| Project Overview | |
| Power Station: | LuNeng Haixi – 50MW Tower |
| Location: | Golmud, Haixi, Qinghai China |
| Owners (%): | Luneng Group (State Grid) |
| Technology | Tower |
| Solar Resource: | 1945 |
| Nominal Capacity: | 50 MW |
| Status | Operational |
| Start Year: | 2019 |
| Status Date | October 21, 2022 |
| Background | |
| Break Ground Date | 2017 |
| Expected Generation (GWh/year) | 160 |
| Lat/Long Location | 36.397,95.227 |
| Total Power Station Land Area (km2) | 4.3 |
| Participants | |
| Developer | Luneng Qinghai Guangheng New Energy (Luneng Group of State Grid), China |
| EPC | SEPCO III, China |
| Electricity Generation Offtaker | Qinghai State Grid Electric Power |
| Costs | |
| Total Construction Cost (2019) | 1100.00 million |
| Total Cost USD (2020) | $165.78 million |
| Specific Cost/kW USD (2020) | 3315.5 |
| LCOE USD/kWh (2020) | 0.09 |
| 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) | |
| PPA or Tariff Period (Years) | 20 |
| Policy Support Scheme | First batch of complementary multi-energy demonstration projects |
| Plant Configuration | |
| Solar Field | |
| Solar Field Aperture Area (m2) | 610000 |
| # of Heliostats (or dishes for dish systems) | 4400 |
| Heliostat Aperture Area (m2) (or dish aperature for dish systems) | 138 |
| Collector/Heliostat Manufacturer | Abengoa, Spain |
| Collector/Heliostat Engineering or IP Owner | Abengoa, Spain |
| Collector/Heliostat Model | ASUP 140 |
| 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) | 188 |
| Receiver Manufacturer | Cockerill, Belgium |
| Receiver Model | External – cylindrical |
| Power Block | |
| Nominal Turbine or Power Cycle Capacity | 50 MW |
| Turbine Manufacturer | Siemens, Germany |
| Power Cycle | Steam Rankine |
| Thermal Energy Storage | |
| Storage Type | 2-tank direct |
| Storage Capacity (Hours) | 12 |
| Storage Description | Molten Salt |
| TES Engineering Company | Empyro |
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