EuroTrough Helped Cut Ramp-Up Time of China’s 100 MW Urat CSP
The 100 MW Urat CSP first connected to the grid in January of 2020, with 3 months of commissioning, and by December, met its full production target within just one year, according to CSNP. Typically, thermal plants require up to four years to ramp-up to 100% operating level.
At Urat, the solar collector field covers an area 2.6 km long and 1.7 km wide. It consists of 352 loops comprising 16,896 individual solar collector elements, each 12 m long and 5.8 m wide. The firm’s existing EuroTrough design was originally developed for 50 MW plant sizes, and has been successfully used in many trough power plants in Spain, Egypt, India, Kuwait and previously in China. But Urat presented challenges.
“It would have been uneconomical to just copy the design for the 100 MW Urat CSP plant, as extremely high wind loads, the influence of high altitude on air pressure, and a wide temperature range, from -45 °C in winter to over 30 °C in summer, made re-engineering necessary,” said Axel Schweitzer, sbp solar engineer. Read original full article
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Ural, in Inner Mongolia, presents some of the most difficult climate conditions on earth. Extremely high wind loads, high altitude, and a wide temperature range, from -45 °C in winter to over 30 °C in summer. All these factors made re-engineering necessary to grant the proper functioning of a CSP plant.
Thus, Urat achieved two noteworthy world records, as the largest EuroTrough project, with the shortest time to achieve 100% of projected output. Only one year was needed to meet its full production target once connected to the grid. A demonstration of how true clean energy projects can play an integral role in the near future of energy.
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