A Spanish ''Power Tower'' solar system: Project CESA-1
Like many other countries and organizations, Spain has been developing a program to investigate the economic viability of new sources of energy. Among these, it should be pointed out, is included the large solar power systems. Within this investigation program, ''Centro de Estudios de la Energia'', an organization dependent on ''Ministerio de Industria y Energia'', is carrying out the CESA-1 Project, which consists of design, construction, start-up, and operation of a 1.2-MW Pilot Solar Power Plant. If the current technical uncertainties are removed and the power tower concept demonstrates its economical viability, Spain will be one of the most appropriate countries in the world for a full-scale implementation of this technology. For this reason, the ''Ministerio de Industria y Energia'' reached the conclusion in mid-1977 that it would be of interest to explore this technology using the domestic industrial potential. The project was approved by the Council of Ministers in June 1977 and the project begun in early 1978. The management of the Project is the direct responsibility of ''El Centro de Estudios de la Energia'' and was helped by the engineering firms Initec and Sener to attain the adequate organization to carry out the project.
- Research Organization:
- Centro de Estudios de la Energia, Ministerio de Industria y Energia, Madrid
- OSTI ID:
- 6508842
- Journal Information:
- J. Sol. Energy Eng.; (United States), Vol. 106:1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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