Selected project examples

Owner’s engineer for hybrid solar thermal and biomass power plant, Spain

Owner’s engineer for hybrid solar thermal and biomass power plant, Spain

Les Borges Blanques Hybrid Solar Thermal and Biomass Power Plant has 336 parabolic trough collectors covering 67 ha with a power rating of 25 MWe, combined with a power plant firing forestry biomass comprising two boilers rated at 2x22 MWth. An auxiliary natural gas boiler is rated at 6 MWth. This allows electricity to be generated day and night as well as during low insolation periods. Fichtner renders owner’s engineering services after contract award to the EPC contractor.

Our services

  • Design review
  • Workshop inspections of main equipment
  • Site supervision
  • Supervision of commissioning and trial run

Technical data

  • Thermal generation capacity biomass plant: 2 x 22 MWth
  • Efficiency: 78%

Client

TERMOSOLAR BORGES, S.L., Barcelona, Spain