Solar Two: A successful power tower demonstration project

Conference · Thu Mar 02 00:00:00 EST 2000

OSTI ID:752536

REILLY, HUGH E; PACHECO, JAMES E

Solar Two, a 10MWe power tower plant in Barstow, California, successfully demonstrated the production of grid electricity at utility-scale with a molten-salt solar power tower. This paper provides an overview of the project, from inception in 1993 to closure in the spring of 1999. Included are discussions of the goals of the Solar Two consortium, the planned-vs.-actual timeline, plant performance, problems encountered, and highlights and successes of the project. The paper concludes with a number of key results of the Solar Two test and evaluation program.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000
• OSTI ID: 752536
• Report Number(s): SAND2000-0559C; TRN: AH200017%%148
• Resource Relation: Conference: 200 ASME International Solar Energy Conference: Solar 2000, Madison, WI (US), 06/16/2000--06/21/2000; Other Information: PBD: 2 Mar 2000
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
MOLTEN SALTS
PERFORMANCE TESTING
TOWER FOCUS POWER PLANTS
TOWER FOCUS COLLECTORS