ACME Solar Tower CSP Project

This page provides information on ACME Solar Tower CSP project, a concentrating solar power (CSP) project, with data organized by background, participants, and power plant configuration.

Project Overview

Power Station: ACME Solar Tower
Location: Bikaner
Rajasthan India
Owners (%): ACME Group
Technology Power Tower
Nominal Capacity: 2.5 MW
Status Operational
Start Year: 2011

Status Date

Status Date

Background

Lat/Long Location 28.184,73.241
Total Power Station Land Area (km²) 0.05

Participants

Developer ACME Group, eSolar
USA
Operator ACME Group

Plant Configuration

Solar Field

Solar Field Aperture Area (m²) 16222
# of Heliostats (or dishes for dish systems) 14280
Heliostat Aperture Area (m²) (or dish aperature for dish systems) 1
Collector/Heliostat Engineering or IP Owner eSolar
USA

Solar Field (Receiver)

Receiver Working Fluid Water
Receiver Working Fluid Category Water

Power Block

Nominal Turbine or Power Cycle Capacity 2.5 MW
Turbine Manufacturer MaxWatt
India
Power Cycle Steam Rankine
Power Cycle Pressure (Bar) 60
Cooling Type Wet

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