Fundamentals

of Renewable Energy | CASE STUDY | SOLAR CSP + STORAGE 19.9 MW

Gemasolar Thermosolar Plant

Power Tower Concentrating Solar Power + Molten Salt Energy Storage (CSP + MSES)

Torresol Energys Gemasolar Thermosolar Plant is the worlds first commercial-scale solar CSP power plant to combine central tower receiver solar CSP with molten salt energy storage (MSES) technology; able to store 15 hours worth of solar thermal energy and boosting plant capacity to 63.1%. Resources
http://www.nrel.gov/csp/solarpaces/project_detail.cfm/proje ctID=40 http://www.siemens.com/sustainability/pool/de/umweltportf olio/produkte-loesungen/energieuebertragung- energieverteilung/solar-energy_steam-turbines.pdf http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemasolar

Storing energy by heating molten salts to a temperature of 565 degrees centigrade allows the Gemasolar plant to reliably and flexibly generate electricity upon demand, 24/7. Unlike earlier parabolic trough designs that use thermal oil as a receiver and then transfer the heat to the molten salt solution, this plant achieves higher efficiencies through direct heating of the molten salts. A significant benefit of heat storage systems is reduced load variations and increased turbine efficiency. Because of the large storage capacity, the output capacity of the turbine is smaller than would be expected from a plant of its size. While the thermal receiver has a 120 MW thermal capacity, the generation plant only employs a 19.9 MW turbine.

Location: Seville, Spain Date Commissioned: 2011 Rated Capacity: 19.9 MW Annual Production:110 GWh per year 2 Capacity Factor: 63.1% (solar resource: 2,172 kWh/m /yr) Carbon Offset: TBD Owner: Torresol Energy Investments SA (a joint venture of the SENER Group and Masdar) Generation Offtaker: TBD Generation Technology: Power Tower CSP, 2,650 heliostat reflectors, (1) wet-cooled Siemens SST-600 2-cylinder reheat steam turbine Energy (thermal) Storage: 15 hours. 2-tank molten salt (One 290C cold-salts tank and one 565C hot-salts tank). Cost: $247 million

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