World's first hybrid CSP-Biomass plant comes on-line

13 December, 2012 

The day has come, the world's first CSP-Biomass hybrid power plant is sending electrons to Spain's electric grid after the first tests to synchronize the turbine.

 Comsa Emte and Abantia, the promoters of Termosolar Borges, have announced the plant is working properly and it has been connected to the grid.

After 20 months of work and an investment of €153 million, the plant has been commissioned and will serve electricity enough for 27,000 households and will avoid 24,500 tons of CO2.

The plant combines a parabolic trough solar field and biomass boilers to produce 22.5 MW of renewable energy 24/7.

The solar field, comprised by 2,688 collectors (224 loops or SCAs) has been realized by Siemens, which announced recently to leave the solar energy business. The boilers have been provided by Intec and the turbine was awarded to MAN.

This kind of hybrid plants allows to deploy concentrated solar power in areas with lower solar radiation but with biomass resources available nearby.

COMSA EMTE is the second largest unlisted Spanish group in the infrastructures and technology sector. With over one hundred years of experience, COMSA EMTE centers its activities in the Infrastructures, Engineering and Systems, Environment, Services and Logistics and Concessions and Renewable Energies sectors.

During the last few years, COMSA EMTE has promoted its international activity and currently has a solid presence in the five continents. The company has a permanent presence in 18 countries: Andorra, Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Spain, the USA, France, Lithuania, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Switzerland and Turkey. The company has an international business volume of over 850 million Euros.

COMSA EMTE, considered the eighth largest Spanish company in the sector, has a turnover of over 2,000 MEUR and manages a staff of over 12,000 employees.

The Abantia Group is made up of the following main companies, specialising in different fields of applied engineering. :

1) Abantia Instalaciones & Seguridad, S.A. ; 2) Abantia Sistemas & Telecom, S.A. ; 3) Abantia Clima, S.A. ; 4) Abantia Ticsa, S.A. ; 5) Abantia Contratas, S.A. ; 6) Abantia Polska, S.L. ; 7) Abantia Mantenimiento, S.A. ; 8) Abantia Sun Energy, S.A. ; 9) Abantia CSC, S.L. ; 10) AAbantia Denion S.A

Sources :

http://www.csp-world.com 

http://www.comsaemte.com

http://www.abantia.com