GENERATION PLANTS

 

 

Shouhang China

 

Geometry

Overall Dimension: 10.8m x 10.8m (115.7m² aperture area)

Number of mirror facet: 35

Number of mirror facet along the horizontal direction and vertical direction : 7 x 5

 

Optics

Mirror reflectance: 0.92

Tracking error: 2 mrads

 

Components:

Mirror facet developer: Shanghai Yaohua Pikington Glass Group

 

Operating conditions

Operating wind speed: 10m/s

 

 

Commercial application

Plant 1: Shouhang Dunhuang Phase I

Plant 2: Shouhang Dunhuang Phase II

 

Photo: http://gansu.gscn.com.cn/system/2018/11/20/012066573.shtml

 

Photo: http://www.cspfocus.cn/en/market/detail_972.htm

 

 

Resources:

[1] https://solarpaces.nrel.gov/project/shouhang-dunhuang-phase-ii-100-mw-tower
[2] Zhu, Guangdong, et al. Roadmap to advance heliostat technologies for concentrating solar-thermal power. No. NREL/TP-5700-83041. National Renewable Energy Lab.(NREL), Golden, CO (United States), 2022.