Masdar and Sener JV, Torresol Energy, announced that two 50 MW parabolic trough plants – the Valle 1 and Valle 2 – commenced commissioning in this month after breaking ground in December 2009. 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, and will produce 320 GWh per year.
Each of the plants will produce 160 GWh of power per year, equivalent to the amount of power consumed by 40,000 households. Torresol President Enrique Sendagorta said: “We now have three plants up and running, Valle 1, Valle 2, and Gemasolar, in the South of Spain, and a proven track record that we can operate and carry out the maintenance of CSP plants both in power tower technology and parabolic trough technology. We expect to start soon on other CSP projects in different countries located in what is referred to as the sun-belt region.”
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