heliostats directing light to a solar power tower in the Solucar solar complex near Seville, Spain,


Heliostats, large reflective mirrors directing sunlight to the PS20 solar thermal tower, the only such working solar tower currently in the world. Its is part of the Solucar solar complex owned by Abengoa energy, in Sanlucar La Mayor, Andalucia, spain. The site has solar tower, parabolic trough and photovoltaic solar technology on the complex, generating 183 MW in total, enough to power 94,000 households and eliminating 114,000 tons of C02 emissions annually.


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