| Project Overview | |
| Power Station: | Gemasolar Thermosolar Plant / Solar TRES |
| Location: | Fuentes de Andalucía |
| Sevilla | |
| Andalusia Spain | |
| Owners (%): | Masdar, Sener |
| Technology | Power Tower |
| Solar Resource: | 2072 |
| Nominal Capacity: | 20 MW |
| Status | Operational |
| Start Year: | 2011 |
| Status Date | October 21, 2022 |
| Background | |
| Break Ground Date | 2009 |
| Expected Generation (GWh/year) | 110 |
| Lat/Long Location | 37.562,-5.33 |
| Total Power Station Land Area (km²) | 1.95 |
| Participants | |
| Developer | Torresol |
| Spain | |
| EPC | UTE Solar Tres |
| Spain | |
| Operator | Torresol O&M |
| Construction Job Years | 800 |
| Annual Operations Jobs | 45 |
| Costs | |
| Total Construction Cost (2011) | € 230.00 million |
| Total Cost USD (2020) | $358.19 million |
| Specific Cost/kW USD (2020) | 17909.3 |
| LCOE USD/kWh (2020) | 0.28 |
| 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 EUR/kWh | 0.27 |
| Remuneration Start Year | 2011 |
| Remuneration USD/kWh Deflated (2020) | 0.42 |
| PPA or Tariff Period (Years) | 25 |
| Support Scheme Type | FIT |
| Concessional Funding or Other Support | EIB €110 million; ICO €16.14 million |
| Plant Configuration | |
| Solar Field | |
| Solar Field Aperture Area (m²) | 304750 |
| # of Heliostats (or dishes for dish systems) | 2650 |
| Heliostat Aperture Area (m²) (or dish aperature for dish systems) | 120 |
| Collector/Heliostat Manufacturer | Sener |
| Spain | |
| Collector/Heliostat Engineering or IP Owner | Sener |
| Spain | |
| Collector/Heliostat Model | HE54 |
| Mirror Manufacturer | Guardian |
| USA | |
| Solar Field (Receiver) | |
| Receiver Working Fluid | Molten salts (sodium and potassium nitrates) |
| Receiver Working Fluid Category | Salt |
| Tower Height (m) | 140 |
| Receiver Manufacturer | ITP JV: Sener, Rolls Royce |
| Spain | |
| Power Block | |
| Nominal Turbine or Power Cycle Capacity | 20 MW |
| Turbine Manufacturer | Siemens |
| Germany | |
| Turbine Model | SST-600 |
| Power Cycle | Steam Rankine |
| Cooling Type | Wet |
| Thermal Energy Storage | |
| Storage Type | 2-tank direct |
| Storage Capacity (Hours) | 15 |
| Storage Description | One cold-salts tank (290ºC) from where salts are pumped to the tower receiver and heated up to 565ºC, to be stored in one hot-salts tank (565ºC). Annual equivalent hours = 5,000. |
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