Sener launches 150 MW hybrid solar project in Spain 

SENER Renewable Investments, the SENER Group subsidiary, has launched the first hybrid solar project in Spain that merges CSP technology with molten salt storage and photovoltaic technology.

With an installed power of 150 MW, the plant will be located in the municipal district of Fuentes de Andalucía, in the province of Seville. The photovoltaic plant will consist of 96,930 polycrystalline silicon modules of 415 W each, installed on horizontal, single-axis solar trackers.

The CSP facility will use SENERtrough parabolic trough technology, designed and manufactured by SENER, with a molten salt heat storage system with two tanks, which will provide more than 1900 MWh thermal storage capacity. The Solgest-1 plant has a CSP unit with a storage capacity of more than 6 hours and a gross power generation of 110 MWe, making it capable of generating electricity at night or in cloudy weather. The CSP unit is combined with a photovoltaic section with an installed power of 40 MWp,