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- Client: KATHU SOLAR PARK Ltd
- Country: South Africa
- Contract type: EPC
- Start date: 2015
- Ending date: 2018
Parabolic trough plant Kathu, South Africa.
Kathu is a 100 MWe thermosolar plant with 250 loops using SENERtrough®-2 parabolic troughs designed and patented by SENER and with a thermal storage capacity of 1.550 MWth, thanks to the use of molten salt storage system.
- Project data:
- Technology: Parabolic trough collector, SENERtrough®-2.
- Generation capacity: 100 MWe net power.
- Thermal storage capacity: 1,550 MWth.
- Thermal storage capacity (equivalent hours of turbine operation): 4.5 h.
- Number of loops: 250.
- Surface area of the solar field: 400 ha.
- Total reflective area: 1,047,000 m2.
- Heat transfer fluid: HTF.
- Main cooling method: Air cooled condenser.
- Contract type. EPC.
- Electricity delivery to 90,000 household.
- CO2 emission savings: 95,000 tons/year.
- Consortium: SENER & Acciona.
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