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Concentrated Solar Power

Turboden units allow to convert the heat collected by solar collectors into electricity through an efficient thermodynamic cycle. Concentrated Solar Power systems with the ORC technology of Turboden can be cost-effective in the range up to 20 MW electric per single shaft.

5

plants*

7.5

MWe total

2014

first plant delivered

*2 plants are under construction

CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER PLANT

Concentrated solar power plant
Concentrated solar power plant
  • Capability to adapt to load variation easily and quickly
  • Ease of integration with biomass or heat recovery plants
  • Partial load operation down to 10% of the nominal load
  • Direct air condensation. No water consumption
  • Possibility to couple to low cost/medium scale solar collectors

TYPICAL SOLUTIONS

ORC size location customer status notes
0.1 MWe Lecce, Italy Research project off Electric power production
0.6 MWe Ottana, Italy ENAS (Ente Acque della Sardegna) In operation since 2017 Electric power production from solar thermal energy (linear Fresnel collectors)
1 MWe Melilli (SR), Italy Archimede S.r.l. Under construction Electric power production from solar thermal energy (parabolic trough collectors)
2 MWe Ait Baha, Morocco Italcementi Group In operation since June 2014 Electric power production from solar thermal energy (parabolic trough collectors) and waste heat from cement production process (hybrid plant)
3.8 MWe Brønderslev, Denmark Brønderslev Forsyning Under construction Electric power and heat production from solar thermal energy (parabolic trough collectors) and biomass combustion (hybrid plant)



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