Valle Solar Power Station
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The Valle Solar Power Station is currently under construction in the town of San José del Valle
, in Cadiz, Spain. The power station will consist of two adjacent plants, Valle 1 and Valle 2, which will have an installed capacity of 50 MW each. Both will use SENER parabolic trough
collectors creating a solar field of 510,120 square metres on a surface area of 460 hectares. Net electrical output for the installations is 175 GWh/year and each plant will be able to continue to produce electricity for seven hours without sunshine as a result of a molten salt thermal storage system. The power station is scheduled to be operational in 2011.
San José del Valle
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, in Cadiz, Spain. The power station will consist of two adjacent plants, Valle 1 and Valle 2, which will have an installed capacity of 50 MW each. Both will use SENER parabolic trough
Parabolic trough
A parabolic trough is a type of solar thermal energy collector. It is constructed as a long parabolic mirror with a Dewar tube running its length at the focal point. Sunlight is reflected by the mirror and concentrated on the Dewar tube...
collectors creating a solar field of 510,120 square metres on a surface area of 460 hectares. Net electrical output for the installations is 175 GWh/year and each plant will be able to continue to produce electricity for seven hours without sunshine as a result of a molten salt thermal storage system. The power station is scheduled to be operational in 2011.