List of solar thermal power stations

This is a list of solar thermal power stations. These include the 354 megawatt (MW) Solar Energy Generating Systems

Solar Energy Generating Systems

Solar Energy Generating Systems is the largest solar energy generating facility in the world. It consists of nine solar power plants in California's Mojave Desert, where insolation is among the best available in the United States...

power installation in the USA, Solnova Solar Power Station

Solnova Solar Power Station

The Solnova Solar Power Station is a large CSP power station made up of five separate units of each. The facility is located at the Solar Platform, in Sanlúcar la Mayor, in Spain, the same area where the PS20 solar power tower is also located...

(Spain, 150 MW), Andasol solar power station (Spain, 150 MW) and Extresol Solar Power Station

Extresol Solar Power Station

The Extresol Solar Power Station is a 150 megawatt commercial parabolic trough solar thermal power plant, located in Torre de Miguel Sesmero in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain.- Description :...

(Spain, 100 MW). The 370 MW Ivanpah Solar Power Facility

Ivanpah Solar Power Facility

The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, is a $2.2 billion solar thermal power project currently under construction in the California Mojave Desert, southwest of Las Vegas, with a planned capacity of 392 megawatts . The project is developed by BrightSource Energy and Bechtel...

, located in California's Mojave Desert

Mojave Desert

The Mojave Desert occupies a significant portion of southeastern California and smaller parts of central California, southern Nevada, southwestern Utah and northwestern Arizona, in the United States...

, is the world’s largest solar thermal power plant project currently under construction.

The solar thermal power industry is growing rapidly, with about 1.17 gigawatts (GW) of concentrating solar power (CSP) plants online as of 2011. 582 megawatts of them are located in Spain, and the United States has 507 MW of capacity. About 17 GW of CSP projects are under development worldwide, and the United States leads with about 8 GW. Spain ranks second with 4.46 GW in development, followed by China with 2.5 GW.

Operational

Operational Solar Thermal Power Stations
Capacity (MW)	Name	Country	Location	Coordinates	Technology type	Notes
354	Solar Energy Generating Systems Solar Energy Generating Systems Solar Energy Generating Systems is the largest solar energy generating facility in the world. It consists of nine solar power plants in California's Mojave Desert, where insolation is among the best available in the United States...	United States	Mojave Desert Mojave Desert The Mojave Desert occupies a significant portion of southeastern California and smaller parts of central California, southern Nevada, southwestern Utah and northwestern Arizona, in the United States... California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...	35°01′54"N 117°20′53"W	parabolic trough Parabolic trough A parabolic trough is a type of solar thermal energy collector. It is constructed as a long parabolic mirror with a Dewar tube running its length at the focal point. Sunlight is reflected by the mirror and concentrated on the Dewar tube...	Collection of 9 units
150	Solnova Solnova Solar Power Station The Solnova Solar Power Station is a large CSP power station made up of five separate units of each. The facility is located at the Solar Platform, in Sanlúcar la Mayor, in Spain, the same area where the PS20 solar power tower is also located...	Spain	Seville	37°25′00"N 06°17′20"W	parabolic trough Parabolic trough A parabolic trough is a type of solar thermal energy collector. It is constructed as a long parabolic mirror with a Dewar tube running its length at the focal point. Sunlight is reflected by the mirror and concentrated on the Dewar tube...	Solnova 1 completed May 2010 Solnova 3 completed May 2010 Solnova 4 completed August 2010
150	Andasol solar power station	Spain	Granada Granada Granada is a city and the capital of the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence of three rivers, the Beiro, the Darro and the Genil. It sits at an elevation of 738 metres above sea...	37°13′42.70"N 3°4′6.73"W	parabolic trough Parabolic trough A parabolic trough is a type of solar thermal energy collector. It is constructed as a long parabolic mirror with a Dewar tube running its length at the focal point. Sunlight is reflected by the mirror and concentrated on the Dewar tube...	Andasol 1 completed, 2008, with 7.5h thermal energy storage Thermal energy storage Thermal energy storage comprises a number of technologies that store thermal energy in energy storage reservoirs for later use. They can be employed to balance energy demand between day time and night time. The thermal reservoir may be maintained at a temperature above or below that of the... Andasol 2 completed, 2009, with 7.5h thermal energy storage Andasol 3 completed, 2011, with 7.5h thermal energy storage
100	Extresol Solar Power Station Extresol Solar Power Station The Extresol Solar Power Station is a 150 megawatt commercial parabolic trough solar thermal power plant, located in Torre de Miguel Sesmero in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain.- Description :...	Spain	Torre de Miguel Sesmero (Badajoz)	38°39′N 6°44′W	parabolic trough Parabolic trough A parabolic trough is a type of solar thermal energy collector. It is constructed as a long parabolic mirror with a Dewar tube running its length at the focal point. Sunlight is reflected by the mirror and concentrated on the Dewar tube...	Extresol 1 completed February 2010 Extresol 2 completed December 2010
100	Palma del Rio Solar Power Station	Spain	Cordoba		parabolic trough Parabolic trough A parabolic trough is a type of solar thermal energy collector. It is constructed as a long parabolic mirror with a Dewar tube running its length at the focal point. Sunlight is reflected by the mirror and concentrated on the Dewar tube...	Palma del Rio 2 completed December 2010 Palma del Rio 1 completed July 2011
100	Manchasol	Spain	Ciudad Real		parabolic trough Parabolic trough A parabolic trough is a type of solar thermal energy collector. It is constructed as a long parabolic mirror with a Dewar tube running its length at the focal point. Sunlight is reflected by the mirror and concentrated on the Dewar tube...	Manchasol-1 completed January 2011 Manchasol-2 completed April 2011
75	Martin Next Generation Solar Energy Center Martin Next Generation Solar Energy Center The Martin Next Generation Solar Energy Center is a hybrid 75-megawatt parabolic trough solar energy plant, built by Florida Power & Light Company ....	United States	Florida Florida Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...	27°03′11"N 80°33′00"W	ISCC	steam input into a combined cycle
64	Nevada Solar One Nevada Solar One Nevada Solar One is a concentrated solar power plant, with a nominal capacity of 64 MW and maximum capacity of 75 MW spread over an area of 400 Acres. The projected CO2 emissions avoided is equivalent to taking approximately 20,000 cars off the road annually. The project required an investment of...	United States	Boulder City, Nevada Boulder City, Nevada Boulder City is a city in Clark County, Nevada, United States. It is approximately from the City of Las Vegas. As of the 2010 census the population of Boulder City was 15,023.Boulder City is one of only two cities in Nevada that prohibit gambling....	35°48.0′N 114°58.6′W	parabolic trough Parabolic trough A parabolic trough is a type of solar thermal energy collector. It is constructed as a long parabolic mirror with a Dewar tube running its length at the focal point. Sunlight is reflected by the mirror and concentrated on the Dewar tube...
50	Ibersol Ciudad Real	Spain	Puertollano, Ciudad Real		parabolic trough Parabolic trough A parabolic trough is a type of solar thermal energy collector. It is constructed as a long parabolic mirror with a Dewar tube running its length at the focal point. Sunlight is reflected by the mirror and concentrated on the Dewar tube...	Completed May 2009
50	Alvarado I Alvarado I Alvarado I is a large solar thermal power station in Alvarado, in Extremadura, Spain. Construction on the plant commenced in December 2007 and was completed in July 2009, when commercial operations began...	Spain	Badajoz	38°49′37"N 06°49′34"W	parabolic trough Parabolic trough A parabolic trough is a type of solar thermal energy collector. It is constructed as a long parabolic mirror with a Dewar tube running its length at the focal point. Sunlight is reflected by the mirror and concentrated on the Dewar tube...	Completed July 2009
50	La Florida	Spain	Alvarado (Badajoz)		parabolic trough Parabolic trough A parabolic trough is a type of solar thermal energy collector. It is constructed as a long parabolic mirror with a Dewar tube running its length at the focal point. Sunlight is reflected by the mirror and concentrated on the Dewar tube...	Completed July 2010
50	Majadas de Tiétar	Spain	Caceres		parabolic trough Parabolic trough A parabolic trough is a type of solar thermal energy collector. It is constructed as a long parabolic mirror with a Dewar tube running its length at the focal point. Sunlight is reflected by the mirror and concentrated on the Dewar tube...	Completed August 2010
50	La Dehesa	Spain	La Garrovilla (Badajoz)		parabolic trough Parabolic trough A parabolic trough is a type of solar thermal energy collector. It is constructed as a long parabolic mirror with a Dewar tube running its length at the focal point. Sunlight is reflected by the mirror and concentrated on the Dewar tube...	Completed November 2010
50	Helioenergy 1	Spain	Ecija		parabolic trough Parabolic trough A parabolic trough is a type of solar thermal energy collector. It is constructed as a long parabolic mirror with a Dewar tube running its length at the focal point. Sunlight is reflected by the mirror and concentrated on the Dewar tube...	Completed September 2011
20	PS20 solar power tower PS20 solar power tower The Planta Solar 20 solar power plant is a solar thermal energy plant in Sanlucar la Mayor near Seville in Andalusia, Spain. It is the world's most powerful solar power tower. The 20 megawatt solar power tower produces electricity with large movable mirrors called heliostats.Construction of...	Spain	Seville Seville Seville is the artistic, historic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of the autonomous community of Andalusia and of the province of Seville. It is situated on the plain of the River Guadalquivir, with an average elevation of above sea level...	37°26′38"N 06°15′34"W	solar power tower Solar power tower The solar power tower is a type of solar furnace using a tower to receive the focused sunlight. It uses an array of flat, movable mirrors to focus the sun's rays upon a collector tower...	Completed April 2009
20	Beni Mathar Plant	Morocco	Ain Bni Mathar		ISCC
17	Yazd integrated solar combined cycle power station Yazd integrated solar combined cycle power station The Yazd integrated solar combined cycle power station is a hybrid power station situated near Yazd, Iran which became operational in 2009. It is the world's first combined cycle power plant using solar power and natural gas. The plant has a capacity of 467 MW and uses solar energy to augment...	Iran	Yazd Yazd Yazd is the capital of Yazd Province in Iran, and a centre of Zoroastrian culture. The city is located some 175 miles southeast of Isfahan. At the 2006 census, the population was 423,006, in 114,716 families....		parabolic trough Parabolic trough A parabolic trough is a type of solar thermal energy collector. It is constructed as a long parabolic mirror with a Dewar tube running its length at the focal point. Sunlight is reflected by the mirror and concentrated on the Dewar tube...	World's first solar combined cycle power plant
17	Gemasolar	Spain	Fuentes de Andalucia (Seville)		solar power tower Solar power tower The solar power tower is a type of solar furnace using a tower to receive the focused sunlight. It uses an array of flat, movable mirrors to focus the sun's rays upon a collector tower...	Completed Mai 2011 with 15h heat storage
11	PS10 solar power tower PS10 solar power tower The PS10 Solar Power Plant , is Europe's first commercial concentrating solar power tower operating near Seville, in Andalucia, Spain. The 11 megawatt solar power tower produces electricity with 624 large movable mirrors called heliostats...	Spain	Seville Seville Seville is the artistic, historic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of the autonomous community of Andalusia and of the province of Seville. It is situated on the plain of the River Guadalquivir, with an average elevation of above sea level...	37°26′36.42"N 06°15′14.28"W	solar power tower Solar power tower The solar power tower is a type of solar furnace using a tower to receive the focused sunlight. It uses an array of flat, movable mirrors to focus the sun's rays upon a collector tower...	World's first commercial solar tower
5	Kimberlina Solar Thermal Energy Plant Kimberlina Solar Thermal Energy Plant The 5 megawatt Kimberlina Solar Thermal Energy Plant in Bakersfield, California is the first commercial solar thermal power plant to be built by AREVA Solar, formerly Ausra. The Kimberlina renewable energy solar boiler uses Compact Linear Fresnel Reflector technology to generate superheated steam...	United States	Bakersfield, California Bakersfield, California Bakersfield is a city near the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley in Kern County, California. It is roughly equidistant between Fresno and Los Angeles, to the north and south respectively....		fresnel reflector	AREVA Areva AREVA is a French public multinational industrial conglomerate headquartered in the Tour Areva in Courbevoie, Paris. AREVA is mainly known for nuclear power; it also has interests in other energy projects. It was created on 3 September 2001, by the merger of Framatome , Cogema and... Solar, formerly Ausra Ausra (company) Ausra Inc. is a company that provides solar thermal power, steam and energy systems for industrial processes and utility-scale electricity generation... demonstration plant
5	Sierra SunTower Sierra SunTower Sierra SunTower is a 5 MW commercial concentrating solar power plant built and operated by eSolar. The plant is located in Lancaster, California and is the only CSP tower facility operating in North America.- Project overview :...	United States	Lancaster Lancaster, California Lancaster is a charter city in northern Los Angeles County, in the high desert, near the Kern County line. Lancaster currently ranks as the 30th largest city in California, and the 148th largest city in the United States. Lancaster is the principal city within the Antelope Valley...	34°46′0.0"N 118°8′0.0"W	solar power tower Solar power tower The solar power tower is a type of solar furnace using a tower to receive the focused sunlight. It uses an array of flat, movable mirrors to focus the sun's rays upon a collector tower...	eSolar ESolar eSolar was founded by the Pasadena-based business incubator Idealab in 2007 as a developer of concentrating solar power plant technology.... commercial power plant, North America's only operating solar tower, completed August 2009
5	Archimede solar power plant	Italy	near Siracusa, Sicily	37°4′51"N 15°14′32"E	parabolic trough Parabolic trough A parabolic trough is a type of solar thermal energy collector. It is constructed as a long parabolic mirror with a Dewar tube running its length at the focal point. Sunlight is reflected by the mirror and concentrated on the Dewar tube...	ISCC with heat storage Completed July 2010
2	Liddell Power Station Solar Steam Generator Liddell Power Station, New South Wales Liddell Power Station is located at Lake Liddell near Muswellbrook, in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia. It is coal powered, with four 500 MW GEC steam driven turbo alternators for a combined capacity of 2,000 MW....	Australia	New South Wales New South Wales New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...	32°22′26"S 150°58′40"E	fresnel reflector	electrical equivalent steam boost for coal station
1.5	Maricopa Solar	United States	Peoria, Arizona		dish stirling	SES Stirling Energy Systems Stirling Energy Systems is a Scottsdale, Arizona-based company which develops equipment for utility-scale renewable energy power plants and distributed electrical generating systems.... / Tessera Solar's first commercial-scale Dish Stirling power plant. Completed January 2010
1.5	Jülich Solar Tower	Germany	Jülich		solar power tower Solar power tower The solar power tower is a type of solar furnace using a tower to receive the focused sunlight. It uses an array of flat, movable mirrors to focus the sun's rays upon a collector tower...	Completed December 2008
1.4	Puerto Errado 1	Spain	Murcia Murcia -History:It is widely believed that Murcia's name is derived from the Latin words of Myrtea or Murtea, meaning land of Myrtle , although it may also be a derivation of the word Murtia, which would mean Murtius Village...		fresnel reflector	Completed April 2009
1	Saguaro Solar Power Station Arizona Public Service Arizona Public Service Company is the largest electric utility in Arizona and the principal subsidiary of publicly-traded S&P 500 member Pinnacle West Capital Corporation , which in turn had been formerly named AZP Group, when Arizona Public Service reorganized as that holding company in 1985.With...	United States	Red Rock Red Rock -Places:AustraliaRed Rock Reserve, a maar crater complex near Colac in Victoria, AustraliaRed Rock, New South Wales, a small town near Grafton, New South Wales, AustraliaCanada*Red Rock, Ontario, a township in Ontario, Canada...		parabolic trough Parabolic trough A parabolic trough is a type of solar thermal energy collector. It is constructed as a long parabolic mirror with a Dewar tube running its length at the focal point. Sunlight is reflected by the mirror and concentrated on the Dewar tube...
2	Keahole Solar Power Holaniku at Keahole Point Holaniku at Keahole Point is a .1 megawatt micro-scaled concentrated solar power plant in the Kona District of the island of Hawaii. It is located in the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii at Keahole Point. Holaniku at Keahole Point is the first commercial solar thermal power plant to be built...	United States	Hawaii Hawaii Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...		parabolic trough Parabolic trough A parabolic trough is a type of solar thermal energy collector. It is constructed as a long parabolic mirror with a Dewar tube running its length at the focal point. Sunlight is reflected by the mirror and concentrated on the Dewar tube...
0.25	Shiraz solar power plant Shiraz solar power plant Shiraz solar power plant is a concentrating solar power type pilot power station situated near Shiraz, Iran. It became operational in 2008. The plant uses concentrating parabolic mirrors to focus a beam of light on a tower making steam for electricity generating turbines. It has a capacity of...	Iran	Shiraz Shiraz Shiraz may refer to:* Shiraz, Iran, a city in Iran* Shiraz County, an administrative subdivision of Iran* Vosketap, Armenia, formerly called ShirazPeople:* Hovhannes Shiraz, Armenian poet* Ara Shiraz, Armenian sculptor...		Parabolic trough Parabolic trough A parabolic trough is a type of solar thermal energy collector. It is constructed as a long parabolic mirror with a Dewar tube running its length at the focal point. Sunlight is reflected by the mirror and concentrated on the Dewar tube...	Iran's first solar power plant
1502.65	Overall operational capacity

Under construction

Solar Thermal Power Stations under construction
Capacity (MW)	Name	Country	Location	Coordinates	Expected completion	Technology	Notes
370	Ivanpah Solar Power Facility Ivanpah Solar Power Facility The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, is a $2.2 billion solar thermal power project currently under construction in the California Mojave Desert, southwest of Las Vegas, with a planned capacity of 392 megawatts . The project is developed by BrightSource Energy and Bechtel...	United States	San Bernardino County, California	35°34′N 115°28′W	2013	solar power tower Solar power tower The solar power tower is a type of solar furnace using a tower to receive the focused sunlight. It uses an array of flat, movable mirrors to focus the sun's rays upon a collector tower...
280	Solana Generating Station Solana Generating Station The Solana Generating Station is a solar power plant which is under construction near Gila Bend, Arizona, about southwest of Phoenix. It is being built by the Spanish company Abengoa Solar, and will have a total capacity of 280 megawatts , which is enough to power 70,000 homes while...	United States	West of Gila Bend, AZ	32°55′N 112°58′W	2013	parabolic trough Parabolic trough A parabolic trough is a type of solar thermal energy collector. It is constructed as a long parabolic mirror with a Dewar tube running its length at the focal point. Sunlight is reflected by the mirror and concentrated on the Dewar tube...	with 6h heat storage
280	Mojave Solar Park Mojave Solar Park The Mojave Solar Park is a solar thermal power facility under construction in the Mojave Desert in California, which is located 100 miles northeast of Los Angeles near Barstow. The 280 MW concentrating solar power plant will cost an estimated $1.6 billion in total and should be completed in 2014...	United States	San Bernardino County, California		2014	parabolic trough
110	Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project The Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project, is a 110 megawatt solar thermal power project currently under construction near Tonopah, about northwest of Las Vegas....	United States	Nye County, Nevada	38°14′N 117°22′W	2013/14	power tower	with 10h heat storage
100	Solaben 2, 3	Spain	Logrosan		2012	parabolic trough
100	Valle Solar Power Station Valle Solar Power Station The Valle Solar Power Station is currently under construction in the town of San José del Valle, in Cadiz, Spain. The power station will consist of two adjacent plants, Valle 1 and Valle 2, which will have an installed capacity of 50 MW each. Both will use SENER parabolic trough collectors creating...	Spain	Cadiz		2011	parabolic trough Parabolic trough A parabolic trough is a type of solar thermal energy collector. It is constructed as a long parabolic mirror with a Dewar tube running its length at the focal point. Sunlight is reflected by the mirror and concentrated on the Dewar tube...	with 7.5h heat storage
100	Helios 1+2	Spain	Ciudad Real		2012	parabolic trough
100	Shams Shams 1 solar power station Shams solar power station is a planned concentrating solar power station in Madinat Zayed, Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates. The first part, Shams 1, will have a capacity of 100–125 megawatts , which makes it the largest parabolic trough power station in the world.The project is...	United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi Madinat Zayad		2011	parabolic trough
100	Solacor 1+2	Spain	El Carpio		2012	parabolic trough
50	Termosol 1	Spain	Navalvillar de Pela (Badajoz)		2013	parabolic trough
50	Helioenergy 2	Spain	Ecija		2012	parabolic trough
50	Extremasol 1	Spain	Extremadura		2013	parabolic trough	with 7.5h thermal energy storage Thermal energy storage Thermal energy storage comprises a number of technologies that store thermal energy in energy storage reservoirs for later use. They can be employed to balance energy demand between day time and night time. The thermal reservoir may be maintained at a temperature above or below that of the...
50	Extresol 3 Extresol Solar Power Station The Extresol Solar Power Station is a 150 megawatt commercial parabolic trough solar thermal power plant, located in Torre de Miguel Sesmero in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain.- Description :...	Spain	Torre de Miguel Sesmero (Badajoz)	38°39′N 6°44′W	2012	parabolic trough	with 7.5h heat storage
50	Lebrija-1	Spain	Lebrija		2011	parabolic trough
50	Astxol 2	Spain	Badajoz		2011	parabolic trough
50	Arenales PS	Spain	Moron de la Frontera (Seville)		2013	parabolic trough
50	El Reboso 2	Spain	El Puebla del Rio (Seville)		2011	parabolic trough
50	El Reboso 3	Spain	El Puebla del Rio (Seville)		2012	parabolic trough
50	Morón	Spain	Moron de la Frontera (Sevilla)		2012	parabolic trough
50	Olivenza 1	Spain	Olivenza (Badajoz)		2012	parabolic trough
50	La Africana	Spain	Posada		2012	parabolic trough
50	Guzman	Spain	Palma del Río		2012	parabolic trough
50	Orellana	Spain	Orellana		2012	parabolic trough
50	Casablanca	Spain	Cáceres		2013	parabolic trough
50	Enerstar Villena Power Plant	Spain	Villena		2013	parabolic trough
50	Aste 1A	Spain	Alcázar de San Juan		2012	parabolic trough
50	Aste 1B	Spain	Alcázar de San Juan		2012	parabolic trough
30	Puerto Errado 2	Spain	Murcia			fresnel reflector
27.5	Jinshawan	Mainland China	China			solar updraft tower Solar updraft tower The solar updraft tower is a renewable-energy power plant. It combines the chimney effect, the greenhouse effect and the wind turbine. Air is heated by sunshine and contained in a very large greenhouse-like structure around the base of a tall chimney, and the resulting convection causes air to...	Operations underway at 200KW
25	Termosolar Borges	Spain	Borges Blanques (Lerida)			parabolic trough
20	Kuraymat Plant	Egypt	Kuraymat		2011	ISCC
25	Hassi R'mel integrated solar combined cycle power station Hassi R'Mel integrated solar combined cycle power station The Hassi R'Mel integrated solar combined cycle power station is a hybrid power station that is to be built near Hassi R'Mel in Algeria, thought to be the first of its kind...	Algeria	Hassi R'mel		2011	ISCC
12	Alba Nova 1	Early Modern France	Corsica Corsica Corsica is an island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is located west of Italy, southeast of the French mainland, and north of the island of Sardinia....		2013	Fresnel	First utility-scale solar thermal plant in France
1.4	THEMIS Solar Power Tower Themis (solar power plant) The THEMIS solar power tower is a research and development centre focused on solar energy. It is located near the village of Targassonne, in the department of Pyrénées-Orientales, south of France, 3 kilometres from the world's largest solar furnace in Odeillo.-Siting of the plant:THEMIS Solar...	Early Modern France	Pyrénées-Orientales Pyrénées-Orientales Pyrénées-Orientales is a department of southern France adjacent to the northern Spanish frontier and the Mediterranean Sea. It also surrounds the tiny Spanish enclave of Llívia, and thus has two distinct borders with Spain.- History :...	42°30′5"N 1°58′27"E		solar power tower	Hybrid solar/gas electric power, using solar energy to heat the air entering a gas turbine
1	Renovalia	Spain	Albacete			dish
2301.9	Overall capacity under construction

Announced — USA

Solar Thermal Power Stations Announced in the USA
Capacity MW	Name	Country	Location	Coordinates	Technology	Notes
500	Fort Irwin	United States	San Bernardino County, California	35°14′47"N 116°40′55"W	unnamed solar thermal technology, military
484	Palen Solar Power Project	United States	Riverside County, California Riverside County, California Riverside County is a county in the U.S. state of California. One of 58 California counties, it covers in the southern part of the state, and stretches from Orange County to the Colorado River, which forms the state border with Arizona. The county derives its name from the city of Riverside,...		solar trough	Solar Millennium Solar Millennium Solar Millennium is a German globally active company in the renewable energy sector founded in 1998 in Erlangen, Germany, which is specialized in the designing and implementation of solar thermal power plants... , Chevron
350	Sonoran Solar Project	United States	Maricopa County, Arizona Maricopa County, Arizona -2010:Whereas according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau:73.0% White5.0% Black2.1% Native American3.5% Asian0.2% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander3.5% Two or more races12.7% Other races29.6% Hispanic or Latino -2000:...		parabolic trough
340	Hualapai Valley Solar Project	United States	Mohave County, Arizona Mohave County, Arizona Mohave County is located in the northwestern corner of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2010 census, its population was 200,186, an increase of 45,154 people since the 2000 census count of 155,032. The county seat is Kingman...		parabolic trough
300	Unnamed	United States	Florida Florida Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...		fresnel reflector
250	Beacon Solar Energy Project	United States	Kern County,California		parabolic trough
250	Harper Lake Solar	United States	San Bernardino County, California		solar trough
250	Genesis Solar Energy Project	United States	Riverside County, California		solar trough
200	Unnamed Kingman Kingman, Arizona Kingman is located in a desert climate on the edge of the Mojave Desert, but its higher elevation and location between the Colorado Plateau and the Lower Colorado River Valley tempers summer high temperatures and contributes to winter cold and rare snowfall. Summer daytime highs reach above 90 °F ... solar project	United States	Mohave County, Arizona		parabolic trough
200	Enviromission EnviroMission EnviroMission is an Australian listed company. It has, since 2001, proposed to build a solar updraft tower power generating station known as Solar Tower Buronga in western New South Wales at a site 25 km northeast of Mildura. More recently, 12 February 2007, EnviroMission also claims to be... Australia	United States	Arizona		solar updraft tower
200	BrightSource PPA5	United States	Mojave, California		power tower
200	BrightSource PPA6	United States	Mojave, California		power tower
200	BrightSource PPA7	United States	Mojave, California		power tower
150	Rice Solar Energy Project	United States	Riverside County, California		power tower	with 7h heat storage
150	Crossroads Solar Energy Project	United States	Maricopa County, Arizona		power tower	with 10h heat storage
107	San Joaquin Solar 1&2	United States	Fresno County, California Fresno County, California Fresno County is a county located in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, south of Stockton and north of Bakersfield. As of the 2010 census, it is the tenth most populous county in California with a population of 930,450, and the sixth largest in size with an area of . The county...		parabolic trough hybrid with biomass
100	Calico Solar Energy Project Calico Solar Energy Project The Calico Solar Energy Project is a proposed 850 MW solar power station to be located in San Bernardino County, California on of Bureau of Land Management land. Probably it will be mixed design of 750 MW photovoltaics and 100 MW of solar thermal.... (SES Stirling Energy Systems Stirling Energy Systems is a Scottsdale, Arizona-based company which develops equipment for utility-scale renewable energy power plants and distributed electrical generating systems.... Solar One)	United States	San Bernardino County, California San Bernardino County, California San Bernardino County is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 2,035,210, up from 1,709,434 as of the 2000 census...		??
92	Suntower	United States	Doña Ana County, New Mexico Doña Ana County, New Mexico -2010:Whereas according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau:74.1% White1.7% Black1.5% Native American1.1% Asian0.1% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander3.0% Two or more races18.5% Other races65.7% Hispanic or Latino -2000:...		solar tower
84	eSolar ESolar eSolar was founded by the Pasadena-based business incubator Idealab in 2007 as a developer of concentrating solar power plant technology.... 1	United States	Los Angeles County, California		solar tower
66	eSolar 2	United States	Los Angeles County, California		solar tower
62	City of Palmdale Hybrid Power Project	United States	Palmdale, California		parabolic trough steam input for hybrid gas plant
59	Unnamed	United States	Barstow, California Barstow, California Barstow is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. The population was 22,639 at the 2010 census, up from 21,119 at the 2000 census. Barstow is located north of San Bernardino....		parabolic trough with heat storage
50	Victorville 2 Hybrid Power Project	United States	Victorville, California Victorville, California Victorville is a city located in the Victor Valley of southwestern San Bernardino County, California. According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2010 census, the city had a population of 115,903, up from 64,030 at the 2000 census.-Geography and climate:...		parabolic trough steam input for hybrid gas plant
50	Sound Hybrid G	United States	Unannounced		hybrid
5	Kalaeloa Solar One MicroCSP Power Project	United States	Barbers Point Naval Air Station, Hawaii		MicroCSP parabolic trough steam input for power generation with thermal storage
6510	Overall capacity announced in the USA

Announced — Spain

Solar Thermal Power Stations Announced in Spain
MW	Name	Location	Coordinates	Technology
200	Andasol 4–7	Granada		parabolic trough with heat storage
100	Solnova Solnova Solar Power Station The Solnova Solar Power Station is a large CSP power station made up of five separate units of each. The facility is located at the Solar Platform, in Sanlúcar la Mayor, in Spain, the same area where the PS20 solar power tower is also located... 2, 4–5	Sevilla	37°25′00"N 06°17′20"W	parabolic trough with heat storage
50	Ibersol Badajoz	Fuente de Cantos		parabolic trough
50	Ibersol Valdecaballeros 1–2	Valdecaballeros		parabolic trough
50	Ibersol Sevilla	Aznalcollar		parabolic trough
50	Ibersol Almería	Tabernas		parabolic trough
50	Ibersol Albacete	Almansa		parabolic trough
50	Ibersol Murcia	Lorca		parabolic trough
50	Ibersol Zamora	Cubillos		parabolic trough
100	Aste 3, 4	Alcázar de San Juan (Ciudad Real)		parabolic trough
50	Astexol 1	Extremadura		parabolic trough
50	AZ 20	Sevilla		power tower
50	Alcázar Solar Thermal Power Project	Alcázar de San Juan		power tower
20	Almaden Plant	Albacete		power tower
10	Gotasol	Gotarrendura		linear fresnel
0.08	Aznalcollar TH	Sevilla		dish sterling
1080.08	Overall capacity announced in Spain

Announced — other countries

Solar Thermal Power Stations Announced In Other Countries
MW	Name	Location	Coordinates	Technology
2000	Sudan Solar Program	Sudan		unknown
2000	unknown	Mongolian desert, China		power tower
2000	unknown	Morocco		unknown
250	Ashalim power station Ashalim power station The Ashalim power station is a future solar power station to be established in the Negev desert near the kibbutz of Ashalim, in Israel...	Negev desert, Israel		CSP
250	Solar Gas Power Station	Brisbane Brisbane Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of... , Queensland Queensland Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean... , Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...		Parabolic trough Parabolic trough A parabolic trough is a type of solar thermal energy collector. It is constructed as a long parabolic mirror with a Dewar tube running its length at the focal point. Sunlight is reflected by the mirror and concentrated on the Dewar tube... Gas Gas Gas is one of the three classical states of matter . Near absolute zero, a substance exists as a solid. As heat is added to this substance it melts into a liquid at its melting point , boils into a gas at its boiling point, and if heated high enough would enter a plasma state in which the electrons...
72	Mashhad solar-thermal power station	Mashhad, Iran		Parabolic dish with tracer system
60	Mashavei Sadde solar-thermal power station	Mashavei Sadde(Negev), Israel		CSP
14	Agua Prieta II integrated solar combined cycle power station	Agua Prieta(Sonora), IMexico		ISCC
10	Cloncurry solar power station Cloncurry solar power station A solar thermal power station was to be built in Cloncurry, in north-west Queensland. The solar thermal power station was planned have a capacity of 10-megawatt and deliver about 30 million kilowatt hours of electricity a year, enough to power the whole town....	Cloncurry, Australia	20°42′15.60"S 140°30′20.21"E	power tower with heat storage
6813.0	Overall capacity announced in other countries

Out of commission

Solar One (converted into Solar Two) — USA California, 10 MW, power tower design
SES-5 — USSR, 5MW, power tower design, water / Steam, service period 1985-1989

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