Night: Solar power plant generates electricity!

The world's first solar power plant capable of generating electricity at night was completed in Spain last month.

According to the Daily Mail , the Gemasolar power plant near Seville, southern Spain looks like a giant art work with a circular, symmetrical structure. However, this is actually the world's first solar power plant capable of generating electricity at night.

The Gemasolar solar plant was completed last month with a total cost
260 million pounds (about 424.7 million USD). Photos: SWNS.com.

In order to build the Gemasolar power plant , people have used 2,650 solar panels, also known as fixed glass, on an area of ​​185 hectares of agricultural land. The glass sheets focus on 95% of solar radiation on a giant receiver at the center of the factory. Heat up to 900 degrees Celsius is used to warm molten salt pools to create steam to power plants' turbines.

However, unlike all other solar plants, hot heat stored in tanks can be released up to 15 hours overnight or during periods of no sunlight.

To build Gemasolar power plant, people have used up to 2,650 solar panels
arranged in a circle, symmetrical. Photos: SWNS.com

The regular sun shining in southern Spain means that Gemasolar factory can operate through most nights, ensuring electricity production for a minimum of 270 days per year, up to 3 times as much as other sources. other renewable amounts.

The project was developed by Torresol Energy, a joint venture between Abu Dhabu's Masdar Energy Company and Spanish engineering company SENER, for a period of two years with a total cost of £ 260 million (approximately 424.7 million USD).

Managers estimate that the Gemasolar plant will produce 110 GWh of electricity per year, enough to supply the electricity consumption needs of 25,000 households in the Andalucia region.

Heat-focused solar panels heat up to 900 degrees Celsius to warm molten salt pools to create steam to power plants' turbines. Photos : SWNS.com

SENER spokesman confirmed that they are currently the only company in the world that has developed and built a commercial factory equipped with molten salt collection technology in the central tower and has begun to enter. work.

Enrique Sendagorta, President of Torresol Energy Company, added: " The standardization of this new technology will mean a real reduction in investment costs for solar power plants. This plant will pave the way for the birth of other similar plants, forming an efficient system to improve the power generation capacity of renewable energy sources ".

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