Andasol solar power station

Andasol consists of three projects: Andasol-1(NREL) [http://www.nrel.gov/csp/solarpaces/project_detail.cfm/projectID=3 Andasol-1] (completed 2008), Andasol-2(NREL) [http://www.nrel.gov/csp/solarpaces/project_detail.cfm/projectID=4 Andasol-2] (completed 2009) and Andasol-3(NREL) [http://www.nrel.gov/csp/solarpaces/project_detail.cfm/projectID=117 Andasol-3] (completed 2011). Each project generates approximately 165 GW-h each per year (a total of 495 GW-h for all three combined), with a gross electricity output of 50 MW_e and 49.9 MW_e net. This gives the plant a combined power output of 150 MW_e. The collectors installed have a combined surface area of 51 hectares; it occupies about 200 ha of land. Andasol is the first parabolic trough power plant in Europe. Because of the high altitude (1,100 m) and the semi-arid climate, the site has exceptionally high annual direct insolation of 2,200 kWh/m² per year.

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Andasol has a thermal storage system which absorbs part of the heat produced in the solar field during the day. This heat is then stored in a molten salt mixture of 60% sodium nitrate and 40% potassium nitrate. This process almost doubles the number of operational hours at the solar thermal power plant per year. Each unit fully loaded storage system holds 1,010 MW·h_t of heat, enough to run the turbine and produce electricity for about 7.5 hours at full-load, in case of overcast skies or after sunset. The heat reservoirs each consist of two tanks measuring 14 m in height and 36 m in diameter and containing molten salt. Andasol 1 is able to supply environmentally friendly solar electricity for up to 200,000 people.

{{cite news

| url= http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2008/11/andasol-1-goes-into-operation-54019

| title= Andasol 1 Goes Into Operation

| date= 2008-11-06

| publisher= RenewableEnergyWorld.com

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{{cite web

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|title=Andasol: The World's Largest Solar Thermal Power Plant Project Development in Andalucia (Spain)

|publisher=Solar Millennium

|access-date=2009-02-21

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The total cost of building the three projects was estimated at €900 million.{{Cite web|url=http://www.power-technology.com/projects/andasolsolarpower/|title = The Andasol Solar Power Station Project}}{{Cite web |title=Andasol Solar Power Station, Andalusia - Renewable Technology |url=https://www.renewable-technology.com/projects/andasol-solar-power-station-andalusia/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222205925/https://www.renewable-technology.com/projects/andasol-solar-power-station-andalusia/ |archive-date=2022-12-22 |access-date=2023-11-15 |website=www.renewable-technology.com}}

Andasol 1 cost around €300 million (US$380 million) to build.{{cite web

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| url-status= dead

| archive-date= December 17, 2012

| title= How to Use Solar Energy at Night

| last= Biello

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}} Thermal energy storage costs roughly US$50 per kWh of capacity (150 lbs of salt per kWh at a storage temperature of 400 °C), according to Greg Glatzmaier of the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), totaling about 13% of Andasol's initial cost.

The developers say Andasol's electricity will cost €0.271 per kilowatt-hour (kW·h) to produce.

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Under current government policy in Spain, solar-thermal electricity will receive a feed-in tariff of just under €0.27/kW·h for the next 25 years.

Like every power plant with a thermal engine, cooling is needed for the working fluid. As Andasol is built in the warm middle of the south of Spain, every Andasol unit vaporizes {{Convert|870,000|m3|cuyd}} water per year (according to the developer), or 5 L/kWh (1.3 USgal/kWh). Most power plants vaporize less water (typically less than 2.5 L/kWh), or close to none if they are cooled by river or sea water.{{Cite web |url=http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/cooling_power_plants_inf121.html |title=Cooling power plants |access-date=2012-06-22 |archive-date=2013-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130224043325/http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/cooling_power_plants_inf121.html |url-status=dead }}[http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy04osti/33905.pdf Consumptive Water Use for U.S. Power Production] Although water supply is generally a problem in Spain, Andasol has ample supply due to its location near the Sierra Nevada mountain range.

The developer of the Andasol 1 and Andasol 2 plants are Solar Millennium (25%) and ACS Cobra (75%). After planning, engineering and construction Solar Millennium sold their shares to ACS Group.

In 2017, the two international funds, Antin Infrastructure Partners and Deutsche Asset Management's infrastructure investment business, and the Spanish construction company Cobra Sistemas y Redes, sold full ownership to Cubico Sustainable Investments Limited.

In 2018, the ICSID – the World Bank's International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes – issued a ruling that required Spain to pay €112 million to Antin Infrastructure Partners, which had claimed €218 million over the cuts to renewable energies subsidies in 2010.{{cite web |url=https://www.granadahoy.com/granada/Espana-indemnizara-millones-Antin-granadinas_0_1256574565.html

|title=España indemnizará con 112 millones a Antin por dos plantas solares granadinas

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|first=E.

|date=21 June 2018

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|publisher=Joly Digital

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Andasol 3 is developed by the consortium of Solar Millennium and MAN Ferrostaal. Marquesado Solar SL is the investor consortium which is going to commission and operate Andasol 3. Shareholders of Marquesado Solar SL are:

• Stadtwerke München (48.9%)
• MAN Ferrostaal AG (26%)
• Innogy & RheinEnergie AG (25.1%)

{{cite news

| url= http://www.power-eng.com/articles/2009/07/andasol-3-solar-thermal-project-attracts-utility-investors.html

| title= Andasol 3 solar thermal project attracts utility investors

| date= 2009-06-10

| publisher= PennWell Corporation

| work = Power Engineering

| access-date= 2009-08-01}}

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|publisher=Solar Millennium AG

|access-date=2009-02-21

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|title = Andasol 1 & 2

|date = 8 March 2007

|work = NREL Trough Technology Workshop

|publisher = SENER Ingenieríay Sistemas, S.A.; U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

|access-date = 2009-02-21

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