List of solar thermal power stations

The PS10 solar thermal power station.

This is a list of the largest facilities generating electricity through the use of solar thermal power, specifically concentrated solar power.

Operational

Solar thermal power stations

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  Part of the 354 MW SEGS solar complex in San Bernardino, California, United States.
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  The PS10 and PS20 solar power plant near Seville, in Andalusia, Spain.
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  The Ivanpah solar project in San Bernardino, California, United States.
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  The Andasol Solar Power Station, Spain, uses a molten salt thermal energy storage to generate electricity, even when the sun isn't shining.
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  Parts of the Solnova Solar Power Station in the foreground. The two towers of the PS10 and PS20 solar power stations can be seen in the background.

Under construction

Announced

Cancelled

Decommissioned

• Eurelios pilot plant, a 1 MW, power tower design in Adrano, Sicily, operational 1981–1987^[135]
• Solar One pilot plant, operational 1982–1986; converted into Solar Two, operational 1995–1999; site demolished 2009 – USA California, 10 MW, power tower design
• SES-5 – USSR, 5 MW, power tower design, water / Steam, service period 1985–1989^[136]
• Maricopa Solar – USA Peoria, Arizona, 1.5 MW dish stirling SES / Tessera Solar's first commercial-scale Dish Stirling power plant. Completed January 2010,^[137] decommissioned September 2011 and sold to CondiSys Solar Technology of China in April 2012.^[138][139]

Largest plants by technology

See also

• Renewable energy portal
• Energy portal

• Concentrated solar power
• List of concentrating solar thermal power companies
• List of energy storage projects
• List of large wind farms
• List of largest power stations in the world
• List of photovoltaic power stations
• Plataforma Solar de Almería
• Renewable energy commercialization
• Renewable energy industry
• Solar power by country
• Solar power in China
• Solar power plants in the Mojave Desert
• Solar thermal energy
• Solar Turbine Plants

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Further reading

• Clean Tech Nation: How the U.S. Can Lead in the New Global Economy (2012) by Ron Pernick and Clint Wilder
• Deploying Renewables 2011 (2011) by the International Energy Agency
• Reinventing Fire: Bold Business Solutions for the New Energy Era (2011) by Amory Lovins
• Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation (2011) by the IPCC
• Solar Energy Perspectives (2011) by the International Energy Agency
• Energy Transition in Metropolises, Rural Areas and Deserts (2020) by Wiley

External links

• CSP World
• CSP plants and projects plotted on Google Earth
• National Renewable Energy Laboratories list of US Solar Trough Plants