With its 50MW of power, the new Solnova 1 solar station will generate enough clean energy to meet the electricity needs of approximately 25,700 homes, while preventing the emission of approximately 31,400 tons of CO2 into the atmosphere each year.
Santiago Seage, CEO of Abengoa Solar, said: “Our technological progress and accumulative expertise have enabled us to reach our goals much sooner than we had anticipated. We will use this experience in the two 280MW CSP plants planned for the US in Arizona and California.”
Solnova 1 is made up of around 980 000sqft of mirrors that cover an area totaling approximately 280 acres. The plant employs technology that concentrates solar radiation onto a heat-absorbing pipe inside of which flows a liquid that reaches high temperatures. This fluid transfers its energy to the water vapor that reaches a turbo-generator, where it expands to produce electricity.
Abengoa Solar focuses its activity on the development and application of technology for generating electrical power with the sun.
