{"id":332508,"date":"2010-02-17T10:25:02","date_gmt":"2010-02-17T15:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ecoseed.org\/en\/general-green-news\/renewable-energy\/solar-energy\/concentrating-solar-power\/6207-Fluor-tapped-for-concentrating-solar-project-in-Spain"},"modified":"2010-02-17T10:25:02","modified_gmt":"2010-02-17T15:25:02","slug":"fluor-tapped-for-concentrating-solar-project-in-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/332508","title":{"rendered":"Fluor tapped for concentrating solar project in Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Fluor will help build a 50-megawatt concentrating solar power plant in Badajoz, Spain<\/span><\/span>
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\nBy Oliver M. Bayani <\/strong>
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Dave Dunning, president of Fluor\u2019s power group, said concentrating solar power technology has gained
momentum in Spain and throughout the world.
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<\/span>Fluor will help build a 50-megawatt concentrating solar power <\/a>plant in Badajoz, Spain after being chosen by project developer Elecnor S.A.<\/p>\n

Working through an engineering services contract, Fluor<\/a>\u2019s operations in Asturias and Madrid will provide design and construction assistance to the project which would use parabolic troughs. The troughs will collect sunlight to heat a liquid that will generate steam. <\/p>\n

The solar plant\u2019s developers expect to finish building the plant by the second quarter of 2011. Fluor started working with Elecnor on the project in 2009. <\/p>\n

Dave Dunning, president of Fluor\u2019s power group, said concentrating solar power technology has gained momentum in Spain and throughout the world. <\/p>\n

He said a number of solar energy companies are already banking on the solar technology which has an efficiency advantages over solar cells. <\/p>\n

In May 2009, Abengoa<\/a> Solar began constructing two power plants in \u00c9cija in Seville. Planned to go online in 2011, the two plants with a combined output capacity of 100 MW will generate enough electricity to supply 52,000 households and reduce carbon emissions by 31,400 tons annually. <\/p>\n

Abengoa is also developing the 1.2 billion euro ($1.6 billion) Solucar Platform complex<\/a>. This 300-MW project, when completed in 2013, could provide enough electricity for 153,000 households. Avoided emissions are estimated at 185,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year.<\/p>\n

Rather than producing electricity directly from the sun\u2019s rays, concentrated solar technology captures sunshine using mirros to make steam needed to drive a turbine generator.<\/p>\n

But Fluor<\/a> (NYSE:{yootooltip mode=[cursor] title=[FLR] width=[556] display=[inline]}<\/p>\n