List of solar thermal power stations should not be confused with List of photovoltaic power stations.
This is a list of the largest facilities generating electricity through the use of solar thermal power, specifically concentrated solar power.
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park Phase IV | United Arab Emirates | Dubai | 24.7547°N 55.365°W | 700 | 2023 | Parabolic trough, solar tower | 15 | 600 MW parabolic trough and 100MW solar tower commissioned.[1] [2] [3] | |
Ghassate (Ouarzazate province) | 30.9944°N -6.8633°W | 510 | Parabolic trough and solar power tower (Phase 3) | 3 / 7 / 7.5 | 160 MW Phase 1 with 3 hours heat storage.[4] [5] 200 MW phase 2 with 7 hours heat storage is online from January 2018.[6] [7] 150 MW (Phase 3) with 7.5 hours storage is online from November 2018[8] [9] | ||||
35.5667°N -143°W | 392 | 2014 | Solar power tower | Completed on February 13, 2014[10] [11] [12] | |||||
35.0111°N -117.325°W | 280 | Parabolic trough | Completed December 2014. Gross capacity of 280 MW corresponds to net capacity of 250 MW[13] [14] [15] | ||||||
32.9167°N -170°W | 280 | October 2013 | Parabolic trough | 6 | [16] [17] | ||||
33.6438°N -114.988°W | 280 | 24 April 2014 | Parabolic trough | [18] [19] [20] | |||||
Solaben Solar Power Station[21] | 39.2247°N -5.3906°W | 200 | June 2012 | Parabolic trough | Solaben 3 completed June 2012 Solaben 2 completed October 2012 Solaben 1 and 6 completed September 2013[22] | ||||
Solar Energy Generating Systems (SEGS) | 35.0317°N -117.3481°W | 160 | 1984 | Parabolic trough | Originally collection of 9 units 1984–1990[23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] with 354 MW. Seven units were decommissioned and replaced by solar PV. | ||||
37.4167°N -6.2889°W | 150 | May 2010 | Parabolic trough | Solnova 1 completed May 2010 Solnova 3 completed May 2010 Solnova 4 completed August 2010[32] [33] [34] [35] [36] | |||||
37.2285°N -3.0685°W | 150 | 2008 | Parabolic trough | 7.5 | Completed: Andasol 1 (2008), Andasol 2 (2009), Andasol 3 (2011). Each equipped with a 7.5 hour thermal energy storage.[37] [38] | ||||
Spain | 38.65°N -50°W | 150 | 2010 | Parabolic trough | 7.5 | Completed: Extresol 1 and 2 (2010), Extresol 3 (2012). Each equipped with a 7.5-hour thermal energy storage.[39] [40] [41] | |||
Dhursar | 26.7858°N 72.0083°W | 125 | November 2014 | Fresnel reflector | [42] [43] [44] [45] | ||||
Ashalim Power Station (Negev Energy) | 30.95°N 76°W | 121 | Parabolic trough | 4.5 | 4.5h heat storage. Completed August 2019 and located in Negev desert[46] | ||||
Megalim Power Station (Negev Energy) | 30.9333°N 77°W | 121 | Solar power tower | Completed April 2019 and located in Negev desert[47] [48] [49] | |||||
Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project | Nye County, Nevada | 38.2333°N -139°W | 110 | Solar power tower | 10 | With 10h heat storage; commercial operation began September 2015,[50] [51] mothballed since May 2019[52] | |||
Cerro Dominador Solar Thermal Plant (Atacama 1) | 110 | Solar power tower | 17.5 | Completed April 2021, with 17.5h heat storage[53] [54] | |||||
Shouhang Dunhuang | Dunhuang (Gansu Province) | 40.0925°N 94.6654°W | 110 | Solar power tower | 15 / 7.5 | Phase I compleded in 2016,[55] Phase II with 7.5h heat storage. Operational since end of December 2018[56] | |||
-27.5332°N 23.1363°W | 100 | Parabolic trough | 4.5 | Completed February 2018, with 4.5h heat storage[57] [58] [59] [60] [61] | |||||
-28.8946°N 19.5982°W | 100 | Parabolic trough | 2.5 | With 2.5h heat storage[62] | |||||
-28.8946°N 19.5982°W | 100 | Parabolic trough | 5.5 | Commissioned in September 2017 with 5.5h heat storage[63] | |||||
Spain | 39.1833°N -21°W | 100 | Parabolic trough | 7.5 | Manchasol 1 and 2 completed in 2011, each with 7.5h heat storage | ||||
Spain | 36.65°N -55°W | 100 | Parabolic trough | 7.5 | Completed December 2011, with 7.5h heat storage[64] | ||||
37.5786°N -5.1567°W | 100 | Parabolic trough | Helioenergy 1 completed September 2011[65] [66] Helioenergy 2 completed January 2012 | ||||||
Spain | 39.1728°N -3.2661°W | 100 | Parabolic trough | 8 | Aste 1A Completed January 2012, with 8h heat storage Aste 1B Completed January 2012, with 8h heat storage | ||||
Spain | 37.915°N -4.5025°W | 100 | Parabolic trough | Solacor 1 completed February 2012 Solacor 2 completed March 2012[67] | |||||
Helios Solar Power Station | Spain | 39.24°N -3.47°W | 100 | Parabolic trough | Helios 1 completed May 2012 Helios 2 completed August 2012 | ||||
23.5667°N 95°W | 100 | Parabolic trough | Shams 1 completed March 2013 [68] [69] | ||||||
Spain | 100 | Parabolic trough | Both Termosol 1 and 2 completed in 2013 | ||||||
Palma del Río I & II | Spain | 37.6452°N -5.2581°W | 100 | Parabolic trough | Palma del Rio 2 completed December 2010 Palma del Rio 1 completed July 2011 | ||||
Ilanga 1 | Northern Cape (Upington) | -28.4905°N 21.5409°W | 100 | Parabolic trough | 5 | With 5h heat storage. Operational since 2018[70] | |||
CSNP Royal Tech Urat CSP | Urat Middle Banner, Inner Mongolia | 100 | Parabolic trough | 10 | Completed in January 2020 with 10 hours of thermal storage [71] [72] | ||||
Indiantown, Florida | 27.0531°N -80.55°W | 75 | ISCC with parabolic trough | Completed December 2010[73] | |||||
Nevada Solar One | Boulder City, Nevada | 35.8°N -172.6°W | 75 | Parabolic trough | Operational since 2007 | ||||
Dacheng Dunhuang CSP | Dunhuang, Gansu Province | 60 | Fresnel reflector | 16 / 15 | 10 MW Phase 1 completed in 2016,[74] 50 MW Phase 2 in December 2019 with 15 hours of thermal storage | ||||
Supcon Solar Delingha | 37.3703°N 97.2822°W | 60 | Solar power tower | 2 / 7 | 10 MW Phase 1 completed in 2013, Phase 2 completed in December 2018 with 7 hours of thermal energy storage[75] [76] | ||||
Guzmán | Spain | 37.6333°N -20°W | 50 | Parabolic trough | Completed July 2012 | ||||
-28.5501°N 21.0848°W | 50 | Solar power tower | 2 | Completed Feb 2016 With 2h heat storage[77] [78] | |||||
-28.7242°N 21.993°W | 50 | Parabolic trough | 9 | With 9h heat storage[79] [80] | |||||
38.65°N -61°W | 50 | Parabolic trough | Completed May 2009[81] | ||||||
Spain | Badajoz | 38.8269°N -6.8261°W | 50 | Parabolic trough | Completed July 2009[82] [83] [84] | ||||
La Florida | Spain | Alvarado (Badajoz) | 50 | Parabolic trough | Completed July 2010[85] | ||||
Arenales PS | Spain | Morón de la Frontera (Seville) | 50 | Parabolic trough[86] | 2013 | ||||
Casablanca | Spain | 50 | Parabolic trough | 2013 | |||||
Majadas de Tiétar | Spain | Caceres | 39.9694°N -5.7422°W | 50 | Parabolic trough | Completed August 2010[87] | |||
La Dehesa | Spain | La Garrovilla (Badajoz) | 38.9597°N -6.4639°W | 50 | Parabolic trough | Completed November 2010 | |||
Lebrija-1 | Spain | Lebrija | 50 | Parabolic trough | Completed July 2011[88] | ||||
Astexol 2 | Spain | Badajoz | 38.8117°N -7.06°W | 50 | Parabolic trough | 7.5 | Completed November 2011, with 7.5h thermal energy storage[89] | ||
Morón | Spain | 37.1198°N -5.564°W | 50 | Parabolic trough | Completed May 2012 | ||||
La Africana | Spain | 50 | Parabolic trough | 7.5 | Completed July 2012, with 7.5h thermal energy storage | ||||
Olivenza 1 | Spain | Olivenza | 38.7552°N -7.1446°W | 50 | Parabolic trough | Completed July 2012 | |||
Orellana | Spain | 39.0216°N -5.5326°W | 50 | Parabolic trough | Completed August 2012 | ||||
Godawari Green Energy Limited | Nokh Village, Rajasthan | 27.6003°N 72.2236°W | 50 | Parabolic trough | 2013[90] [91] [92] | ||||
Enerstar Villena Power Plant | 38.7282°N -0.9217°W | 50 | Parabolic trough | Completed 2013[93] | |||||
Megha Solar Plant | 14.9464°N 77.6875°W | 50 | Parabolic trough | Completed 2014[94] [95] | |||||
Delingha Solar Plant | 37.3703°N 97.2822°W | 50 | Parabolic trough | 9 | Completed July 2018 with 9 hours of thermal energy storage[96] | ||||
Shagaya CSP | Shagaya | 29.2281°N 47.0625°W | 50 | Parabolic trough | 10 | Commercial operation started in February 2019, 10 hours thermal storage[97] [98] | |||
Waad Al Shamal ISCC Plant | Waad Al Shamal | 31.6603°N 38.8581°W | 50 | ISCC with parabolic trough | Commercial operation started in 2018, 1,390 MW plant with 50 MW solar[99] | ||||
Qinghai Gonghe CSP | Gonghe, Qinghai Province | 36.1022°N 100.625°W | 50 | Solar power tower | 6 | Completed in September 2019, with 6 h heat storage.[100] | |||
Luneng Haixi CSP | Haixi Zhou, Qinghai Sheng | 50 | Solar power tower | 12 | Completed in September 2019 with 12 hours of thermal energy storage | ||||
Hami CSP | Hami, Xinjiang Autonomous Region | 50 | Solar power tower | 13 | Completed in September 2019 with 13 hours of thermal energy storage | ||||
Yumen Xinneng CSP | Yumen, Gansu Province | 50 | 2020 | Beam down tower | 9 | [101] [102] |
Golmud CSP | Golmud, Qinghai province | 200 | Power tower | [103] | ||||
Shouhang Yumen CSP | China | Yumen, Gansu Province | 100 | Solar power tower | [104] [105] | |||
-28.2981°N 23.3656°W | 100 | 2023 | Solar power tower | 12h heat storage[106] [107] [108] [109] | ||||
Erdos Solar Power Plant | 50 | Parabolic trough | [110] | |||||
Gansu Akesai CSP | Akesai, Gansu Province | 50 | ? | Parabolic trough | 15h storage[111] | |||
Rayspower Yumen CSP | Yumen, Gansu Province | 50 | ? | Parabolic trough | [112] |
Name | Country | Location | Coordinates | Electrical capacity (MW) | Technology | Notes | |
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32.6808°N -4.7331°W | 230 | [113] | |||||
32.6808°N -4.7331°W | 200 | Hybrid solar power with combination of 600 MW solar PV and 200 MW solar thermal with 5h heat storage | [114] [115] | ||||
450 | Three solar power towers with 13h heat storage | [116] | |||||
390 | Three solar power towers with 13h heat storage[117] | ||||||
260 | Solar power tower PV integrated. With 14h heat storage | [118] | |||||
Solnova 2, 4–5 | 37.4167°N -6.2889°W | 100 | Parabolic trough with heat storage | [119] | |||
Gulang CSP | Wuwei, Gansu Province | 100 | Parabolic trough | ||||
Golden Tower CSP | Jinta, Gansu Province | 100 | Power tower | ||||
Mashhad solar-thermal power station | 72 | Parabolic dish with tracer system | [120] | ||||
Chabei CSP | Chabei, Hebei Province | 64 | Parabolic trough | ||||
Al-Abdaliya | ?? | 60 | Parabolic trough | [121] | |||
AZ 20 | 50 | Solar power tower | |||||
Shangyi CSP | Shangyi, Hebei Province | 50 | Power tower | ||||
Zhangjiakou CSP | Zhangbei, Hebei Province | 50 | Fresnel reflector |
Name | Country | Location | Coordinates | Electrical capacity (MW) | Technology | Notes | |
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Nye County, Nevada | 37.9°N -116.7°W | 1,600 | solar power tower | 8 units with 10h heat storage[122] | |||
Blythe, California | 1,000 | Parabolic trough | 4 units, converted to 485 MW PV[123] | ||||
San Bernardino County, California | 850 | converted to 618 MW PV, license terminated 27 August 2013[124] | |||||
Imperial County, California | 750 | Dish Stirling | converted to 594 MW PV[125] | ||||
Palen Solar Power Project | Riverside County, California | 500 | Parabolic trough | 2 units, certification expired 15 December 2015[126] | |||
Ridgecrest Solar Power Project | Kern County, California | 250 | Parabolic trough | 2 units, license terminated 22 April 2014[127] | |||
San Bernardino County, California | 160 | Parabolic trough | license expired 22 September 1989[128] | ||||
-32.2°N 137.6°W | 150 | solar power tower | [129] | ||||
El Reboso 2+3 | Spain | La Puebla del Rio (Seville) | 100 | Parabolic trough[130] [131] | |||
Johnson Valley, California | 100 | Solar power tower | license expired 1983[132] | ||||
Diwakar | 100 | Parabolic trough | 2014, Parabolic trough with 3h heat storage[133] | ||||
KVK Energy Solar Project | 100 | Parabolic trough | 2014, Parabolic trough with 4h heat storage[134] |
Technology type | Name | Country | Location | Coordinates | Capacity MW | Notes and references | ||
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without thermal storage | Ivanpah Solar Power Facility | San Bernardino County, California | 35.5667°N -143°W | 392 | Completed on February 13, 2014 The station uses natural gas as supplementary fuel. | |||
with thermal storage | Ouarzazate Solar Power Station | Morocco | Ghassate (Ouarzazate province) | 30.9944°N -6.8633°W | 510 | |||
without thermal storage | Solar Energy Generating Systems (SEGS) | Mojave Desert, California | 35.0317°N -117.3481°W | 310 | Collection of 9 units The station has gas firing facility to run the units during night time. | |||
with thermal storage | Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park | United Arab Emirates | Dubai | 24.7547°N 55.365°W | 600 | 15 hours heat storage. The biggest solar thermal power station with total capacity 700 MW. 600 MW parabolic trough and 100MW solar tower power station. | ||
ISCC with parabolic trough | Martin Next Generation Solar Energy Center | Indiantown, Florida | 27.0531°N -80.55°W | 75 | Completed December 2010 Basically combined cycle power plant running on natural gas. Solar energy is supplemented to reduce the natural gas consumption for the same station output. | |||
Fresnel reflector without thermal storage | Dhursar | India | Dhursar, Jaisalmer district | 26.7833°N 72°W | 100 | Completed November 2014, referred as 125 MW is some sources | ||
No utility scale installastions currently operational, 1.5MW Maricopa Solar was largest |