The Atacama 1 Solar Therma Plant – Molten Salt Thermal Energy Storage System is an 110,000kW energy storage project located in Calama, Maria Elena, Antofagasta, Chile.
The thermal energy storage project uses molten salt as its storage technology. The project was announced in 2014 and will be commissioned in 2021.
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Description
The Atacama 1 Solar Therma Plant – Molten Salt Thermal Energy Storage System is being developed by Abengoa Solar. The project is owned by Abengoa Solar (100%), a subsidiary of Abengoa.
The key applications of the project are renewables capacity firming and renewables energy time shift.
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By GlobalDataAbengoa Solar is the owner. Abengoa Solar is the developer.
Additional information
The project is based in the Atacama Desert, the region with the highest level of solar radiation in the world. Atacama 1 will feature a photovoltaic plant with a capacity of 100 MW and the first solar thermal plant in Latin America, with 110 MW of installed capacity and 17.5 hours of thermal storage. The overall solar field of the complex covers 1,000 hectares.
About Abengoa Solar
Abengoa Solar SA (Abengoa Solar), a subsidiary of Abengoa SA is an alternative energy company that offers solar power generation solutions. The company develops, builds and operates commercial concentrating solar power and photovoltaic power plants. It offers management services in the development, design, engineering, procurement and construction of parabolic trough, tower solar thermal plants and PV plants; design, manufacture and marketing of components for solar plants developed both within abengoa solar and in collaboration with partners; and others. Abengoa Solar also provides engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) turnkey services of its solar thermal and photovoltaic plants. The company operates in the US, Mexico, Chile, Brazil, Germany, Italy, Spain, Algeria, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, China, India and Australia. Abengoa Solar is headquartered in Seville, Spain.
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