Foster Wheeler for solar power project in Spain
16 Jun 2010
London – Foster Wheeler is to design, supply and provide site advisory services for two sets of solar steam generators (preheaters, kettle type evaporators, superheaters and reheaters) as well as low pressure and high pressure feedwater heaters. The contract was awarded by the project’s EPC contractor, a joint venture created bycloser integration of safety and security in control systems.
The equipment will be integrated into the Valle 1 & Valle 2 Solar Thermal Power Plants, located in San José del Valle (Cadiz, Spain). The plants, which are owned by Torresol Energy, a company created by the Spanish SENER (60%) and the Abu Dhabi-based company Masdar (40%), will have an installed power capacity of 50 MWe each. Equipment delivery is scheduled for Q1/11.
The plants will use SENER’s concentrated parabolic trough technology (SENERtrough) and will have energy storage by means of molten salt tanks that is designed to provide up to seven (7) hours of plant operation without sun radiation. The plants are expected to operate approximately 3,500 hours/year, with the potential to eliminate 95,000 tons/year of CO2 emissions.
