mojave solar: clean and sustainable power in california

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Mojave Solar: 280 MW gross utility scale solar thermal plant with parabolic trough technology

Mojave Solar

Clean & Sustainable Power in California

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Mojave site location: The Mojave Solar site is located 100 miles northeast of Los Angeles, near Barstow, California

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• High solar resource

• Minimal slope

• Proximity to electric grid

• Proximity to transportation corridors

• Water availability

• Previously disturbed land

Siting considerations for STE projects


4 Plant Size: 280 MW gross solar output, 2 x140 MW steam turbines generators

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Solar field covers nearly 2 square miles with 2,200 mirrored parabolic trough collectors and 1.5 million square meters of reflective area.

Collectors concentrate the sun´s energy onto receiver tubes which deliver the heat to the central power plant via a heat transfer fluid.

Electricity is generated with conventional steam turbines.

The plant uses a new, more efficient and cost effective trough technology.

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Mojave Solar delivers clean and sustainable electricity to Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), one of the largest utilities in California, under a 25 years power purchase agreement.

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Aerial view of Mojave Solar


Economic benefits

Jobs

More than 2,200 construction and permanent operations jobs and thousands of direct and indirect service and manufacturing jobs through the national supply chain.

Total California benefit

Investing in $ 1.6 billion during 2011-2014

Generating about $ 169 million in tax revenues over 25 years

Mojave’s economic benefits


Providing clean, sustainable power for approximately 90,000 homes in California

Preventing the emission to the atmosphere of 350,000 tons of CO2 per year

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Mojave’s environmental benefits


Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. (Under AB32)

Cap-and-trade program that sets a declining cap on about 85% of total statewide carbon emissions

Strongest Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) in the U.S.: 33% of the total retail sales of electricity to be produced from renewable energy by 2020

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Mojave Solar helps California to meet its carbon reduction goals

• Leader in solar energy production and jobs

• 8,544 MW of solar capacity installed

• Over 47,000 people employed in the solar industry

• Greenhouse gas emissions reduction by 13 % between 2000 and 2012


Previously disturbed agricultural land is an ideal choice

• It prevents undisturbed animal habitat and desert

ecosystem from land development

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Support from major environment organizations in California

• Close work with Transition Habitat Conservancy

(THC) to offset the impacts on the desert

landscape and flora and fauna

• Acquisition and donation of 218.2 acres of

native desert land to THC, creating the Lockhart

Ecological Reserve in perpetuity

Environmentally responsible project

Endangered Desert Tortoise. National Park Service http://www.nps.gov/moja/naturescience/index.htm


Components Mirrors, collector assembly Perimeter fence/grading, pond Thermal Storage foundation Steel tanks Substation/transmission lines IT controls Feed water vessels Pump motors Heat Transfer Fluid and pumps Pressure heaters Thermal Storage Equipment Receiver tubes Ball joint assemblies Water treatment equipment Collector foundations Cooling / condensing system Night HTF pumps Hydraulic drives Piping/insulation

Abengoa supply chain spans the country

Expanding the national STE supply chain by purchasing components and services from companies across the country.


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Mojave Solar

Clean & Sustainable Power in California


mojave solar: clean and sustainable power in california

Engineering

solar field

mojave solar site

mw of solar capacity

solar energy production

aerial view of mojave

mw gross solar output

california close work

sustainable electricity