Two identical 50-MW parabolic trough plants with thermal storage in Cadiz, in the south of Spain, began operating this January. The Valle 1 and Valle 2 projects (Figure 7) built by Torresol Energy—a ...

Parabolic trough technology has a success story spanning more than 40 years. As early as 1984, the first commercial power plants with parabolic trough collectors went into operation in California. In ...

Virtual Solar Field (VSF) is a software tool developed by the German Aerospace Center for the simulation of parabolic trough solar fields. Improvements in solar field control and operating strategies ...

October, 11th 2011 (Nuernberg/ Stuttgart, Germany) – FLABEG and schlaich bergermann und partner, both specialized in the CSP business, will be working together to make CSP technology more competitive.