Spanish engineering company Abengoa Solar has started building two CSP plants in the town of Écija.

The plants, each with 50 MW of power output capacity, will go into operation at the beginning of 2011. The two plants will generate enough electricity to supply a total of approximately 52,000 households.

Ecija 1 and 2 are two new 50 MW trough plants that will be equipped with solar storage.

The company designs much of its own proprietary technology.

Including the two plants, Abengoa Solar now has 250 solar CSP MW under construction in Spain, in addition to 31 MW that are already in production.

A few days ago the company also started operations of the new PS20 solar power tower plant located at the Solúcar Platform, near Seville. It is the biggest of its kind in the world, delivering electricity to 10,000 homes.

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