Andasol Solar Power Station
Andasol Solar Power Station
Country	Spain
Location	near Guadix, Granada
Coordinates	37°13′42.70″N 3°4′6.73″W / 37.2285278°N 3.0685361°W / 37.2285278; -3.0685361
Status	Operational
Commission date	2009
Owner(s)	Cubico Sustainable Investments (Andasol 1&2)[1] Stadtwerke München MAN Ferrostaal Innogy
Solar farm
Type	CSP
CSP technology	Parabolic trough
Site resource	2,136 kWh/m2/yr
Site area	600 hectares (1,483 acres)
Power generation
Nameplate capacity	149.7 MW
Capacity factor	37.7%[2]
Annual net output	495 GWh[3]
Storage capacity	1,123 MW·he
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Andasol Solar Power Station is a large solar thermal power plant, near Guadix in Andalusia, in the province of Granada, one of the sunniest regions in Spain. The plant will cost 310 million euros and is currently under construction.^[4]

Andasol will have a generating capacity of 50 megawatts and liquid salt heat storage will allow for electricity to be generated for seven hours after the sun has gone down. Annual electricity production will be 179 gigawatt hours which will cover the electricity demands of 50,000 households or 200,000 people.^[4]

Andasol should be completed in mid-2008 and a second plant, Andasol 2, is planned.^[4]

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1. ↑ "Cubico completes acquisition of Andasol 1 and Andasol 2 concentrated solar power plants in Spain". helioscsp.com. Protermosolar. 27 July 2017. Archived from the original on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
2. ↑ Baseload (24/7) Solar is here! Archived 2012-10-25 at the Wayback Machine
3. ↑ Annual report of Stadtwerke München, page 16 Archived 2013-11-27 at the Wayback Machine
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} "Parabolic Trough Power Plant "Andasol 1"" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-05-17.

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