Power Generation: Dependable, renewable, and clean peak power — delivered to the grid

Solel's unrivalled solutions set the global standard for utility scale solar thermal power plants. Its longstanding experience with parabolic trough solar technology has brought the cost of kWhe produced to competitive market levels.

While there are many varieties of solar power, the most proven and economically feasible are the SEGS (Solar Energy Generating Systems) based on Solel technology. Nine SEGS fields have been operating successfully in California’s Mojave Desert for nearly 20 years, producing enough electricity for 500,000 consumers and eliminating the need for two million barrels of oil annually.
 
Solel’s technology converts sunshine into useful thermal energy, and subsequently into electricity, through parabolic mirrors that concentrate the solar energy onto specially coated solar receivers containing a heat transfer fluid. This fluid is circulated and heated through the receivers, and the heat is released to a series of heat exchangers to generate super-heated steam. The steam powers a turbine/generator to produce electricity delivered to a utility’s electric grid.

A central computerized tracking facility enables optimal absorption of the sun’s energy by automatically adjusting the alignment of the parabolic mirrors. From the moment the sun rises until it dips over the horizon, all of its rays are captured and converted into usable energy.