Morocco is home to the world’s first integrated solar combined cycle (ISCC) facility, and contractor Abener has announced that it is running at full capacity. An Abengoa subsidiary, the company’s O&M division will operate and maintain the A plant over the next five years.
The Ain Beni Mathar plant is formed by a conventional combined cycle, where steam is generated using exhaust gases from two gas turbines as they are moved by two heat exchangers. At the same time, a solar steam generator uses the energy from the thermal fluid flowing through a solar field of 56 parabolic trough collectors (PTC). Ain Beni Mathar’s output amounts to 450 MW of total net power and up to 472 MW including the solar contribution, making this the highest-powered turnkey installation built by Abengoa.
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