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Zero Carbon Eurotrip

A snapshot of countries already making steps towards a zero-carbon, electrified & renewable future

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Concentrated Solar Thermal

Parabolic Troughs Power Towers

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(52 Kilowatts)

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SEGS Plants354MW in Mohave Desert, California, since 1984

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Power Towers & Heliostat Field

(Concentration Ratio ~ 1500)

Siemens Abengoa PS10

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Solar Two – 1996 - 1999Run by the U.S. DoE, Sandia National Laboratories, Lockheed Martin,Bechtel, Boeing10MW turbine molten salt storage

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Baseload Solar Thermal Power

Andasol 1,2, Extresol 1, SAMCA 1, Spain, operating now, 7.5 hours energy storage

Torresol Gemasolar Spain, on line 2010, 15 hours energy storage

24 hour Dispatchable Power

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SolarPACES Highlights

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Desertec Industrial Initiative – from vision to reality

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Desertec Industrial Initiative – from vision to reality

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What’s happening in Spain? Access to the grid request of STE projects by Oct 2009 15.561 MW

2440 MW by 2013

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Solar thermal trough plants- Spain’s largest construction company- Majority shareholder of Leighton Holdings, Australia’s largest construction company

Project Pipeline50MW trough, 7.5 hrs storage

OperationalAndasol 1Andasol 2Extresol 1

Construction/developmentAndasol 3Manchasol 1Manchasol 2Extresol 2

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Learning from experience-EuroTrough vs SENER Trough

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Learning from experience-EuroTrough vs SENER Trough

Euro Trough- 20 troughs per team per day

SENER Trough-80 troughs per team per day-25% saving on total project capital cost

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Manchasol-1

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Manchasol-1

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Manchasol-1

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Torresol - Gemasolar

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Torresol - Gemasolar

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Torresol - Gemasolar

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Torresol - Gemasolar

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Torresol - Gemasolar

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50MW – Spain100MW – Nevada150MW – California

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Moving to Molten Salt Towers

eSolar Abengoa

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Solucar Platform

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Fast Rail

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Fast Rail

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