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Abengoa Solar and E.ON halfway on Spanish CSP plant

05 August 2010

Abengoa Solar and E.ON are halfway through construction of their first concentrated solar plant (CSP) in Écija, near Seville in Spain.

The Helioenergy 1 and 2 parabolic trough CSP plants, each rated at 50 MW, are expected to be commissioned at the end of 2011 and the beginning of 2012, respectively.

 

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