Plataforma Solar de Almería 2.76

The Plataforma Solar de Almería is a center for the exploration of the solar energy, situated in the Province of Almería, Spain in the Tabernas Desert.HistoryThe PSA was founded in the early 1980s and run by the Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, a public research organization under the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. PSA activities are integrated in the CIEMAT organization as an R&D division of the Department of Energy. TestingOver 20,000 m² of mirrors are installed on a 400000m2 site. There are several techniques tested under practical conditions, mainly solar thermal power plants. Hydrosol-2 is a solar power tower and a set of heliostats to collect the solar thermal energy.About Facility belongs to CIEMAT, a public research organization under the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness . R&D activities focus on potential industrial applications of concentrating solar thermal energy and solar photochemistry. Built on a plot of 103 hectares located in Tabernas . About 120 staff, of which 40% are researchers.