Ibersol Ciudad Real (Puertollano) CSP Project

This page provides information on Ibersol Ciudad Real (Puertollano) CSP project, a concentrating solar power (CSP) project, with data organized by background, participants, and power plant configuration.

Project Overview

Power Station: Ibersol Ciudad Real (Puertollano)
Location: Puertollano
Ciudad Real
Castilla-La Mancha Spain
Owners (%): 90% Iberdola; IDAE 10%
Technology Parabolic Trough
Solar Resource: 2042
Nominal Capacity: 50 MW
Status Operational
Start Year: 2009

Status Date

Status Date

Background

Break Ground Date 2007
Expected Generation (GWh/year) 103
Lat/Long Location 38.643,-3.975
Total Power Station Land Area (km²) 1.5

Participants

Developer Iberdrola
Spain
EPC Iberdrola Renovables
Spain
Operator Iberdrola Renovables
Electricity Generation Offtaker Market
Annual Operations Jobs 60

Costs

Total Construction Cost (2009) € 200.00 million
Total Cost USD (2020) $322.19 million
Specific Cost/kW USD (2020) $ 6443.8
LCOE USD/kWh (2020) $ 0.27
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 2009
Remuneration USD/kWh Deflated (2020) 0.43
PPA or Tariff Period (Years) 25
Support Scheme Type FIT

Plant Configuration

Solar Field

Solar Field Aperture Area (m²) 287760
# of Solar Collector Assemblies (SCAs) 352
# of Loops 88
# of SCAs per Loop 4
# of Modules per SCA 12
Collector/Heliostat Manufacturer Iberdrola
Spain
Collector/Heliostat Engineering or IP Owner Iberdrola
Spain
Collector/Heliostat Model ET-150
Mirror Manufacturer Flabeg, Rioglass
Germany, Spain

Solar Field (Receiver)

Receiver Working Fluid Biphenyl/Diphenyl oxide: Dowtherm A
Receiver Working Fluid Category Thermal oil/organics
Working Fluid Manufacturer Dow
# of Heat Collector Elements (HCEs) 6336
Solar Field or Receiver Inlet Temperture (C) 304°C
Solar Field or Receiver Outlet Temperture (C) 391°C
Receiver Manufacturer Schott, Solel
Germany; Israel

Power Block

Nominal Turbine or Power Cycle Capacity 50 MW
Turbine Manufacturer Siemens
Germany
Power Cycle Steam Rankine
Power Cycle Pressure (Bar) 100
Turbine Efficiency Percent 38.9
Cooling Type Wet

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