Thermo-solar energy system developer Solel Solar Systems announced today that it has begun construction on a 50 MW solar field in Lebrija, Spain featuring the company’s state-of-the-art SunField LP technology and equipment.
The $150 million project utilizes Solel’s UVAC 2008 solar receivers, parabolic mirrors, collector assemblies and patented control systems to capture sunlight and convert it to the most possible heat for clean energy.
In addition, Solel is providing project design, engineering and integration services.
The Lebrija project, called Lebrija-1, has an overall cost of $400 million, and is being developed in partnership with Sacyr Vallehermoso, a leading Spanish construction company based in Madrid. The project will be operational in 2010.
With the Lebrija project, Solel equipment is generating more than 400 MW of installed capacity of clean energy at both its own projects and at solar fields of other developers in the US and Spain that have installed Solel equipment.
Solel also has orders to deliver equipment over the next 24 months that will generate an additional 850 MW of solar energy.
Solel's headquarters, manufacturing plant and R&D center are in Beit Shemesh. It operates in the US through subsidiary Solel Inc, and in Spain Solel operates through its subsidiary, Solel Spain.
In September, the company opened a $9 million facility in Finland to build the parabolic solar reflectors it uses in its solar fields.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on February 17, 2009
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