The $2bn development, the largest parabolic trough CSP plant in theworld, will generate electricity to power 70,000 households and will savearound 500,000 tonnes of CO2 from being emitted into the atmosphereeach year.
Solana is built around arrays of parabolic shaped mirrors mounted on structuresthat track the sun and concentrate its light on to water-filled receivingtubes, using the steam generated to power a conventional turbine set.
