Extresol Solar Power Station
Concentrated solar thermal power station in Spain
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The Extresol Solar Power Station is a 150 megawatt (MW) commercial concentrated solar thermal power plant, located in Torre de Miguel Sesmero in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain.
| Extresol Solar Power Station | |
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| Country | Spain |
| Location | near Torre de Miguel Sesmero, Badajoz |
| Coordinates | 38°39′N 6°44′W |
| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | 2009 |
| Owner | ACS/Cobra Group |
| Solar farm | |
| Type | CSP |
| CSP technology | Parabolic trough |
| Site resource | 2,168 kWh/m2/yr |
| Site area | 600 hectares (1,483 acres) |
| Power generation | |
| Nameplate capacity | 149.7 MW |
| Capacity factor | 37.7% |
| Annual net output | 495 GWh |
| Storage capacity | 1,123 MW·he |
The power station consists of three different systems, Extresol 1,[1] Extresol 2[2] and Extresol 3,[3] of 50 MW each, due to the power limitation of 50 MW per plant established by the Spanish legislation. Extresol uses parabolic trough and has a thermal energy storage system, which absorbs part of the heat produced in the solar field during the day and stores it in molten salts.[4] Extresol 1 cost around €300 million and was inaugurated on 25 February 2009.[5] The name of the power station, Extresol, is based on the name of the autonomous community, Extremadura, and the Spanish word for "Sun".
