| Termosolar Borges | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Official name | Borges Termosolar |
| Country | Spain |
| Location | Les Borges Blanques, Lleida |
| Coordinates | 41°31′41″N 0°48′22″E / 41.528°N 0.806°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | March 2011 |
| Commission date | December 2012 |
| Construction cost | €153 million |
| Owners | Abantia Group (47.5%) COMSA RENOVABLES (47.5%) Institut Català d’Energia (5%)[1] |
| Solar farm | |
| Type | CSP |
| CSP technology | Parabolic trough |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Biomass |
| Secondary fuel | Natural gas |
| Site area | 39 hectares (96 acres) |
| Thermal capacity | 58 MWth solar 102 MWth all |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 2688 |
| Make and model | MAN SE |
| Nameplate capacity | 22.5 MW |
| Annual net output | 98 GW·h |
Termosolar Borges (also known as Borges Termosolar) is a hybrid biomass-parabolic trough solar thermal power plant which provides electricity to Spain's transmission system. It is located about 100 kilometres (62 mi) west of Barcelona, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) south-east of Lleida, near Les Borges Blanques, Catalonia, Spain.
The plant is the northernmost concentrated solar plant built in Spain.[2]
Construction has started February 2011 and the power plant was brought into operation in December 2012.[3] and required between 150 and 450 people depending on the phase of creation.[4] On a commercial scale, the plant is the first of its type: a solar parabolic trough plant with two biomass burners that integrate the solar production. The facility was developed by Abantia Group and COMSA EMTE. Owner is Borges Blanques, an Abantia Group (47.5%), COMSA RENOVABLES (47.5%) and Institut Català d’Energia (5%) joint venture.[1] The facility is a €153 million investment. The plant employs 40 people in the operations and about 50 indirect jobs are engaged in the extraction and transport of biomass, over its 25-year lifetime.
The plant net power output is 22.5 megawatts (MW).[5]
The facility combines solar power generation with biomass-fired power generation in a system that allows for continuous electrical production of renewable energy 24/7, even when the sun isn’t shining. The plant peak capacity of 22.5 MWe is obtained when there is sufficient solar power. At night, when only the biomass power is available, the plant power capacity is 12 MWe.
The facility is located on a 70 hectares (173 acres) site.
- ^ a b "Inauguración oficial de la central híbrida termosolar-biomasa de Les Borges". Energías Renovables. 2 September 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ^ "World's first hybrid CSP-Biomass plant comes on-line". CSP World. 13 December 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ^ "World's first hybrid CSP-Biomass plant comes on-line". CSP Today. 2 January 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ^ "Inaugurated in Lleida the first plant of the world that combines solar power and biomass". Interempresas.net. 31 July 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ^ Morell, David (2012). "CSP BORGES The World's First CSP plant hybridized with biomass". CSP Today. FC Business Intelligence Limited.