Genesis Solar Energy Project
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| Coordinates | 33 ° 40 ′ 0 ″ N , 114 ° 59 ′ 0 ″ W | ||
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| Type | Solar thermal power plant (paraboloid) | ||
| Primary energy | solar power | ||
| power | 280 MW el | ||
| owner | Genesis Solar, LLC (NextEra Energy Resources) | ||
| operator | Genesis Solar, LLC | ||
| Project start | 2010 | ||
| Start of operations | 2013 | ||
| turbine | Steam turbine | ||
| Energy fed in 2016 | 624 GWh | ||
| Energy fed in since commissioning | 1,829 GWh | ||
| Website | (English) | ||
| was standing | March 31, 2017 | ||
The Genesis power plant ( English Genesis Solar Energy Project ), 32 km west of Blythe in Riverside County in the American state of California, is a solar thermal power plant in parabolic trough design . The system, which went online in 2013, has a nominal output of 250 MW and was built by the American company Genesis Solar , a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources. Genesis Solar, LLC now owns the large facility, which extends over 7.9 km².
General
The first section, of the existing two parts, went into operation in November 2013, the second in March 2014 after seven years of project development. The power plant uses 620,000 RP3 -mirror of Flabeg , 1,840 parabolic trough collectors (SCAs), mounted. With an oil (type Therminol VP-1 ) circulating through pipes , which is heated to 390 degrees Celsius by the mirrors, steam is generated via a heat exchanger. Two steam turbines (useful electrical output: 140 MW ) use the steam to drive their own generators to generate electricity. In this way, 88,000 households can be supplied with electricity and avoid around 330,000 tons of carbon dioxide annually. The parabolic troughs of the Senertrough type come from SENER . The plant is air-cooled and therefore uses less water than liquid-cooled CSP power plants.
Energy fed in
The energy fed in by the Solana Generating Station is (values in GWh ).
| year | (GWh) |
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| 2013 | 7.03 |
| 2014 | 576.11 |
| 2015 | 621.45 |
| 2016 | 624.14 |
The electricity is sold to PG&E under a long-term contract .
Web links
- Genesis Solar Energy Project . California Energy Commission. Accessed November 6, 2015. (English)
- Genesis Solar Power Project (CACA 48880) . Bureau of Land Management (USA). Accessed November 6, 2015. (English)
- Genesis Solar Energy Center, Riverside County, California, United States of America, United States of America . www.power-technology.com. Accessed November 6, 2015. (English)
- Genesis (Loan Programs Office)
- Genesis Solar Energy Project Updates
- NextEra inaugurates Genesis solar thermal power plant with 250 MW in California
Individual evidence
- ^ Genesis Solar Energy Center . NextEra Energy Resources (English). Retrieved November 6, 2015.
- ^ Energy Information Administration : Genesis Solar Energy Project, Annual . In: Electricity Data Browser . Retrieved June 28, 2015. (English)