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collection of mirrors has been erected on several sites. Solnova 1, 3 and 4 are three 50-MW
capacity CSP trough plants, the first of a total of
five plants currently under construction at the
Solucar platform. The mirrors are arranged in
the form of parabolic troughs, focusing the
sunlight on receiver tubes and thereby heating
a fluid that runs through them. The fluid
until now a special synthetic oil eventually
heats water, creating steam to drive a turbine,
which in turn powers an electrical generator,
creating electricity.
The Spanish company Abengoa Solar is devel
oping the Solucar platform with the Solnova 1,
which is due to produce energy for the grid
from late 2009 onwards. The Spanish government subsidy has led to numerous Concen
trating Solar Power (CSP) plants being built on
many sites in Andalusia. As market leader in
turbine technology for solar thermal plants,
Siemens is involved in many of them. The
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At the heart of solar-thermal power generation: Siemens' eminently successful SST-600 steam turbine.
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