Solar power plant Andasol 3 produces environment-friendly energy for the first time
The solar thermal power plant Andasol 3 in Andalusia, southern Spain, for the first time produced solar generated steam during a test phase in which the rows of parabolic mirrors were aligned with the sun. This test is another successful step on the way to completing and commissioning the solar power plant which will generate 50 megawatts.
- (1888PressRelease) July 19, 2011 - Andasol 3 is due to begin commercial operation in October 2011 and, together with the neighbouring sister plants Andasol 1 and Andasol 2 which are almost identical in design, to supply around half a million end consumers with environmentally friendly electricity. Andasol 1 and Andasol 2 are already connected to the grid.
Andasol 3 has a thermal storage which enables the power plant to generate electricity reliably for up to eight hours even at night or in cloudy weather. By the end of July both storages will have been filled with the liquid salt mixture required for this purpose. After the turbine has been synchronised in August, further tests will be performed during which it is planned that electricity should already be fed into the Spanish high-voltage network.
A total of more than 200,000 parabolic mirrors have been installed in Andasol 3 which cover an area equivalent to some 70 football pitches. The investors in Andasol 3 are the Stadtwerke München, Ferrostaal, Solar Millennium, RWE Innogy and RheinEnergie. The Spanish company Duro Felguera together with Ferrostaal, Solar Millennium and their joint subsidiary Flagsol were responsible for planning and constructing the solar power plant.
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