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ABB to automate solar thermal power plant

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  December 16, 2008 - ABB is supplying a comprehensive power and automation solution for one of the world’s largest s

  December 16, 2008 - ABB is supplying a comprehensive power and automation solution for one of the world’s largest solar thermal power plants – a solution that includes uniquely accurate control equipment to enable the 1,248 parabolic troughs to capture maximum energy from the sun.

  The solution encompasses an extensive array of power and automation products and systems for the 100-megawatt (MW) Extresol 1 and 2 solar thermal power plant and solar collector field in Extremadura, western Spain.

  Extresol 1 and 2 will each produce 50 MW of electricity from a vast solar field of parabolic trough collectors covering more than 510,000 square meters, equivalent in size to around 70 soccer fields.

  ABB’s delivery for the project includes AC500 PLCs (programmable logic controllers) to control the parabolic trough collectors, System 800xA Extended Automation to provide power plant control and information integration, as well as other power and automation equipment.

  Clean power for 60,000 homes

  Together, both power plants will generate enough electricity to provide 60,000 Spanish homes with clean energy and avoid 298,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions a year. Extresol 1 is scheduled to start operation at the end of 2009 and Extresol 2 six months later.

  Along with the 100-MW Andasol 1 and 2 solar thermal power project in neighboring Andalusia, Spain – for which ABB has also supplied an extensive power and automation solution – Extresol is one of the largest solar energy projects in the world. Both projects are jointly owned by Sener and Cobra, two Spanish engineering and construction companies.

  ABB’s comprehensive scope of supply to Extresol includes System 800xA to control the power plant, integrate plant systems and collect information from the field; AC500 PLCs to control the parabolic trough collectors, as well as instrumentation, motors, drives and low voltage products, and substation power equipment for delivering the energy safely and reliably to the national power grid.

  Advanced positioning

  The solution includes AC500 PLCs equipped with an advanced solar positioning algorithm especially developed by ABB for parabolic trough collectors and solar trackers. The algorithm enables the collectors to follow the passage of the sun to within 0.03 degrees of error, thereby absorbing the maximum amount of energy at all times.

  Each of the 1,248 collectors is equipped with an AC500 PLC. Besides their outstanding accuracy, the PLCs are certified to withstand the demanding operating conditions of extreme heat during the day and low temperatures at night.

  High-efficiency power generation

  Parabolic trough collectors are the most efficient and widely used method for large-scale solar thermal power generation. The collectors are parabolic mirrors that reflect and concentrate the sunlight onto tubes containing heat transfer fluid. The fluid is then used to heat steam in a turbine to generate electric power.

  ABB has played a leading role in the development of solar concentration and parabolic trough technology since the 1990s when it developed a distributed control system for the world’s first test facility on behalf of the International Energy Agency at the Plataforma Solar de Almería (PSA) in Spain. The PSA is Europe’s leading test facility for solar concentration technologies.

  ABB is a leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve performance while lowering environmental impact. The ABB Group of companies operates in around 100 countries and employs about 120,000 people.

 
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