During the presentation, representatives of the company will compare and contrast capacity expectations and reliability forecasts to see how a similar plant could perform in India.
“I am really pleased to be able to add such an experienced project developer to the agenda for the CSP India Summit”, said event organizer Jack Ahearne. “Getting the opportunity to hear actual experience from an operational CSP plant will provide critical lessons for the Indian CSP community, lessons that I hope can help power existing projects forward”.
The Gemasolar thermosolar project became the first commercial-scale plant in the world to apply central tower receiver and molten salt heat storage technology.
The ground-breaking nature of the plant lies in its technological uniqueness with up to 15 hours of thermal storage and operational temperatures above 500°C, that lead to Gemasolar becoming the first CSP plant to operate successfully for a full 24 hours.
In addition to Gemasolar, Torresol Energy is the developer of Valle I & II in the Cádiz province of Spain, two plants that use parabolic collector technology and have an annual output of 170 GWh.
As part of the company’s presentation, Santiago Arias, Torresol Energy’s Operations Director, will be discussing critical lessons learned from those two projects as well.
From the geographical perspective India is one of the most exciting emerging markets for CSP and with parabolic trough technology being the dominant choice for existing projects; Torresol Energy will highlight the advantages of using central tower receivers in this region.
Arias will demonstrate how effective design, engineering and construction strategies led to streamlined construction and reduced costs, to show how Indian developers can learn from these lessons to optimize current projects in India, Ahearne said.
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