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SENER and Torresol Energy win U.S. CSP Today awards
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SENER and Torresol Energy win U.S. CSP Today awards
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ENER, THE technology group formed by the engineering and construction firm SENER and Torresol Energy (the company leader in CSP) in a joint venture between SENER and Masdar, the future energy company of Abu Dhabi, has won the U.S. CSP Today award in the category of Engineering Firm of the Year. Torresol also won in the Commercialised Technology Innovation of the Year category. SENER and Torresol were recognised due to innovations developed at Gemasolar, the first commercial CSP plant in the world to use central tower technology with a molten salt
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receiver and thermal storage system. Gemasolar is located in Fuentes de Andalucía, Seville, Spain. With 19.9 MW of power, was commissioned in May 2011. Gemasolar’s state-of-the-art technology of thermal handing over of molten salts allows avoidance of fluctuations in the energy supply, thanks to a system able to produce electricity for 15 hours without solar radiation. This system allows electricity generation 24 hours a day during many months, at night or even when daytime radiation is weak, the company reports.
SENER has been responsible for providing technology and engineering detail design and for leading the EPC and commissioning works of the plant. The technology carried out by SENER at Gemasolar includes innovative solutions such as the thermal storage system in molten salts and the central tower receiver. SENER currently has a portfolio of 20 projects for clients in Spain and the rest of the world. SENER’s innovations efforts, both in the central tower receiver and in paraboliccylinder technologies, aim to reduce the electricity generation cost of CSP plants.
SENER and Torresol Energy win U.S. CSP Today awards
S
ENER, THE technology group formed by the engineering and construction firm SENER and Torresol Energy (the company leader in CSP) in a joint venture between SENER and Masdar, the future energy company of Abu Dhabi, has won the U.S. CSP Today award in the category of Engineering Firm of the Year. Torresol also won in the Commercialised Technology Innovation of the Year category. SENER and Torresol were recognised due to innovations developed at Gemasolar, the first commercial CSP plant in the world to use central tower technology with a molten salt
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July/August 2011 | Renewable Energy Focus
receiver and thermal storage system. Gemasolar is located in Fuentes de Andalucía, Seville, Spain. With 19.9 MW of power, was commissioned in May 2011. Gemasolar’s state-of-the-art technology of thermal handing over of molten salts allows avoidance of fluctuations in the energy supply, thanks to a system able to produce electricity for 15 hours without solar radiation. This system allows electricity generation 24 hours a day during many months, at night or even when daytime radiation is weak, the company reports.
SENER has been responsible for providing technology and engineering detail design and for leading the EPC and commissioning works of the plant. The technology carried out by SENER at Gemasolar includes innovative solutions such as the thermal storage system in molten salts and the central tower receiver. SENER currently has a portfolio of 20 projects for clients in Spain and the rest of the world. SENER’s innovations efforts, both in the central tower receiver and in paraboliccylinder technologies, aim to reduce the electricity generation cost of CSP plants.