventing Fire: Bold Business Solutions for the New Energy Era]]'' (2011) by [[Amory Lovins]] |
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*''[[Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation]]'' (2011) by the [[IPCC]] |
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*''[[Solar Energy Perspectives]]'' (2011) by the [[International Energy Agency]] |
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*''[[Louis Boisgibault & Fahad Al Kabbani|Energy Transition in Metropolises, Rural Areas and Deserts]]'' (2020) by [[Wiley (publisher)|Wiley]] |
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==External links== |
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* [http://www.cspworld.org/ CSP World] |
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120622023652/http://www.trec-uk.org.uk/resources.htm#CSP_GE CSP plants and projects plotted on Google Earth] |
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100406060955/http://www.nrel.gov/csp/troughnet/power_plant_data.html National Renewable Energy Laboratories list of US Solar Trough Plants] |
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This is a list of the largest facilities generating electricity through the use of solar thermal power, specifically concentrated solar power.
Operational
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Name | Land | Standort | Coordinates | Electrical capacity (MW) |
Commissioning | Technology type | Storage hours |
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Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park Phase IV | Vereinigte Arabische Emirate | Dubai | 24°45′17″N 55°21′54″E / 24.7547°N 55.365°E | 700 | 2023 | Parabolic trough, solar tower |
15 | 600 MW parabolic trough and 100MW solar tower commissioned.[1][2][3] |
Noor / Ouarzazate Solar Power Station | Marokko | Ghassate (Ouarzazate province) | 30°59′40″N 6°51′48″W / 30.99444°N 6.86333°W | 510 | Parabolic trough and solar power tower (Phase 3) | 3 / 7 / 7.5 | 160 MW Phase 1 with 3 hours heat storage.[4][5] 200 MW phase 2 with 7 hours heat storage is online from January 2018.[6][7] 150 MW (Phase 3) with 7.5 hours storage is online from November 2018[8][9] | |
Ivanpah Solar Power Facility | US | San Bernardino County, California | 35°34′N 115°28′W / 35.567°N 115.467°W | 392 | 2014 | Solar power tower | Completed on February 13, 2014[10][11][12] | |
Mojave Solar Project | US | Barstow, California | 35°00′40″N 117°19′30″W / 35.01111°N 117.32500°W | 280 | Parabolic trough | Completed December 2014. Gross capacity of 280 MW corresponds to net capacity of 250 MW[13][14][15] | ||
Solana Generating Station | US | Gila Bend, Arizona | 32°55′N 112°58′W / 32.917°N 112.967°W | 280 | October 2013 | Parabolic trough | 6 | [16][17] |
Genesis Solar Energy Project | US | Blythe, California | 33°38′37.68″N 114°59′16.8″W / 33.6438000°N 114.988000°W | 280 | 24 April 2014 | Parabolic trough | [18][19][20] | |
Solaben Solar Power Station[21] | Spanien | Logrosán | 39°13′29″N 5°23′26″W / 39.22472°N 5.39056°W | 200 | June 2012 | Parabolic trough | Solaben 3 completed June 2012[22] Solaben 2 completed October 2012[22] Solaben 1 and 6 completed September 2013[23] | |
Solar Energy Generating Systems (SEGS) | US | Mojave Desert, California | 35°01′54″N 117°20′53″W / 35.03167°N 117.34806°W | 160 | 1984 | Parabolic trough | Originally collection of 9 units 1984–1990[24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32] with 354 MW. Seven units were decommissioned and replaced by solar PV. | |
Solnova Solar Power Station | Spanien | Sanlúcar la Mayor | 37°25′00″N 06°17′20″W / 37.41667°N 6.28889°W | 150 | May 2010 | Parabolic trough | Solnova 1 completed May 2010 Solnova 3 completed May 2010 Solnova 4 completed August 2010[33][34][35][36][37] | |
Andasol solar power station | Spanien | Guadix | 37°13′42.70″N 3°4′6.73″W / 37.2285278°N 3.0685361°W | 150 | 2008 | Parabolic trough | 7.5 | Completed: Andasol 1 (2008), Andasol 2 (2009), Andasol 3 (2011). Each equipped with a 7.5 hour thermal energy storage.[38][39] |
Extresol Solar Power Station | Spanien | Torre de Miguel Sesmero | 38°39′N 6°44′W / 38.650°N 6.733°W | 150 | 2010 | Parabolic trough | 7.5 | Completed: Extresol 1 and 2 (2010), Extresol 3 (2012). Each equipped with a 7.5-hour thermal energy storage.[22][40][41] |
Dhursar | Indien | Dhursar, Jaisalmer district | 26°47′09″N 72°00′30″E / 26.78583°N 72.00833°E | 125 | November 2014 | Fresnel reflector | [42][43][44][45] | |
Ashalim Power Station (Negev Energy) | Israel | Ashalim | 30°57′N 34°42′E / 30.950°N 34.700°E | 121 | Parabolic trough | 4.5 | 4.5h heat storage. Completed August 2019 and located in Negev desert[46] | |
Megalim Power Station (Negev Energy) | Israel | Ashalim | 30°56′N 34°43′E / 30.933°N 34.717°E | 121 | Solar power tower | Completed April 2019 and located in Negev desert[47][48][49] | ||
Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project | US | Nye County, Nevada | 38°14′N 117°22′W / 38.233°N 117.367°W | 110 | Solar power tower | 10 | With 10h heat storage; commercial operation began September 2015,[50][51] mothballed since May 2019[52] | |
Cerro Dominador Solar Thermal Plant (Atacama 1) | Chile | María Elena, Antofagasta | 22°46′19″S 69°28′48″W / 22.77191°S 69.47994°W | 110 | Solar power tower | 17.5 | Completed April 2021, with 17.5h heat storage[53][54] | |
Shouhang Dunhuang | China | Dunhuang (Gansu Province) | 40°5′33.11″N 94°39′55.56″E / 40.0925306°N 94.6654333°E | 110 | Solar power tower | 15 / 7.5 | Phase I compleded in 2016,[55] Phase II with 7.5h heat storage. Operational since end of December 2018[56] | |
Kathu Solar Park | Südafrika | Northern Cape | 27°31′59.67″S 23°8′10.56″E / 27.5332417°S 23.1362667°E | 100 | Parabolic trough | 4.5 | Completed February 2018, with 4.5h heat storage[57][58][59][60][61] | |
KaXu Solar One | Südafrika | Pofadder, Northern Cape | 28°53′40.56″S 19°35′53.52″E / 28.8946000°S 19.5982000°E | 100 | Parabolic trough | 2.5 | With 2.5h heat storage[62][63][64] | |
Xina Solar One | Südafrika | Pofadder, Northern Cape | 28°53′40.56″S 19°35′53.52″E / 28.8946000°S 19.5982000°E | 100 | Parabolic trough | 5.5 | Commissioned in September 2017 with 5.5h heat storage[65] | |
Manchasol Power Station | Spanien | Alcázar de San Juan | 39°11′N 3°18′W / 39.183°N 3.300°W | 100 | Parabolic trough | 7.5 | Manchasol 1 and 2 completed in 2011, each with 7.5h heat storage[22] | |
Valle Solar Power Station | Spanien | San José del Valle | 36°39′N 5°50′W / 36.650°N 5.833°W | 100 | Parabolic trough | 7.5 | Completed December 2011, with 7.5h heat storage[22][66] | |
Helioenergy Solar Power Station | Spanien | Écija | 37°34′43″N 5°9′24″W / 37.57861°N 5.15667°W | 100 | Parabolic trough | Helioenergy 1 completed September 2011[67][68] Helioenergy 2 completed January 2012[22][67][68] | ||
Aste Solar Power Station | Spanien | Alcázar de San Juan | 39°10′22″N 3°15′58″W / 39.17278°N 3.26611°W | 100 | Parabolic trough | 8 | Aste 1A Completed January 2012, with 8h heat storage[22] Aste 1B Completed January 2012, with 8h heat storage[22] | |
Solacor Solar Power Station | Spanien | El Carpio | 37°54′54″N 4°30′9″W / 37.91500°N 4.50250°W | 100 | Parabolic trough | Solacor 1 completed February 2012[22] Solacor 2 completed March 2012[22][69] | ||
Helios Solar Power Station | Spanien | Puerto Lápice | 39°14′24″N 3°28′12″W / 39.24000°N 3.47000°W | 100 | Parabolic trough | Helios 1 completed May 2012[22] Helios 2 completed August 2012[22] | ||
Shams solar power station | UAE | Abu Dhabi Madinat Zayed | 23°34′N 53°42′E / 23.567°N 53.700°E | 100 | Parabolic trough | Shams 1 completed March 2013 [70][71] | ||
Termosol Solar Power Station | Spanien | Navalvillar de Pela | 100 | Parabolic trough | Both Termosol 1 and 2 completed in 2013[22] | |||
Palma del Río I & II | Spanien | Palma del Río | 37°38′42.56″N 5°15′29.32″W / 37.6451556°N 5.2581444°W | 100 | Parabolic trough | Palma del Rio 2 completed December 2010[22] Palma del Rio 1 completed July 2011[22] | ||
Ilanga 1 | Südafrika | Northern Cape (Upington) | 28°29′25.79″S 21°32′27.13″E / 28.4904972°S 21.5408694°E | 100 | Parabolic trough | 5 | With 5h heat storage. Operational since 2018[72] | |
CSNP Royal Tech Urat CSP | China | Urat Middle Banner, Inner Mongolia | 100 | Parabolic trough | 10 | Completed in January 2020 with 10 hours of thermal storage [73][74][75] | ||
Martin Next Generation Solar Energy Center | US | Indiantown, Florida | 27°03′11″N 80°33′00″W / 27.05306°N 80.55000°W | 75 | ISCC with parabolic trough | Completed December 2010[76] | ||
Nevada Solar One | US | Boulder City, Nevada | 35°48.0′N 114°58.6′W / 35.8000°N 114.9767°W | 75 | Parabolic trough | Operational since 2007 | ||
Dacheng Dunhuang CSP | China | Dunhuang, Gansu Province | 60 | Fresnel reflector | 16 / 15 | 10 MW Phase 1 completed in 2016,[77] 50 MW Phase 2 in December 2019 with 15 hours of thermal storage[73][78] | ||
Supcon Solar Delingha | China | Delingha | 37°22′13″N 97°16′56″E / 37.37028°N 97.28222°E | 60 | Solar power tower | 2 / 7 | 10 MW Phase 1 completed in 2013, Phase 2 completed in December 2018 with 7 hours of thermal energy storage[79][78] | |
Guzmán | Spanien | Palma del Río | 37°38′N 5°15′W / 37.633°N 5.250°W | 50 | Parabolic trough | Completed July 2012[22] | ||
Khi Solar One | Südafrika | Upington | 28°33′0.36″S 21°5′5.28″E / 28.5501000°S 21.0848000°E | 50 | Solar power tower | 2 | Completed Feb 2016 With 2h heat storage[62][63] | |
Bokpoort | Südafrika | Groblershoop | 28°43′26.96″S 21°59′34.88″E / 28.7241556°S 21.9930222°E | 50 | Parabolic trough | 9 | With 9h heat storage[80][81] | |
Puertollano Solar Thermal Power Plant | Spanien | Puertollano, Ciudad Real | 38°39′N 3°58′W / 38.650°N 3.967°W | 50 | Parabolic trough | Completed May 2009[82] | ||
Alvarado I | Spanien | Badajoz | 38°49′37″N 06°49′34″W / 38.82694°N 6.82611°W | 50 | Parabolic trough | Completed July 2009[83][84][85] | ||
La Florida | Spanien | Alvarado (Badajoz) | 50 | Parabolic trough | Completed July 2010[22][86] | |||
Arenales PS | Spanien | Morón de la Frontera (Seville) | 50 | Parabolic trough[22][87][88] | 2013 | |||
Casablanca | Spanien | Talarrubias | 50 | Parabolic trough[22] | 2013 | |||
Majadas de Tiétar | Spanien | Caceres | 39°58′10″N 5°44′32″W / 39.96944°N 5.74222°W | 50 | Parabolic trough | Completed August 2010[22][89] | ||
La Dehesa | Spanien | La Garrovilla (Badajoz) | 38°57′35″N 6°27′50″W / 38.95972°N 6.46389°W | 50 | Parabolic trough | Completed November 2010[22] | ||
Lebrija-1 | Spanien | Lebrija | 50 | Parabolic trough | Completed July 2011[22][90] | |||
Astexol 2 | Spanien | Badajoz | 38°48′42″N 7°3′36″W / 38.81167°N 7.06000°W | 50 | Parabolic trough | 7.5 | Completed November 2011, with 7.5h thermal energy storage[22][87] | |
Morón | Spanien | Morón de la Frontera | 37°7′11.24″N 5°33′50.45″W / 37.1197889°N 5.5640139°W | 50 | Parabolic trough | Completed May 2012[22] | ||
La Africana | Spanien | Posada | 50 | Parabolic trough | 7.5 | Completed July 2012, with 7.5h thermal energy storage[22] | ||
Olivenza 1 | Spanien | Olivenza | 38°45′18.73″N 7°8′40.42″W / 38.7552028°N 7.1445611°W | 50 | Parabolic trough | Completed July 2012[22] | ||
Orellana | Spanien | Orellana la Vieja | 39°1′17.6″N 5°31′57.4″W / 39.021556°N 5.532611°W | 50 | Parabolic trough | Completed August 2012[22] | ||
Godawari Green Energy Limited | Indien | Nokh Village, Rajasthan | 27°36′01″N 72°13′25″E / 27.60028°N 72.22361°E | 50 | Parabolic trough | 2013[91][92][93] | ||
Enerstar Villena Power Plant | Spanien | Villena | 38°43′41.51″N 0°55′18.23″W / 38.7281972°N 0.9217306°W | 50 | Parabolic trough | Completed 2013[22][94] | ||
Megha Solar Plant | Indien | Anantapur | 14°56′47″N 77°41′15″E / 14.94639°N 77.68750°E | 50 | Parabolic trough | Completed 2014[95][96] | ||
Delingha Solar Plant | China | Delingha | 37°22′13″N 97°16′56″E / 37.37028°N 97.28222°E | 50 | Parabolic trough | 9 | Completed July 2018 with 9 hours of thermal energy storage[97] | |
Shagaya CSP | Kuwait | Shagaya | 29°13′41″N 47°03′45″E / 29.22806°N 47.06250°E | 50 | Parabolic trough | 10 | Commercial operation started in February 2019, 10 hours thermal storage[98][99] | |
Waad Al Shamal ISCC Plant | Saudi-Arabien | Waad Al Shamal | 31°39′37″N 38°51′29″E / 31.66028°N 38.85806°E | 50 | ISCC with parabolic trough | Commercial operation started in 2018, 1,390 MW plant with 50 MW solar[100] | ||
Qinghai Gonghe CSP | China | Gonghe, Qinghai Province | 36°06′08″N 100°37′30″E / 36.10222°N 100.62500°E | 50 | Solar power tower | 6 | Completed in September 2019, with 6 h heat storage.[73][101] | |
Luneng Haixi CSP | China | Haixi Zhou, Qinghai Sheng | 50 | Solar power tower | 12 | Completed in September 2019 with 12 hours of thermal energy storage[73][78] | ||
Hami CSP | China | Hami, Xinjiang Autonomous Region | 50 | Solar power tower | 13 | Completed in September 2019 with 13 hours of thermal energy storage[73][78] | ||
Yumen Xinneng CSP | China | Yumen, Gansu Province | 50 | 2020 | Beam down tower | 9 | [102][103][104] |
Solar thermal power stations
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Part of the 354 MW SEGS solar complex in San Bernardino, California, United States.
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The Ivanpah solar project in San Bernardino, California, United States.
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The Andasol Solar Power Station, Spain, uses a molten salt thermal energy storage to generate electricity, even when the sun isn't shining.
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Parts of the Solnova Solar Power Station in the foreground. The two towers of the PS10 and PS20 solar power stations can be seen in the background.
Under construction
[edit]Name | Land | Standort | Co-ordinates | Electrical capacity (MW) |
Expected completion |
Technologie | Notes |
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Golmud CSP | China | Golmud, Qinghai province | 200 | Power tower | [73] | ||
Shouhang Yumen CSP | China | Yumen, Gansu Province | 100 | Solar power tower | [105][106] | ||
Redstone Solar Thermal Power | Südafrika | Northern Cape | 28°17′53″S 23°21′56″E / 28.29806°S 23.36556°E | 100 | 2023 | Solar power tower | 12h heat storage[107][108][109][110] |
Erdos Solar Power Plant | China | Hanggin Banner | 50 | Parabolic trough | [111] | ||
Gansu Akesai CSP | China | Akesai, Gansu Province | 50 | ? | Parabolic trough | 15h storage[73][112] | |
Rayspower Yumen CSP | China | Yumen, Gansu Province | 50 | ? | Parabolic trough | [102][73] |
Announced
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Name | Land | Standort | Coordinates | Electrical capacity (MW) | Technologie | Notes |
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Noor Midelt II | Marokko | Marokko | 32°40′51″N 04°43′59″W / 32.68083°N 4.73306°W | 230 | [113] | |
Noor Midelt I | Marokko | Marokko | 32°40′51″N 04°43′59″W / 32.68083°N 4.73306°W | 200 | Hybrid solar power with combination of 600 MW solar PV and 200 MW solar thermal with 5h heat storage | [114][115] |
Tamarugal Solar Project | Chile | Atacama Desert, Chile | 450 | Three solar power towers with 13h heat storage | [116] | |
Likana Solar Project | Chile | Antofagasta | 390 | Three solar power towers with 13h heat storage[117] | ||
Copiapó Solar Project | Chile | Atacama Desert, Chile | 260 | Solar power tower PV integrated. With 14h heat storage | [118] | |
Solnova 2, 4–5 | Spanien | Sevilla | 37°25′00″N 06°17′20″W / 37.41667°N 6.28889°W | 100 | Parabolic trough with heat storage | [119] |
Gulang CSP | China | Wuwei, Gansu Province | 100 | Parabolic trough | [73][74] | |
Golden Tower CSP | China | Jinta, Gansu Province | 100 | Power tower | [73] | |
Mashhad solar-thermal power station | Iran | Mashhad, Iran | 72 | Parabolic dish with tracer system | [120] | |
Chabei CSP | China | Chabei, Hebei Province | 64 | Parabolic trough | [73] | |
Al-Abdaliya | Kuwait | ?? | 60 | Parabolic trough | [121] | |
AZ 20 | Spanien | Sevilla | 50 | Solar power tower | [119][73] | |
Shangyi CSP | China | Shangyi, Hebei Province | 50 | Power tower | [73] | |
Zhangjiakou CSP | China | Zhangbei, Hebei Province | 50 | Fresnel reflector | [73] |
Cancelled
[edit]Name | Land | Standort | Coordinates | Electrical capacity (MW) | Technologie | Notes |
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Sandstone Solar Energy Project | US | Nye County, Nevada | 37°54′00″N 116°42′00″W / 37.90000°N 116.70000°W | 1,600 | solar power tower | 8 units with 10h heat storage[122] |
Blythe Solar Power Project | US | Blythe, California | 1,000 | Parabolic trough | 4 units, converted to 485 MW PV[123] | |
Stirling Energy Systems Solar One Project | US | San Bernardino County, California | 850 | Dish Stirling | converted to 618 MW PV, license terminated 27 August 2013[124] | |
Stirling Energy Systems Solar Two Project | US | Imperial County, California | 750 | Dish Stirling | converted to 594 MW PV[125] | |
Palen Solar Power Project | US | Riverside County, California | 500 | Parabolic trough | 2 units, certification expired 15 December 2015[126] | |
Ridgecrest Solar Power Project | US | Kern County, California | 250 | Parabolic trough | 2 units, license terminated 22 April 2014[127] | |
Luz SEGS XI-XII Project | US | San Bernardino County, California | 160 | Parabolic trough | license expired 22 September 1989[128] | |
Aurora Solar Thermal Power Project | Australien | Port Augusta, South Australia | 32°12′S 137°36′E / 32.2°S 137.6°E | 150 | solar power tower | [129] |
El Reboso 2+3 | Spanien | La Puebla del Rio (Seville) | 100 | Parabolic trough[130][131] | ||
SCE Solar 100 | US | Johnson Valley, California | 100 | Solar power tower | license expired 1983[132] | |
Diwakar | Indien | Askandra | 100 | Parabolic trough | 2014, Parabolic trough with 3h heat storage[133] | |
KVK Energy Solar Project | Indien | Askandra | 100 | Parabolic trough | 2014, Parabolic trough with 4h heat storage[134] |
Decommissioned
[edit]- Eurelios pilot plant, a 1 MW, power tower design in Adrano, Sicily, operational 1981–1987[135]
- Solar One pilot plant, operational 1982–1986; converted into Solar Two, operational 1995–1999; site demolished 2009 – USA California, 10 MW, power tower design
- SES-5 – USSR, 5 MW, power tower design, water / Steam, service period 1985–1989[136]
- Maricopa Solar – USA Peoria, Arizona, 1.5 MW dish stirling SES / Tessera Solar's first commercial-scale Dish Stirling power plant. Completed January 2010,[137] decommissioned September 2011 and sold to CondiSys Solar Technology of China in April 2012.[138][139]
Largest plants by technology
[edit]Technology type | Name | Land | Standort | Coordinates | Capacity MW | Notes and references | |
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Solar power tower | without thermal storage | Ivanpah Solar Power Facility | US | San Bernardino County, California | 35°34′N 115°28′W / 35.567°N 115.467°W | 392 | Completed on February 13, 2014[10][11][12] The station uses natural gas as supplementary fuel. |
with thermal storage | Ouarzazate Solar Power Station | Marokko | Ghassate (Ouarzazate province) | 30°59′40″N 6°51′48″W / 30.99444°N 6.86333°W | 510 | ||
Parabolic trough | without thermal storage | Solar Energy Generating Systems (SEGS) | US | Mojave Desert, California | 35°01′54″N 117°20′53″W / 35.03167°N 117.34806°W | 310 | Collection of 9 units[24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32] The station has gas firing facility to run the units during night time. |
with thermal storage | Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park | Vereinigte Arabische Emirate | Dubai | 24°45′17″N 55°21′54″E / 24.7547°N 55.365°E | 600 | 15 hours heat storage. The biggest solar thermal power station with total capacity 700 MW. 600 MW parabolic trough and 100MW solar tower power station.[1] | |
ISCC with parabolic trough | Martin Next Generation Solar Energy Center | US | Indiantown, Florida | 27°03′11″N 80°33′00″W / 27.05306°N 80.55000°W | 75 | Completed December 2010[76] Basically combined cycle power plant running on natural gas. Solar energy is supplemented to reduce the natural gas consumption for the same station output. | |
Fresnel reflector without thermal storage | Dhursar | Indien | Dhursar, Jaisalmer district | 26°47′N 72°00′E / 26.783°N 72.000°E | 100 | Completed November 2014, referred as 125 MW is some sources[42][43][44][45] | |
Dish Stirling | No utility scale installastions currently operational, 1.5MW Maricopa Solar was largest |
See also
[edit]- Concentrated solar power
- List of concentrating solar thermal power companies
- List of energy storage projects
- List of large wind farms
- List of largest power stations in the world
- List of photovoltaic power stations
- Plataforma Solar de Almería
- Renewable energy commercialization
- Renewable energy industry
- Solar power by country
- Solar power in China
- Solar power plants in the Mojave Desert
- Solar thermal energy
- Solar Turbine Plants
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Further reading
[edit]- Clean Tech Nation: How the U.S. Can Lead in the New Global Economy (2012) by Ron Pernick and Clint Wilder
- Deploying Renewables 2011 (2011) by the International Energy Agency
- Reinventing Fire: Bold Business Solutions for the New Energy Era (2011) by Amory Lovins
- Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation (2011) by the IPCC
- Solar Energy Perspectives (2011) by the International Energy Agency
- Energy Transition in Metropolises, Rural Areas and Deserts (2020) by Wiley