Airlight Energy Ait-Baha Pilot Plant
This page provides information on Ait-Baha Pilot Plant, a concentrating solar power (CSP) project, with data organized by background, participants, and power plant configuration. The Solar field is designed to provide additional heat at high temperature to the existing 12MW ORC Generator.
| Status Date: |
February 16, 2015
|
| Project Overview |
| Project Name: |
Airlight Energy Ait-Baha Pilot Plant |
| Country: |
Morocco |
| Location: |
Ait Baha
(Agadir) |
| Owner(s): |
Cimar, Italcementi Group
(100%)
|
| Technology: |
Parabolic trough |
| Turbine Capacity: |
Net: 3.0 MW
Gross: 3.0 MW
|
| Status: |
Operational |
| Start Year: |
2014
|
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Background
| Technology: |
Parabolic trough |
| Status: |
Operational |
| Country: |
Morocco |
| City: |
Ait Baha |
| Region: |
Agadir |
| Lat/Long Location: |
30°13′
3.0″
North,
9°8′
57.0″
West |
| Land Area: |
24 hectares |
| Solar Resource: |
2,200 kWh/m2/yr
|
| Electricity Generation: |
2,390 MWh/yr
(Estimated)
|
| Generation Data Explanation: |
Computed if it were a stand alone plant |
| Contact(s): |
Airlight Energy |
| Company: |
Airlight Energy |
| Break Ground: |
February 2012 |
| Start Production: |
June 2014 |
| Project Type: |
Pilot plant |
Participants
| Developer(s): |
Airlight Energy |
| Owner(s) (%): |
Cimar, Italcementi Group
(100%)
|
| Operator(s): |
Cimar, Italcementi Group |
| Generation Offtaker(s): |
Cimar, Italcementi Group |
Plant Configuration
Solar Field
| Solar-Field Aperture Area: |
6,159 m² |
| # of Solar Collector Assemblies (SCAs): |
3 |
| # of Loops: |
1 |
| # of SCAs per Loop: |
3 |
| SCA Aperture Area: |
2,053 m² |
| SCA Length: |
215 m |
| # of Modules per SCA: |
12 |
| SCA Manufacturer: |
Airlight Energy |
| Mirror Manufacturer (Model): |
Airlight Energy (Pneumatic mirror)
|
| # of Heat Collector Elements (HCEs): |
108 |
|
HCE Manufacturer: |
Airlight Energy |
| Heat-Transfer Fluid Type: |
Air at ambient pressure |
| Solar-Field Inlet Temp: |
270°C |
| Solar-Field Outlet Temp: |
570°C |
Power Block
| Turbine Capacity (Gross): |
3.0 MW
|
| Turbine Capacity (Net): |
3.0 MW |
| Turbine Manufacturer: |
Turboden |
| Turbine Description: |
The solar field feeds 3 MWth to an existing 12 MWe ORC turbine |
| Output Type: |
Organic Rankine |
| Design-Point Conditions: |
3.9 MWth Peak thermal power |
Thermal Storage
| Storage Type: |
Other |
| Storage Capacity: |
5 hours |
| Thermal Storage Description: |
Packed-bed of rocks |