Spanish cleantech company Abengoa has completed installation of a 50MW solar thermal plant in Cordoba, southern Spain.
It developed the Solacor 1 facility in partnership with the JGC Corporation, with commercial operation officially starting on 1 February. The second stage of the project Solarcor 2, which also has a 50MW capacity, is expected to come online shortly.
The systems consist of more than 60,500 mirrors concentrating the suns rays onto two towers that contain 50MW turbines. Abengoa will operate both facilities and will retain a 74 per cent stake in them.
At the end of last year, Abengoa was awarded two contracts to build solar thermal facilities in South Africa with a combined capacity of 150MW.