List of solar thermal power stations

This is a list of the largest facilities generating electricity through the use of solar thermal power, specifically concentrated solar power.

Operational

Under construction

Announced

Cancelled

Decommissioned

• Eurelios pilot plant, a 1 MW, power tower design in Adrano, Sicily, operational 1981–1987
• Solar One pilot plant, operational 1982–1986; converted into Solar Two, operational 1995–1999; site demolished 2009 – USA California, 10 MW, power tower design
• SES-5 – USSR, 5 MW, power tower design, water / Steam, service period 1985–1989
• Maricopa Solar – USA Peoria, Arizona, 1.5 MW dish stirling SES / Tessera Solar's first commercial-scale Dish Stirling power plant. Completed January 2010, decommissioned September 2011 and sold to CondiSys Solar Technology of China in April 2012.

Largest plants by technology

See also

• Concentrated solar power
• List of concentrating solar thermal power companies
• List of energy storage projects
• List of large wind farms
• List of largest power stations in the world
• List of photovoltaic power stations
• Plataforma Solar de Almería
• Renewable energy commercialization
• Renewable energy industry
• Solar power by country
• Solar power in China
• Solar power plants in the Mojave Desert
• Solar thermal energy
• Solar Turbine Plants

References

Further reading

• Clean Tech Nation: How the U.S. Can Lead in the New Global Economy (2012) by Ron Pernick and Clint Wilder
• Deploying Renewables 2011 (2011) by the International Energy Agency
• Reinventing Fire: Bold Business Solutions for the New Energy Era (2011) by Amory Lovins
• Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation (2011) by the IPCC
• Solar Energy Perspectives (2011) by the International Energy Agency
• Energy Transition in Metropolises, Rural Areas and Deserts (2020) by Wiley

External links

• CSP World
• CSP plants and projects plotted on Google Earth
• National Renewable Energy Laboratories list of US Solar Trough Plants

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