Photovoltaic concentration plant based on prototype EUCLIDES TM (European Concentrated Light Intensity Development of Energy Sources)
Thermie (IV Programa Marco de la Unión Europea)
Instituto Tecnológico y de Energías Renovables, ITER
Instituto de Energía Solar (UPM) BP Sola
ITER, IES and BP have developed this project to install the biggest PV concentration plant of the world, based on the cylindrical-parabolic mirror tecnology of the EUCLIDES prototype. This technology is based on idea of light concentration over a limited area of solar cells, with the aim of reducing "Pv generation plants" costs.
Optical Concentration is based on cylindrical-parabollic mirrors with one axis sun-tracking. The plant consists of 14 lines of 84 meters long each one, and has a nominal power of kWp. Each line consist of 138 modules arranged in series and 140 parabollic mirrors.
In the worst conditions, it can generate a minimum voltage of 700V so that it is able to work with a 3 phase inverter without a transformer. The EUCLIDES plant has 7 inverters of 68 kW each one. The inverters are connected to a field bus that allows controlling and monitoring the whole plant.
Generated energy is injected directly into UNELCO grid.
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