Applications
Power Tower Systems
A power tower converts sunshine into clean electricity for the world’s electricity grids. The technology utilizes many large, sun-tracking mirrors (heliostats) to focus sunlight on a receiver at the top of a tower. A heat transfer fluid heated in the receiver is used to generate steam, which, in turn, is used in a conventional turbine-generator to produce electricity.
For Example：
For Example：
**Ivanpah Power Tower Plant in USA；
Feature: the largest solar power plant in the world.
Turbine Capacity：392MW (consists of three plants: 133MW, 133MW, 126MW)
Start Year：2014
Feature: the largest solar power plant in the world.
Turbine Capacity：392MW (consists of three plants: 133MW, 133MW, 126MW)
**The Power tower plant in Delingha, China
Feature: The first commercial-scale CSP project in China
Turbine Capacity: 10MW
Start Year: 2013
**Gemasolar in Andalusia, Spain
Feature: Gemasolar is the first commercial-scale plant in the world to apply central tower receiver and molten salt heat storage technology.
The relevance of this plant lies in its technological uniqueness, since it opens up the way for new thermo solar electrical
generation technology. The notable increase in the plant's power efficiency guarantees electrical production for 6,500 hours
a year, 1.5 to 3 times more than other renewable energies. The plant will thus supply clean, safe power to 25,000 homes and
reduce atmospheric CO2 emissions by more than 30,000 tons a year.
Turbine Capacity: 19.9MW
Start Year: 2010
**Planta Solar 10 and Planta Solar 20 in Andalusia, Spain
Feature: It is the first commercial-scale solar power tower plant in Europe.
Turbine Capacity: 31MW
Start Year: 2007
Turbine Capacity: 31MW
Start Year: 2007