Badaling 1 MW tower plant is a pilot plant undertaken and owned by CAS. It was the first megawatt scale CSP in Asia.
| Project Overview | |
| Power Station: | Badaling Dahan 1 MW Tower |
| Location: | Badaling, Yanqing, Beijing, China |
| Owners (%): | Institute of Electrical Engineering of CAS |
| Technology | Power Tower |
| Solar Resource: | 1290 |
| Nominal Capacity: | 1 MW |
| Status | Operational |
| Start Year: | 2012 |
| Status Date | 44533 |
| Background | |
| Break Ground Date | 2009 |
| Expected Generation (GWh/year) | 1.9 |
| Lat/Long Location | 40.382,115.938 |
| Total Power Station Land Area (km²) | 0.05 |
| Participants | |
| Developer | Institute of Electrical Engineering of CAS, China |
| EPC | Institute of Electrical Engineering of CAS, China |
| Operator | Institute of Electrical Engineering of Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| Costs | |
| Policy Support Scheme | “11th Five-Year plan” (863 program) |
| Plant Configuration | |
| Solar Field | |
| Solar Field Aperture Area (m²) | 10000 |
| # of Heliostats (or dishes for dish systems) | 100 |
| Heliostat Aperture Area (m²) (or dish aperature for dish systems) | 100 |
| Collector/Heliostat Manufacturer | Himin Solar, China |
| Collector/Heliostat Engineering or IP Owner | Himin Solar, China |
| Mirror Manufacturer | Taishan Huayue, China |
| Solar Field (Receiver) | |
| Receiver Working Fluid | Water |
| Receiver Working Fluid Category | Water |
| Tower Height (m) | 118 |
| Receiver Manufacturer | Dongfang, China |
| Receiver Model | Cavity Receiver (5×5 m) |
| Power Block | |
| Nominal Turbine or Power Cycle Capacity | 1 MW |
| Turbine Manufacturer | Hangzhou Steam Turbine Company, China |
| Power Cycle | Steam Rankine |
| Cooling Type | Wet (Closed water) |
| Thermal Energy Storage | |
| Storage Type | Other |
| Storage Capacity (Hours) | 1 |
| Storage Description | Two stages: saturated steam/oil |