List of Solar Thermal Power Plants

This is a list of solar thermal power plants. These include the 354 megawatt (MW) Solar Energy Generating Systems power plant in the USA, Nevada Solar One (USA, 64 MW), Andasol solar power station (Spain, 100 MW), PS20 solar power tower (Spain, 20 MW), and the PS10 solar power tower (Spain, 11 MW).

The solar thermal power industry is growing rapidly with 1.2 GW under construction as of April 2009 and another 13.9 GW announced globally through 2014. Spain is the epicenter of solar thermal power development with 22 projects for 1,037 MW under construction, all of which are projected to come online by the end of 2010. In the United States, 5,600 MW of solar thermal power projects have been announced. In developing countries, three World Bank projects for integrated solar thermal/combined-cycle gas-turbine power plants in Egypt, Mexico, and Morocco have been approved.

CAPACIT Y (MW)	TECHNOLOGY TYPE	NAME	COUNTRY	LOCATION	NOTES
736.15	-	Overall operational capacity	-	-	-
354	parabolic trough	Solar Energy Generating Systems	$Description: C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\Size Reduced assets\Size reduced\Powerplant Engg\assets\thermal_power_plant\7_files\image002.webp$ USA	Mojave Desert California	Collection of 9 units
100	parabolic trough	Andasol solar power station	$Description: C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\Size Reduced assets\Size reduced\Powerplant Engg\assets\thermal_power_plant\7_files\image004.webp$ Spain	Granada	Andasol 1 completed, 2008 Andasol 2 completed, 2009
64	parabolic trough	Nevada Solar One	$Description: C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\Size Reduced assets\Size reduced\Powerplant Engg\assets\thermal_power_plant\7_files\image002.webp$ USA	Boulder City, Nevada
50	parabolic trough	Puertollano Photovoltaic Park	$Description: C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\Size Reduced assets\Size reduced\Powerplant Engg\assets\thermal_power_plant\7_files\image004.webp$ Spain	Puertollano, Ciudad Real	Completed May 2009
50	parabolic trough	Alvarado I	$Description: C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\Size Reduced assets\Size reduced\Powerplant Engg\assets\thermal_power_plant\7_files\image004.webp$ Spain	Badajoz	Completed July 2009
50	parabolic trough	Extresol 1	$Description: C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\Size Reduced assets\Size reduced\Powerplant Engg\assets\thermal_power_plant\7_files\image004.webp$ Spain	Torre de Miguel Sesmero (Badajoz)	Completed February 2010
50	parabolic trough	Solnova	$Description: C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\Size Reduced assets\Size reduced\Powerplant Engg\assets\thermal_power_plant\7_files\image004.webp$ Spain	Seville
20	solar power tower	PS20 solar power tower	$Description: C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\Size Reduced assets\Size reduced\Powerplant Engg\assets\thermal_power_plant\7_files\image004.webp$ Spain	Seville	Completed April 2009
17	parabolic trough	Yazd integrated solar combined cycle power station	$Description: C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\Size Reduced assets\Size reduced\Powerplant Engg\assets\thermal_power_plant\7_files\image006.webp$ Iran	Yazd	World's first solar combined cycle power plant
11	solar power tower	PS10 solar power tower	$Description: C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\Size Reduced assets\Size reduced\Powerplant Engg\assets\thermal_power_plant\7_files\image004.webp$ Spain	Seville	World's first commercial solar tower
5	fresnel reflector	Kimberlina Solar Thermal Energy Plant	$Description: C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\Size Reduced assets\Size reduced\Powerplant Engg\assets\thermal_power_plant\7_files\image002.webp$ USA	Bakersfield, California	Ausra demonstration plant
5	solar power tower	Sierra SunTower	$Description: C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\Size Reduced assets\Size reduced\Powerplant Engg\assets\thermal_power_plant\7_files\image002.webp$ USA	Lancaster, $Description: C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\Size Reduced assets\Size reduced\Powerplant Engg\assets\thermal_power_plant\7_files\image008.webp$ California	eSolar commercial power plant, North America's only operating solar tower, completed August 2009
2	fresnel reflector	Liddell Power Station Solar Steam Generator	$Description: C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\Size Reduced assets\Size reduced\Powerplant Engg\assets\thermal_power_plant\7_files\image010.webp$ Australia	New South Wales	electrical equivalent steam boost for coal station
2	parabolic trough	Keahole Solar Power	$Description: C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\Size Reduced assets\Size reduced\Powerplant Engg\assets\thermal_power_plant\7_files\image002.webp$ USA	Hawaii
1.5	dish stirling	Maricopa Solar	$Description: C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\Size Reduced assets\Size reduced\Powerplant Engg\assets\thermal_power_plant\7_files\image002.webp$ USA	Peoria, Arizona	Stirling Energy Systems / Tessera Solar's first commercial-scale Dish Stirling power plant. Completed January 2010
1.5	solar power tower	Jülich Solar Tower	$Description: C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\Size Reduced assets\Size reduced\Powerplant Engg\assets\thermal_power_plant\7_files\image012.webp$ Germany	Jülich	Completed December 2008
1.4	solar power tower	THEMIS Solar Power Tower	$Description: C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\Size Reduced assets\Size reduced\Powerplant Engg\assets\thermal_power_plant\7_files\image014.webp$ France	Pyrénées-Orientales	Hybrid solar/gas electric power, using solar energy to heat the air entering a gas turbine
1.4	fresnel reflector	Puerto Errado 1	$Description: C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\Size Reduced assets\Size reduced\Powerplant Engg\assets\thermal_power_plant\7_files\image004.webp$ Spain	Murcia	Completed April 2009
1	parabolic trough	Saguaro Solar Power Station	$Description: C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\Size Reduced assets\Size reduced\Powerplant Engg\assets\thermal_power_plant\7_files\image002.webp$ USA	Red Rock $Description: C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\Size Reduced assets\Size reduced\Powerplant Engg\assets\thermal_power_plant\7_files\image016.webp$ Arizona
0.25	CSP	Shiraz solar power plant	$Description: C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\Size Reduced assets\Size reduced\Powerplant Engg\assets\thermal_power_plant\7_files\image006.webp$ Iran	Shiraz	Iran's first solar power plant

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Thermal Power Plant Efficiency

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