Torresol Energy has initiated the construction work for two thermosolar plants located in Cadiz, in the town of San José del Valle.

Valle 1 and Valle 2 are two adjacent 50 MW plants, based on parabolic trough collector technology.  Each plant will be able to produce electricity for seven hours without sunshine. The company, which is 60%-owned by SENER and 40% by Masdar, indicated that the plants are expected to ready by 2011. The net electrical output scheduled for Valle 1 and for Valle 2 is 175 GWh/year.

These projects are new additions to Torresol’s portfolio, which also consists of the Gemasolar project. The Gemasolar project is the first commercial plant in the world with a central tower receiver using molten salt technology.

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