スペインのTorresol Energy、それぞれ50MWの双子の集光型太陽熱発電所バジェ Valle 1 and 2 操業開始: ソフトエネルギー

スペインのTorresol Energy、それぞれ50MWの双子の集光型太陽熱発電所バジェ Valle 1 and 2 操業開始

　スペインのTorresol Energyは、それぞれ50MWの双子の集光型太陽熱発電所バジェ Valle 1 and 2 をスペイン南部の町カディス Cadiz で操業を開始したと発表しました。
　トレソルエナジー Torresol Energyは、アブダビのマスダールとスペインのSENER社の設立した再生可能エネルギーを手がけるベンチャー企業で、これまでにも大型の太陽光発電所をスペインで手がけています。

　今回のそれぞれ50MWの双子の集光型太陽熱発電所バジェ Valle 1 and 2 は、パラボリック・トラフ Parabolic Trough（Cylindrical-parabolic collector tecnology）とよばれる、内部が鏡面の円筒を半分に切り太陽のエネルギーを集め、上部のオイルで満たされた管に集熱し、そのオイルを循環させ、蒸気を作り発電します。さらに、溶融塩のタンクに熱を定格の出力の最大7.5時間分を蓄えることができ、電気の需要の増減に夜間などにも対応、電力を供給できます。(2t)

プレスリリース / Torresol Energy,18/01/2012
・Torresol Energy Launches Commercial Operations of Twin Solar Thermal Plants in Spain

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" Valle 1 and Valle 2 will produce 320 GWh per year

Torresol Energy, a joint venture between Masdar - Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy company and SENER - the Spanish engineering and construction firm, announced today at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi that the Valle 1 and Valle 2 plants - two identical 50 MW parabolic trough plants, located in Cadiz, in the South of Spain, have commenced commissioning on January 2012. The plants are equipped with thermal storage which will allow them to continue to produce power, even when there is no solar radiation, for up to 7.5 hours.

In October 2011, under the patronage of His Majesty the King of Spain Juan Carlos I and His Highness General Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Deputy Supreme Commander of the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces, Torresol Energy officially inaugurated Gemasolar in Fuentes de Andalucia, Spain.

The Gemasolar facility represented a significant breakthrough in the global solar industry and an important new field of cooperation between Spain and the UAE.

The announcement was made during a press conference held by the President of Torresol Energy, Enrique Sendagorta; the General Manager of Torresol Energy, Alvaro Lorente; the Director of Masdar Power, Frank Wouters; the Acting Chief Operating Officer of Masdar, Trevor Nash; and the President and CEO of SENER, Jorge Sendagorta.

Construction on Valle 1 and Valle 2 began in December 2009, and was completed in December 2011. In January 2012 the plants were connected to Spanish national grid for commercial operations. Roughly 4,500 workers worked over 2,700,000 hours to build and launch the twin projects during the two construction years.

Each of the plants will produce 160 GWh of power per year, equivalent to the amount of power consumed by 40,000 households.
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" Valle 1 and Valle 2 are two adjacent solar plants that generate electricity by means of cylindrical-parabolic collectors.

Characteristics of Valle 1 and Valle 2:
Rated electrical power per plant: 50 MW
Net electrical production expected per plant: 160 GWh/year
Solar field: 510,000 m2 of SENERtroughR cylindrical-parabolic collectors
Heat storage system: each plant has a heat storage system with seven hours' capacity.

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- Cylindrical-parabolic collector tecnology

Torresol Energy - Masdar Power

(MasdarPower,2011/03/24)