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CSP – Empowering Saudi

Arabia with Solar Energy

Third Saudi Solar Energy Forum

Holger Fuchs,

Senior Executive Manager |

Project Development

Riyadh | April 3, 2011

Solar Millennium Group – We are developing the future

Solar Millennium’s business and partner model

•Providing technology

•Engineering, procurement of

components and construction

(EPC) of solar-thermal power

plants

•R&D solar/new technologies

•Financial product sales (in-

house, via sales partners)

•Development of innovative

financial products for

institutional and private

investors

•Location search and

qualification

•Approval process

•Securing land / grid access

•Financing of power plant

projects

•Sale of power plant stakes /

minority interests

Project Development &

Financing

Financial Product

Development &

Sales

Technology &

Power Plant

Construction

Generation of local content through involvement of regional partners along the

value chain


Worldwide activities of Solar Millennium

Solar Millennium

sites

Possible future

markets

USA

MENA

Asia

Blythe

(4x250 MWe)

DNI ~

2,600 kWh/a

Andasol 1-3

(3x50 MWe)

Ibersol

(1x50 MWe)

DNI ~ 2,150 kWh/a

Kuraymat

(1x61 MWth)

DNI ~ 2,400 kWh/a


Kuraymat (Egypt), 150 Megawatt (MWe) ISCC**

plant including 61 MWth

Operation of the solar field began at the end of 2010

Total investment: € 250 million, approx. 30% for the

130,000 m² solar field

Engineering, supervision and supply of key

components for the solar field

After start of operations, Flagsol and Orascom will

operate the solar part of the power plant for two

years before ultimately handing it over to the owner

NREA

MENA: Kuraymat, first CSP* plant in Egypt

* CSP = Concentrating solar power, solar-thermal power plants

** ISCC = Integrated Solar Combined Cycle Power Plant


Kuraymat: Construction phase


Kuraymat: Location

Lat.: 29° 16’ North

Long.: 31° 15’ East


Kuraymat: Satellite view of site


3 Bid Packages

EPC for Solar Island and O+M Contract (2 years)

61 MWth (40 Loops)

EPC Combined Cycle power plant

1 gas turbine 80 MW and 1 steam turbine 70 MW

Combined Cycle O+M Contract (5 years)

Timeline

1999: Feasibility Study

2005: Pre-Qualification

2007: decision – Flagsol/Orascom for solar, Iberdrola for

Combined Cycle

January 2008: Effective Date

27 months after Effective Date: Completion of Facilities

30 months after Effective Date: Operational Acceptance

Kuraymat: Procedure


Kuraymat: Scope of work (local content ≤ 60%)

Solutions needed for challenging environment:

Special vehicles for cleaning the mirrors, ensure to

collect the most possible amount of solar radiation

Project Management

Engineering SOF + HTF

Construction &

Commissioning Supervision

O+M Supervision

Mirrors

HCE

Swivel Joints

Control System

Valves

HTF Fluid

Main / Aux. Pumps

HTF Heater

Instrumentation

Photogrammetrie

Commissioning Equipment

Services Components


Kuraymat: Interface

Interface between Contract 1) and 2) is the inlet and outlet flange of the

heat exchanger

600°C

Gas turbine(s)

Steam

Turbine

Condenser

Steam

540°C, 100bar

Stack Exhaust

100°C

393°C

Electricity

to the grid

Parabolic

Trough Field

293°C

Air and

vapour

Air Air

G

~

HRSG

Cooling

Tower

G

~

Solar HX


Kuraymat: Organisation

NREA

(New and RenewableEnergy Authority)

Flagsol

NSF

National Steel Fabrication

OCI

ORASCOM Construction

industries

Overview Organisation of El Kuraymat Project – Solar Island

Owner

EPC-

Contractor

Sub Contractor


Best Practice: Europe’s first parabolic trough power plants, full CSP

Video

Solar Millennium Film Technologie Parabolrinne eng klein.wmv


3x50 MW = 150 MW

Total financing volume approx. EUR 1bn

Solar power for more than half a million people

Andasol 3: start of operation expect. in summer 2011;

Co-investors: Stadtwerke München (Munich City

Utilities), RWE Innogy, Rhein Energie, Ferrostaal

the first parabolic trough power plant in Europe and

until now the only one in the world working with

thermal storage (allows a stable electricity supply

24 h / 7 d)

Regulation

Feed-in compensation for CSP definitively guaranteed

by Spanish RD #661 (May 2007)

Best Practice: Andasol 1-3 (stand alone CSP Plant incl. TES*)

* TES – Thermal Energy Storage


Blythe, California: 1 Gigawatt (1GW)

The world’s largest solar power plant

solar power for more than 300,000 US households

Construction on Blythe 1 - 2 (2x250 MW) started

Blythe 1 - 4: 1,120 loops* 179,200 absorber pipes

2.15 million mirrors 192,000 tons of steel

2,240 hectares of land

more than 1,000 jobs

more than 1 million tons of CO2 emissions saved p.a.

Solar Millennium US projects (2 GW in California and

Nevada) will feature dry cooling technology that uses

90% less water than water-cooled design

Best Practice: Blythe, pot. model for Saudi Arabia with dry cooling concept

* HelioTrough technology


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