SENER and Torresol Energy have high-profile involvement in SolarPACES 2011
Both companies will be presenting the latest innovations in the technology, operation and maintenance of thermosolar plants at this meeting, considered to be the biggest international technological conference of the concentrated solar power sector (CSP), and are offering a visit to the innovative Gemasolar solar plant as part of the program for the event.
Between 20 and 23 September, SENER and Torresol Energy will participate in the international conference of the concentrated solar power sector (CSP) SolarPACES 2011, Concentrated Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems. This 2011 edition is organized by the CIEMAT, an Organism of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation.
In this year’s conference, which will be held in Granada (Spain), SENER will be giving technical lectures about CSP technology and presenting the following technical papers: “SENERtrough-1 collector: commercial operation experience, continuous loop monitoring at Extresol-1 plant and technology deployment”; “Commissioning and operation of commercial surrounding heliostat fields for maximum but safe production”; “Design of heliostats under extreme and fatigue wind loads”; “Molten salt thermal storage: a proven solution to increase plant dispatchability. Experience in Gemasolar tower plant”; and “HECTOR - Heliostat cleaning team-oriented robot”. For its part, Torresol Energy will present the technical papers “Gemasolar, the first tower thermosolar commercial plant with molten salt storage system”, “CSP plants production optimization”, and “Operator training simulator of a solar parabolic through thermosolar plant”. The management of Torresol Energy will also participate as coauthor in other papers and the company will have a stand at the event.
Both companies will be unveiling some technological advances to professionals of the international thermosolar industry for the first time: from SENER’s heliostat cleaning system to the analysis of the innovative Gemasolar plant’s operation following its first months of commercial operation.
Included in the SolarPACES program, at the request of the organization, is a guided visit to the Gemasolar plant, during which more than 160 attendees may see how this unique thermosolar plant operates first-hand.
As well as its high-profile presence at this event, considered the leading international technological conference of the CSP sector, it should be mentioned that Torresol Energy will also participate, between 17 and 20 October, in the Solar Power International meeting, organized in Dallas, Texas. The company’s U.S. delegation will be present at this international show, the biggest of North America in solar energy, to introduce its future projects to the American market.
With projects such as Gemasolar, SENER continues to lead the market of CSP technology, both with its own developments via Torresol Energy and with technology applied in plants for other customers. Currently, SENER is the leader in the development of technology for thermosolar plants and in engineering, construction and commissioning services for these projects. Its portfolio of projects for different customers already includes more than 20 thermosolar plants. Many of these plants, both with parabolic trough and central tower receiver technology, incorporate a molten salt storage system using SENER technology. Seven of them are already in commercial operation, including the first power plant to apply the thermal storage system in a configuration with a central tower and an array of heliostats, Gemasolar. SENER also manufactures and commercializes several of its solar developments, such as the heliostats’ drives and cleaning systems.
About SENER
SENER is a private engineering and technology group founded in Bilbao in 1956 which offers clients cutting-edge technological solutions and enjoys international recognition by virtue of its commitment to innovation, quality and its independence. SENER has a workforce of more than 5,000 professionals and a turnover of 1,066 million Euros.
SENER engages in the specific activities of engineering, and also has industrial holdings in companies involved in Energy and Environment, as well as Aerospace. The Engineering Division, SENER Ingeniería y Sistemas, S.A. is an engineering, construction and systems integration company which has become one of the leading Spanish engineering firms, with a turnover of more than 624 million Euros, around 2,000 employees and offices in Abu Dhabi, Algiers, Barcelona, Bilbao, Buenos Aires, Lisbon, Madrid, Mexico City, Okayama, San Francisco, Seville, Valencia and Warsaw.
www.sener.es
About Torresol Energy
Torresol Energy, an alliance between the companies SENER and MASDAR, was created for the purpose of becoming a leader in the concentrated solar power (CSP) sector, with the goal of promoting technological development and the operation of large concentrated solar power plants around the world, especially in the so-called “solar belt”: Southern Europe, including Spain, Northern Africa, the Middle East and the Southwestern USA.
Every new Torresol Energy project will introduce and test new technologies with SENER’s support in order to make Concentrated Solar Power an economically competitive option and thus make it a real, viable, ecological and sustainable alternative to traditional energy. In this regard, the protection of the environment for future generations is one of Torresol Energy's core commitments.
The company is currently building two plants in Spain, Valle 1 and Valle 2, two twin installationswith cylindrical parabolic collector technology, 50 MW each one, located in San José del Valle, in the province of Cadiz, and the 19.9 MW Gemasolar Plant with central tower technology and array of heliostats, located in Fuentes de Andalucía, in Seville.
www.torresolenergy.com
About SolarPACES
The international SolarPACES conference, organized by the SolarPACES Network of the International Energy Agency (IEA), has been running for more than 30 years and brings together the main actors in concentrated solar power. The purpose of SolarPACES is to serve as a forum for disseminating the new technological advances in the concentrated solar power sector and thus every conference is attended by the leading experts on this subject.
www.solarpaces.org
Further information: Oihana Casas. Communication Office. SENER Ingeniería y Sistemas.
Tel (+34) 91 807 7318 / 679 314 085