CSP Plants Overview

Data for Solar Thermal Power Coming to a Boil World Installed Concentrating Solar Thermal Power Capacity, 1980-2007, with Projection for 2012 (table) World Cumulative Installed Concentrating Solar Thermal Power Capacity, 1980-2007 (figure) World Cumulative Installed Concentrating Solar Thermal Power Capacity, 1980-2007, with Projection for 2012 (figure) World Concentrating Solar Thermal Power Plants Greater than 10 Megawatts and in Operation as of June 2008 (table) World's Top Ten Largest Proposed Concentrating Solar Thermal Power Projects as of June 2008 (table) Select World List of Proposed Solar Thermal Power Projects by Power Capacity (table) Countries Developing Concentrating Solar Thermal Power as of June 2008 (map) Land Area in Algeria Required to Meet Electricity Demand for the World and the European Union with Concentrating Solar Thermal Power (map) World Installed Concentrating Solar Thermal Power Capacity, 1980-2007, with Projection for 2012 Year Net Annual Addition 1 Cumulative Installed Capacity 2 Megawatts Megawatts 1980 1 1 1981 2 3 1982 10 13 1983 4 17 1984 1 17 1985 16 33 1986 28 61 1987 58 119 1988 30 149 1989 50 199 1990 75 274 1991 80 354 1992 3 356 1993 0 356 1994 0 356 1995 0 356 1996 10 366 1997 0 366 1998 0 366 1999 0 366 2000 -10 356 2001 0 356 2002 0 356 2003 0 356 2004 0 356 2005 0 356 2006 1 357 2007 100 457 … 2012 3 6,400 Notes: 1 Net annual addition equals new installations minus retirements. 2 Cumulative installed capacity may not equal sum of net annual additions due to rounding. 3 2012 is a projection based on data from Emerging Energy Research, Global Concentrated Solar Power Markets and Strategies, 2007-2020 (Cambridge, MA: November 2007) and Earth Policy Institute research. Source: Compiled by Jonathan G. Dorn, Earth Policy Institute, June 2008, with 1980-2007 data from Shirish Garud, Making Solar Thermal Power Generation in India a Reality - Overview of Technologies, Opportunities, and Challenges (New Delhi: The Energy and Resources Institute, 2006); Rainer Aringhoff et al., Concentrated Solar Thermal Power – Now! (Brussels, Almeria, and Amsterdam: European Solar Thermal Industry Association, IEA SolarPACES, and Greenpeace International, September 2005), p. 10; National Renewable Energy Laboratory, U.S. Parabolic Trough Power Plant Data, electronic database, at www.nrel.gov/csp/troughnet/power_plant_data.html, updated 8 May 2007; Acciona Energy, "CSP - 64 MW Plant in the United States," at www.acciona-energia.com/default.asp?x=0002020401, viewed 15 April 2008; Abengoa Solar, "PS10: The First Commercial Tower of the World," at www.abengoasolar.com/sites/solar/en/nproyectos_ps10.jsp, viewed 15 April 2008; Peter Fairley, "Solar Without the Panels," Technology Review, 29 February 2008.  World Concentrating Solar Thermal Power Plants Greater than 10 Megawatts in Operation as of June 2008 Location Company Project Power Capacity Year of Initial Operation Megawatts   California, USA Luz International Ltd. SEGS I 14 1985 California, USA Luz International Ltd. SEGS II 30 1986 California, USA Luz International Ltd. SEGS III 30 1987 California, USA Luz International Ltd. SEGS IV 30 1987 California, USA Luz International Ltd. SEGS V 30 1988 California, USA Luz International Ltd. SEGS VI 30 1989 California, USA Luz International Ltd. SEGS VII 30 1989 California, USA Luz International Ltd. SEGS VIII 80 1990 California, USA Luz International Ltd. SEGS IX 80 1991 Andalucίa, Spain Abengoa Solar PS10 (Solúcar Platform) 11 2007 Nevada, USA Acciona Energy Solar One 64 2007 Source: Compiled by Jonathan G. Dorn, Earth Policy Institute, June 2008, with SEGS from National Renewable Energy Laboratory, U.S. Parabolic Trough Power Plant Data, electronic database, at www.nrel.gov/csp/troughnet/power_plant_data.html, updated 8 May 2007; PS10 from Abengoa Solar, "PS10: The First Commercial Tower of the World," at www.abengoasolar.com/sites/solar/en/nproyectos_ps10.jsp, viewed 15 April 2008; Rhone Resch and Noah Kaye, "The Promise of Solar Energy: A Low-Carbon Energy Strategy for the 21st Century," UN Chronicle, vol. XLIV, no. 2 (2007); Solar One from Acciona Energy, "CSP - 64 MW Plant in the United States," at www.acciona-energia.com/default.asp?x=0002020401, viewed 15 April 2008. World's Top Ten Largest Proposed Concentrating Solar Thermal Projects as of June 2008 Location Company Project Power Capacity 1 Scheduled Year of Completion Megawatts   California, USA Solel Solar Systems, Ltd. Mojave Solar Park 553 2011 California, USA Stirling Energy Systems Solar One 500 (850) 2011 California, USA BrightSource Energy, Inc. Ivanpah Solar Electricity Generating System 400 (900) 2011 California, USA Stirling Energy Systems Solar Two 300 (900) not set  Andalucίa, Spain Abengoa Solar Solúcar Platform 300 2013 2 Florida, USA Ausra, Inc. n.a. 300 2011 Arizona, USA Abengoa Solar Solana 280 2011 California, USA Beacon Solar, LLC Beacon Solar Energy Project 250 2011 California, USA Harper Lake, LLC Harper Lake Energy Park 250 (500) 2010 Ramat Negev, Israel 3 n.a. n.a. 250 2011 Notes: n.a. = not available. At the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting in September 2007, Ausra, Inc. committed to building 1,000 megawatts of solar thermal power, including the project listed here, over the next five years in the United States. Solar Millennium AG is expected to announce plans in late 2008 to build four 250-megawatt CSP plants in the United States (not included in this list). The plants have been negotiated and development depends on interconnection approval. Operation of the first of the four plants is expected to begin in 2011.  1 Power capacity lists proposed size with possible expansions noted in parentheses. 2 Some CSP projects such as the Solúcar Platform are modular and part can come online before the total project is complete. Currently almost 4 percent of the Solúcar Platform is operational (the PS10 Tower came online in 2007), with additional capacity incrementally coming online over the next several years. The entire project is expected to be completed by 2013. 3 Israel's Ministry for National Infrastructures issued a tender in early 2008 for 250 megawatts of CSP. Source: Compiled by Jonathan G. Dorn, Earth Policy Institute, June 2008. References available upon request. World List of Selected Proposed Concentrating Solar Thermal Power Projects as of June 2008 1 Location Company Project Power Capacity 2 Scheduled Year of Completion Megawatts California, USA Solel Solar Systems, Ltd. Mojave Solar Park 553 2011 California, USA Stirling Energy Systems Solar One 500 (850) 2011 California, USA BrightSource Energy, Inc. Ivanpah Solar Electricity Generating System 400 (900) 2011 California, USA Stirling Energy Systems Solar Two 300 (900) not set  Andalucίa, Spain Abengoa Solar Solúcar Platform 300 2013 3 Florida, USA Ausra, Inc. n.a. 300 2011 Arizona, USA Abengoa Solar Solana 280 2011 California, USA Beacon Solar, LLC Beacon Solar Energy Project 250 2011 California, USA Harper Lake, LLC Harper Lake Energy Park 250 (500) 2010 Ramat Negev, Israel 4 n.a. n.a. 250 2011 California, USA eSolar n.a. 245 2011 Australia EnviroMission Ltd. Solar Mission Project 200 not set  California, USA Ausra, Inc. Carrizo Energy Solar Farm 177 2010 Jordan n.a. n.a. 150 (300) 2015 Spain Solel Solar Systems, Ltd. n.a. 150 not set  Ciudad Real, Spain Iberdrola Renewables n.a. 150 not set  Upington, South Africa Eskom n.a. 100 not set Madinat Zayad, United Arab Emirates Masdar (Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company)  Shams 100 2010 Greece Solar Millennium AG Theseus 52 not set China Solar Millennium AG n.a. 50 (1,000) 2020 Spain Solar Millennium AG Extremasol 1 50 2011 Spain Solar Millennium AG Extremasol 2 50 2012 Spain Solar Millennium AG Murciasol 1 50 2011 Spain Solar Millennium AG Murciasol 2 50 not set Córdoba, Spain Acciona Energy Palma del Rio I 50 not set Córdoba, Spain Acciona Energy Palma del Rio II 50 not set Ciudad Real, Spain Abengoa Solar Helios 1 50 not set Ciudad Real, Spain Abengoa Solar Helios 2 50 not set California, United States Bethel Energy, LLC Bethel 1 50 2010 California, United States Bethel Energy, LLC Bethel 2 50 2010 California, United States n.a. Victorville 2 50 2010 Cáceres, Spain Acciona Energy Majadas de Tiétar 50 not set Badajoz, Spain Acciona Energy Alvarado 50 2009 Andalucίa, Spain Abengoa Solar Ecija 1 50 not set Andalucίa, Spain Abengoa Solar Ecija 2 50 not set Andalucίa, Spain Solar Millennium AG Andasol 1 50 2008 Andalucίa, Spain Solar Millennium AG Andasol 2 50 2009 Andalucίa, Spain Solar Millennium AG Andasol 3 50 2010 Spain Iberdrola Renewables n.a. 50 not set Spain Iberdrola Renewables n.a. 50 not set Spain Iberdrola Renewables n.a. 50 not set Spain Iberdrola Renewables n.a. 50 not set Spain Iberdrola Renewables n.a. 50 not set Spain Iberdrola Renewables n.a. 50 not set Spain Iberdrola Renewables n.a. 50 not set Liddell, Australia Ausra, Inc. Liddell Power Station 37 2008 Kuraymat, Egypt Solar Millennium AG n.a. 30 not set Sonora, Mexico n.a. Agua Prieta II 25 2009 Yazd, Iran n.a. n.a. 20 2010 Hassi-R'mel, Algeria Abengoa Solar n.a. 20 2009 Almaden, Spain Abengoa Solar n.a. 20 not set Ain-Ben-Mathar, Morocco Abengoa Solar n.a. 20 2008 Andalucίa, Spain Sener Solar Tres 16 not set Cloncurry, Australia Lloyd Energy Systems and Ergon Energy Cloncurry Solar Power Project 10 2010 Notes: n.a. = not available. At the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting in September 2007, Ausra, Inc. committed to building 1,000 megawatts of solar thermal power, including the projects listed here, over the next five years in the United States. Solar Millennium AG is expected to announce plans in late 2008 to build four 250-megawatt CSP plants in the United States (not included in this list). The plants have been negotiated and development depends on interconnection approval. Operation of the first of the four plants is expected to begin in 2011.  1 This table is a list of selected projects larger than 10 megawatts, not a comprehensive list of proposed CSP projects. 2 Power capacity lists proposed size with possible expansions noted in parentheses. 3 Some CSP projects such as the Solúcar Platform are modular and part can come online before the total project is complete. Currently almost 4 percent of the Solúcar Platform is operational (the PS10 Tower came online in 2007), with additional capacity incrementally coming online over the next several years. The entire project is expected to be completed by 2013. 4 Israel's Ministry for National Infrastructures issued a tender in early 2008 for 250 megawatts of CSP. Source: Compiled by Jonathan G. Dorn, Earth Policy Institute, June 2008. References available upon request.       Link back to Plan B Update text

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