Location:
Hinkley, CA
Client:
Abengoa Solar LLC
Scope of Work:
- Construction staking for foundations of piping pedestals
- Construction staking for foundations of mirrors
- Construction staking for bolts of each pad
- Set elevations on generator foundations
Description:
Abengoa Solar LLC’s (ASL) Mojave Solar Project (MSP) will be one of the world’s largest parabolic trough concentrating solar power plants. Located near the city of Hinkley in California’s Mojave Desert, the 250-megawatt (MW) project will operate on solar energy only, with no supplemental fossil fuel contribution. The technology is based on the same parabolic trough system that has been proven over a period of nearly 25 years at the Solar Electric Generating Systems (“SEGS”) facilities located nearby at three locations in the Mojave Desert. ASL will further enhance the proven performance of this technology through advancements in plant efficiency factors, O&M practices and the incorporation of new and significantly improved components and design. The Project will be designed to produce clean, solar electricity by means of an integrated process using solar energy to heat a synthetic petroleum-based fluid in a closed-loop system that, in turn, heats water to create steam to drive a conventional steam turbine. MSP is projected to generate more than 617,000 MWh (net) of solar-generated electricity each year, enough to provide for the annual energy needs of more than 88,000 California residential households while avoiding more than 430 kilotons of greenhouse gases that would otherwise contribute to global warming and climate change. The Project will cover a surface area of approximately 1,755 acres on previously disturbed agricutural land and its construction will create thousands of jobs, including approximately 830 construction jobs on average over a 28-month construction period, and 70 full-time jobs once completed. The Full Notice to Proceed was issued effective March 7, 2012, the first day that funding from this award was received.