Arizona is building the largest solar power plant on Earth

The Spanish company. Abengoa Solar. and its daughter company of the same name in the United States intends to open in 2011 in Arizona solar power plant with a rated capacity of 280 megawatts, which will provide a current 70,000 homes.

Abengoa. long been working in the field of alternative energy, and develops a number of countries as projects to build solar power plants based on photovoltaic panels and mirrors on the basis of the Hub, warming up water or other coolant to drive the turbine, rotating generators (or for heating ).


just. Abengoa. opened in Spain. the world's first commercial power plant such as ' solar tower '. and continues on the same site construction of the second tower and a host of other converters of sunlight.


However, the American project of the company, known as. Solana. (' sunny place ', ' sun ' in Spanish), is not based on a high tower, which runs the entire field of mirrors, and on the set of straight rows of reflectors ( the so-called parabolic troughs ) along which (in their focus) are pipes . It will heat up to 390 degrees and used in turn as a source of energy for steam turbines.


The project also provides for the accumulation of the station to bring the heat generators in place, and after sunset, and - Compensation consumption peaks during the day.

mirrors. Solana. be located near the town of Bend Gil (Gila Bend) at the site in 1900 acres, and the station will serve all 85 people.

As stated in the. press release. companies over the next 30 years. Solana. generate electricity for a total of $ 4 billion ( in current prices), which will allow the station to recoup its construction.


Power generated and forwarded it to consumers to buy the company. Arizona Public Service. If this superustanovka earned today, she would become the largest solar power plant in the world, but the situation will be in 2011? . Solana. there are a number of ' family ' - the competition for the prestigious title of ' most-most ', which are in development stage.

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