ABB taps the Sun's energy

February 2009 News

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 1248 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 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 metres, equivalent in size to around 70 soccer fields.

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