2 - Cerro Dominador v01

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Commissioning of the

first CSP power plant in


Chile
Cerro Dominador Assets
110 MW

10,600
§ CSP+PV project heliostats,140 m²
each

§ 12 MW of BESS for additional 243-meter high


tower

flexibility through ancillary In Commissioning

services
100 MW

392,000 PV panels

Single-axis tracker
§ 17.5 hours of thermal storage 300 hectares

In Operation

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CSP Brief Technology Description
Salt is pumped, when needed, from the Hot Salt Tank
into a heat exchanger that produces steam at high
4 temperature and pressure, which is then used to
Sun light is reflected move a turbine, to produce electricity.
by the mirrors
(heliostats) into the 1
receiver.
5 Cold salt returns to the Cold Salt tank

Salt is stored in
the Hot Salt
Tank
3

2 Steam is condensed
Salt at ~550 ºF is pumped 6 and water is recirculated
from the Cold Salt Tank into in a closed circuit
the receiver, where it is heated 5
to ~1050 ºF.

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Solar Field

§ 10,600 heliostats
§ 140 m2 each
§ Maximum distance to the
tower ~1 mile

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Solar Receiver

§ The solar receiver is located at the top of


the solar tower
§ Salt Inlet Temperature: 290ºC
§ Salt Outlet Temperature: 565ºC
§ 16 absorber panels consisting of a group of
parallel tubes

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Salt Tanks

§ Cold Salt Tank


§ carbon steel
§ ~50.4 m. diameter
§ ~14 m. height
§ Hot Salt Tanks
§ stainless steel
§ ~36.3 m. diameter
§ ~14 m. height

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Steam Turbine & Balance of Plant

§ Skoda 113.5 MW gross steam turbine


generator

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Taking the plant to its full potential

Synchronization Initial Final Commercial


Adjustments Adjustments Operations

§ This is the beginning of § Detailed adjustments § Last changes to the § We operate the plan in
the process, when we and tests. operation accordance with the
start generating § We operate at ~50% § We reach ~80% system requirements at
electricity. capacity factor. capacity factor full load.
§ We operate at ~20%
capacity factor.

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Key Milestones

April 10 – Synchronization
April 12 – 25 MW
April 21 – 71 MW
April 22 – 80 MW
April 30 – 95 MW
May 6 – 102 MW
May 21 – ~113 MW

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CSP/PV is the best option for 24/7 power

Because CSP is the perfect complement of PV to get to


24/7 clean power at the most competitive pricing
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Transition fuels?

Source: Asociación de Concentración Solar de Potencia, Chile 11


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