| Project Overview | |
| Power Station: | Power China Qinghai Gonghe – 50MW Tower |
| Location: | Gonghe |
| Hainan | |
| Qinghai China | |
| Owners (%): | HYDROCHINA and Northwest Engineering Corporation (Power China) |
| Technology | Power Tower |
| Solar Resource: | 1883 |
| Nominal Capacity: | 50 MW |
| Status | Operational |
| Start Year: | 2019 |
| Background | |
| Break Ground Date | 2017 |
| Expected Generation (GWh/year) | 157 |
| Lat/Long Location | 36.102,100.625 |
| Total Power Station Land Area (km2) | 2.1 |
| Participants | |
| Developer | Northwest Engineering Corporation (Power China) |
| China | |
| EPC | Northwest Engineering Corporation (Power China) |
| China | |
| Electricity Generation Offtaker | State Grid Qinghai Electric Power company |
| Costs | |
| Total Construction Cost (2017) | 1222.00 million |
| Total Cost USD (2020) | $184.16 million |
| Specific Cost/kW USD (2020) | 3683.3 |
| LCOE USD/kWh (2020) | 0.1 |
| Levelised cost of electricity with 5% weighted average cost of capital and a 25 year payback period, capacity dependent O&M (1.5% of investment cost per year), deflated from Year_operational using the Worldbank’s GDP deflator; if station under development or construction then not deflated (assumed cost year 2020) | |
| Remuneration RMB/kWh | 1.15 |
| Remuneration Start Year | 2017 |
| Remuneration USD/kWh Deflated (2020) | 0.17 |
| PPA or Tariff Period (Years) | 20 |
| Support Scheme Type | FIT |
| Policy Support Scheme | Chinese Demonstration Program 1st Batch |
| Plant Configuration | |
| Solar Field | |
| Solar Field Aperture Area (m2) | 516000 |
| # of Heliostats (or dishes for dish systems) | 25795 |
| Heliostat Aperture Area (m2) (or dish aperature for dish systems) | 20 |
| Collector/Heliostat Manufacturer | Supcon |
| China | |
| Collector/Heliostat Engineering or IP Owner | Supcon |
| China | |
| Collector/Heliostat Model | SUPCON |
| Mirror Manufacturer | Damin Glass |
| China | |
| Solar Field (Receiver) | |
| Receiver Working Fluid | Molten salt |
| Receiver Working Fluid Category | Salt |
| Working Fluid Manufacturer | Qinghai Lianda Chemical Company |
| Tower Height (m) | 210 |
| Solar Field or Receiver Inlet Temperture (C) | 290°C |
| Solar Field or Receiver Outlet Temperture (C) | 565°C |
| Receiver Manufacturer | Hangzhou Boiler Group |
| China | |
| Power Block | |
| Nominal Turbine or Power Cycle Capacity | 50 MW |
| Turbine Manufacturer | Harbin Turbine Company |
| China | |
| Power Cycle | Steam Rankine |
| Steam Generator System Manufacturer | HollySys Automation Technologies |
| China | |
| Cooling Type | Dry |
| Thermal Energy Storage | |
| Storage Type | 2-tank direct |
| Storage Capacity (Hours) | 6 |
| Storage Description | Molten Salt |
| TES Engineering Company | Bai Ji Rui (Tianjin) New Energy & Emypro S.A. China |
Further reading about the project operation: http://www.cnste.org/html/jishu/2020/0909/6918.html
