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  2. Andasol solar power station - Wikipedia

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    The Andasol solar power station is a 150-megawatt (MW) concentrated solar power station and Europe's first commercial plant to use parabolic troughs. It is located near Guadix in Andalusia , Spain , and its name is a portmanteau of Anda lusia and Sol (Sun in Spanish).

  3. List of solar thermal power stations - Wikipedia

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    The PS10 and PS20 solar power plant near Seville, in Andalusia, Spain. The Ivanpah solar project in San Bernardino , California, United States. The Andasol Solar Power Station , Spain, uses a molten salt thermal energy storage to generate electricity, even when the sun isn't shining.

  4. Solar power in Spain - Wikipedia

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    The 150 MW Andasol solar power station is a commercial parabolic trough solar thermal power plant, located in Spain. The Andasol plant uses tanks of molten salt to store solar energy so that it can continue generating electricity even when the sun isn't shining. [12]

  5. PS10 solar power plant - Wikipedia

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    The PS10 Solar Power Plant (Spanish: Planta Solar 10), is the world's first commercial concentrating solar power tower operating near Seville, in Andalusia, Spain.The 11 megawatt (MW) solar power tower produces electricity with 624 large movable mirrors called heliostats. [2]

  6. List of energy storage power plants - Wikipedia

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    The 150 MW Andasol solar power station is a commercial parabolic trough solar thermal power plant, located in Spain.The Andasol plant uses tanks of molten salt to store captured solar energy so that it can continue generating electricity when the sun is not shining.

  7. Electricity sector in Spain - Wikipedia

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    Andasol is the first parabolic trough power plant in Europe, and Andasol 1 went online in March 2009. Because of the high altitude (1,100 m) and the semi-arid climate, the site has exceptionally high annual direct insolation of 2,200 kWh/m 2 per year.

  8. Category:Solar power stations in Spain - Wikipedia

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    Photovoltaic power stations in Spain (20 P) ... Andasol solar power station; E. Extresol Solar Power Station; G. Gemasolar Thermosolar Plant; P. PS10 solar power plant;

  9. Concentrated solar power - Wikipedia

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    Andasol Solar Power Station in Spain In 2008, Spain launched the first commercial scale CSP market in Europe. Until 2012, solar-thermal electricity generation was initially eligible for feed-in tariff payments (art. 2 RD 661/2007) – leading to the creation of the largest CSP fleet in the world which at 2.3 GW of installed capacity contributes ...