Chinese Academy of Sciences designed the solar thermal power plant which will be capable to power at least 30,000 households, Chinese media reported.
Power plant will cover the surface of 13 hectares and will be funded from Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology.
Whole project will cost about 14,4 million US dollars. It is expected that Asia’s first 1.5 MW solar thermal power plant will start operating in 2010.
This power plant will produce about 2.7 million kWh electricity per year.
The solar power receiver will be 100 meter tall and it will collect solar thermal energy from 100 curved mirrors. It will convert solar thermal power into thermal power and there will be generated steam. Than, electricity will be produced by steam-powered generator.
– from sciencio. 19 Feb 2009