Spanish company Abengoa announced it has finished its tests on a 20-Megawatt Solar-Power Tower in Sevilla, and started the commercial operations today.
The PS-20, located in the Solúcar platform, can serve more than 10.000 homes with its 20-megawatt power, and save us almost 12.000 tonnes of CO2.
With a height of 160 meters and 1,255 mirrored heliostats the PS20 is an impressive technology plant. Each heliostat, with its 120 square meters reflect the solar radiaction coming from the tower producing them vapor that will then generate electricity. The whole platform is developed by Abengoa Solar.
Spain is now a 3,000 megawatts ”solar country”, aiming very fast to become the largest in the world: Germany has 4,000. Abengoa already has a 10 megawatts solar power tower in service and plans another 20 megawatt plant as part of the Solúcar platform, which is expected to produce 300 megawatts by 2013 covering the needs of more than half a million people.
Abedonga is based in Barcelona Spain, with an office in San Francisco, and has a market capitalization of €1100,11 millon.
Wow this is just amazing what an achievement they have to be so proud, and Spain being such a small country, and taking over from Germany, well done to them can’t wait to hear of their other achievements.
This is one the most impressive sights in Europe. If only neighbouring Countries like Portugal would open their doors to Solar Power we would all benefit from free energy and not just the big players !!!
Well done Spain and Abengoa
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I predict this will be the future. There’s no enviromental hazards, no waste and it won’t run out of energy within the next thousand years. Why can’t countries go together and build this together?
I recently saw a docu on Discovery where they talked about Sevilla and that they they have a´ 20 year plan (if I remember correctly) to be totally energy independent. This is a first step, i think they where planning 2 more. Model city if you ask me…