City of Medicine Hat ISCC Project CSP Project
This page provides information on City of Medicine Hat ISCC Project CSP project, a concentrating solar power (CSP) project, with data organized by background, participants, and power plant configuration.
Project Overview
| Power Station: | City of Medicine Hat ISCC Project |
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| Location: | Medicine Hat |
| Canada | |
| Owners (%): | City of Medicine Hat |
| Technology | ISCC, Trough |
| Nominal Capacity: | 1.1 MW |
| Status | Operational |
| Start Year: | 2014 |
Status Date
| Status Date |
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Background
| Break Ground Date | 2013 |
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| Expected Generation (GWh/year) | 1.5 |
| Lat/Long Location | 50.04,-110.72 |
Participants
| Developer |
City of Medicine Hat USA |
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Costs
| Total Construction Cost (2014) | $ 9.00 million | ||
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| Total Cost USD (2020) | $9.93 million | ||
| Specific Cost/kW USD (2020) | $ 9024.3 | ||
| LCOE USD/kWh (2020) | $ 0.57 | ||
| 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) | |||
Plant Configuration
Solar Field
| Solar Field Aperture Area (m²) | 5248 |
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| # of Solar Collector Assemblies (SCAs) | 8 |
| # of Loops | 2 |
| # of SCAs per Loop | 4 |
| SCA Aperture Area (m²) | 656 |
| SCA Length (m) | 115 |
| Collector/Heliostat Engineering or IP Owner |
SkyFuel USA |
| Collector/Heliostat Model | SkyTrough |
Solar Field (Receiver)
| Receiver Working Fluid | Biphenyl/Diphenyl oxide: Xceltherm |
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| Receiver Working Fluid Category | Thermal oil/organics |
| Working Fluid Manufacturer |
Radco Industries |
Power Block
| Nominal Turbine or Power Cycle Capacity | 1.1 MW |
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