Solar One Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Plant, Nevada, USA
Key Data:
Groundbreaking
February 2006
Start of operation
June 2007
Output
64MW
Plant type
Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant
Location
Eldorado Valley, near Boulder City (south of Las Vegas)
Area
140 hectares of desert in Nevada, US
Estimated investment
$262m
Employment
Up to 850 people (average 400) in construction, 28 full-time staff
Key Players:
Main construction contractor
EPC
Plant developer/operator
Acciona/Solargenix Energy
Parabolic trough collectors
Solargenix SGX-1 (organic hubbing structure developed by Gossamer Spaceframes)
Backup UVAC receivers
Solel
Mirrors
Flabeg
Aluminium tracking frames for mirrors
Hydro (Phoenix, Arizona)
Vacuum tube receivers
Schott
Utility
Nevada Power
Plant Details:
Collectors
Solargenix SGX-1parabolic trough collectors
Turbine
75MW Siemens reheat steam turbine
Fuel
Solar
