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The Puertollano Solar Thermal Power Plant is a 50-megawatt (MW) concentrated solar thermal power station using parabolic trough, located near Puertollano in the Province of Ciudad Real, Spain. It is owned 90% by Iberdrola and 10% by IDEA. It uses 352 parabolic-cylinder collectors, with 120,000 parabolic mirrors and 13,000 absorber tubes.[1]
Three additional sections are planned for operation beginning in 2013, Puertollano 2, 72 MW,[2] Puertollano 3, 12.4 MW,[3] and Puertollano 4, 50 MW.[4]
See also
- List of solar thermal power stations
- Renewable energy in the European Union
- Solar power in Spain
- Solar thermal energy
- Wind power in Spain
References
- ^ "Quarterly Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-15. Retrieved 2012-04-20.
- ^ Puertollano 2 Archived 2012-04-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Puertollano 3 Archived 2012-04-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Puertollano 4 Archived 2012-04-22 at the Wayback Machine
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