Solar has been awarded a major contract to install a 44 megawatt solar thermal augmentation project at a 750 megawatt coal-fired power station in Queensland, Australia, representing the largest solar project in the Southern Hemisphere and the world’s largest solar/coal-fired power augmentation project. AREVA Solar’s Australian-pioneered Compact Linear Fresnel Reflector (CLFR) technology will be installed at CS Energy’s Kogan Creek Power Station. Construction of the solar boost project is scheduled to begin in the first half of 2011, with commercial operation planned for 2013.
The AU$104.7 million Kogan Creek Power Station Solar Boost Project represents the largest deployment of AREVA’s solar thermal technology in the world and will generate an additional 44,000 megawatt hours of electricity per year.
AREVA Solar CEO Bill Gallo commended CS Energy on its commitment to low-carbon energy production and adopting renewable energy options to produce cleaner electricity from an existing coal-fired power station.
“The application of AREVA Solar’s Australian-pioneered technology to this utility-scale project affirms its far-reaching potential to provide cost-effective, turnkey solutions,” Mr. Gallo said.
