Rioglass Solar Signs Dubai 600 MWe CSP Project Order for Both Parabolic Trough Receiver Tubes and Mirrors with Abengoa Energía and Shanghai Electric
Brussels, 15th of March 2019
The record-breaking Dubai 700 MW CSP + 250 MW PV Hybrid Project Noor Energy 1, developed by Acwa Power in close cooperation with DEWA, Shanghai Electric Group Corporation as EPC, and Abengoa Energía as solar field technology provider, will utilize the Rioglass Solar tempered mirror and solar receiver technologies.
Rioglass Solar has received the confidence of the project partners and the largest order in its history in terms of megawatt power as well as in volume of products. Rioglass Solar will deliver its high-performing PTR 90-4G receiver tubes and 8.2 Parabolic Trough mirrors based on its impressive track record and its high-quality proven product development and manufacturing capabilities. It will supply these products of all three parabolic trough CSP units, each providing 200 MWe totaling 600 MWe, for the largest Parabolic Trough CSP project in the world. When completed, the solar complex will provide clean energy to more than 320.000 homes in Dubai, while reducing carbon emissions by 1,6 million ton per year.
Leading Technology in Receivers and Mirrors
Rioglass Solar´s innovative tempered Parabolic Trough mirror technology was first introduced in 2008 and has since then convinced customers around the world for its high performance both optically as in handling and O&M perspective. More than 3,5 GWe of these mirrors are operational worldwide and have been adapted to many different trough designs.
From the technologies it acquired from Siemens and Schott, Rioglass has forged a new generation of superior quality and reliability solar absorbers. This project will reemphasize Rioglass Solar´s position in the market with this high added-value product excelling in optical efficiency, durability, bankability and low O&M cost.
The entire Rioglass Solar team is proud our products have been selected for this amazing project and the implicit trust of the project partners.
About Rioglass Solar
Awarded the CSP Today Industry Choice Award (2016) and the Technology Innovation Award twice (2011, 2013), Rioglass, headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, is an international company offering high end receiver tubes and high-precision mirrors for concentrated solar power and concentrated photovoltaic technologies, and is the world market leader for optical components in the CSP and CPV markets.
Innovation is embedded in the company’s culture. Rioglass was the first company to introduce the tempered parabolic mirrors to the market, as well as the first to commercially deploy self-standing heliostat mirror facets (with an integrated support structure). Rioglass Solar, through its acquisitions has also been at the cradle of the CSP early deployment and has taken the lead on innovation and introduction of new receiver concepts such a large aperture and molten salts receivers.
Leaning on a strong engineering experience of over 25 years in the CSP and related industries, Rioglass Solar offers the best economic solutions based on innovative designs and concepts, combined with a highly automated production capacity to deliver the most cutting edge, top performing products to its customers worldwide.
2019-03-15 Press Release Rioglass Solar Signs Dubai 600 MWe CSP Project
First Mirrors Rolling Off the Production Line in Hohhot
RioHuan, the Joint Venture between market leader Rioglass Solar and Tianjin Zhonghuan Electronics and Information Group Co., Ltd. (TZG), the manufacturer of high-end solar receivers and mirrors for Concentrated Solar Power and Concentrated Photovoltaic applications in the Chinese market, officially confirms the successful manufacturing of the first parabolic trough mirror at its brand-new facility in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The local team has performed a tremendous job in building the plant in such a short time and starting up successfully its production.
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Entrevista Sr. Jeroen van Schijndel
director comercial (Chief Sales and Marketing Officer) de Rioglass Solar
La energía termosolar, según fuentes del sector como los responsables de la empresa Rioglass Solar,presenta una serie de ventajas que ya están siendo valoradas por las Administraciones Públicas y las empresas eléctricas. En comparación con la fotovoltaica y la eólica, la termosolar almacena la energía captada en forma térmica por el campo solar para producir electricidad posteriormente en función de las necesidades de la demanda sin depender de si luce el sol o no. Ésta es tan solo una de ellas, pero el Sr. Jeroen van Schijndel nos explica el resto a través de esta entrevista.
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La reunión de lanzamiento del proyecto europeo MOSAIC se celebró en Eibar los pasados 1 y 2 de diciembre de 2016. El objetivo de este proyecto consiste en diseñar, fabricar y validar un concepto de planta termosolar caracterizado por bajos costes de implementación y niveles máximos de eficiencia en fábrica en comparación con las actuales tecnologías. Servirá, además, para reducir el coste de producción de la electricidad (LCOE).
En concreto, los módulos MOSAIC constan de un innovador concentrador esférico fijo dispuesto en una configuración semi-Fresnel y por un receptor móvil con un sistema de accionamiento en lazo cerrado. Esta configuración reduce el número de partes móviles del sistema en su conjunto lo que permite bajar el coste del campo solar, manteniendo altos niveles de concentración solar. Esto asegura altas temperaturas de trabajo y por lo tanto, altas eficiencias del ciclo termodinámico y un uso más eficiente del sistema de almacenamiento térmico.
El Consorcio del proyecto está formado por 9 socios y 6 países de la Unión Europea que componen un equilibrado grupo multidisciplinar. Los socios de MOSAIC son IK4-TEKNIKER, (España), como coordinador, AMIRES Sro (República Checa), Cockerill Maintenance & Ingénierie (Belgica), COBRA Instalaciones y Servicios (España), CENER (España), Politecnico di Torino (Italia), Rioglass Solar (España), Senior Berghöfer GmbH (Alemania) y Sirea (Francia).
Durante la reunión de lanzamiento los socios iniciaron los trabajos técnicos para el desarrollo del concepto y analizaron las mejores estrategias para la explotación y difusión de los desarrollos. El proyecto tiene una duración de 48 meses.
Este proyecto ha recibido financiación de la Unión Europea dentro del programa Horizon 2020 de investigación e innovación bajo el acuerdo N. 727402.
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Kick off meeting of a new Horizon 2020 project took place in Eibar (Spain), on 1–2 December, 2016. MOSAIC project aims to design, manufacture and validate an innovative CSP concept that will have low implementation costs at the highest plant efficiencies, compared to the current state-of-the-art technologies, and that will reduce the levelized cost of electricity (LCOE).
In particular, MOSAIC module consists of an innovative fixed spherical mirror concentrator arranged in a semi-Fresnel manner and an actuated receiver based on a low cost closed loop cable tracking system. This configuration reduces the moving parts of the whole system decreasing solar field cost while keeping high concentration ratios. This will assure high working temperatures thus high cycle efficiencies and a cost effective use of thermal storage systems.
The MOSAIC Consortium represents a multi-disciplinary group composed of 9 partners and 6 countries within the European Union forming an ideal and well-balanced team. MOSAIC partners are IK4-TEKNIKER, (Spain – Coordinator), AMIRES Sro (Czech Republic), Cockerill Maintenance & Ingénierie (Belgium), COBRA Instalaciones y Servicios (Spain), CENER (Spain), Politecnico di Torino (Italy), Rioglass Solar (Spain), Senior Berghöfer GmbH (Germany), Sirea (France).
During the kick off meeting partners discussed technical issues related to the concept to be developed as well as potential dissemination and exploitation routes. MOSAIC project has a duration of 48 months.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 727402.
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