| Puertollano Solar Thermal Power Plant | |
| Country: | Spain |
| Location: | near Guadix, Granada |
| Status: | O |
| Commissioned: | May 8, 2009 |
| Owner: | Iberdrola, IDEA |
| Solar Type: | CSP |
| Solar Csp Technology: | P |
| Solar Collectors: | 120,000 |
| Ps Site Area: | 150ha |
| Ps Units Operational: | 1 |
| Ps Electrical Capacity: | 50 MW |
The Puertollano Solar Thermal Power Plant is a 50-megawatt (MW) concentrated solar thermal power station using parabolic trough, located near Puertollano in the Province of Ciudad Real, Spain. It is owned 90% by Iberdrola and 10% by IDEA. It uses 352 parabolic-cylinder collectors, with 120,000 parabolic mirrors and 13,000 absorber tubes.[1]
Three additional sections are planned for operation beginning in 2013, Puertollano 2, 72 MW,[2] Puertollano 3, 12.4 MW,[3] and Puertollano 4, 50 MW.[4]