Jülich Solar Tower

Jülich Solar Tower
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Country	Germany
Location	Jülich
Coordinates	[ ⚑ ] : 50°54′54″N 6°23′16″E / 50.915°N 6.38778°E / 50.915; 6.38778
Status	Operational
Owner(s)	German Aerospace Center
Solar farm
Type	CSP
CSP technology	Solar power tower
Collectors	2000
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Jülich Solar Tower is a 60-metre (200 ft) high experimental concentrated solar power (CSP) tower, Germany's sole plant using this type of solar power technology. In September 2008 the plant was put into operation on a trial basis.^[1] Over 2,000 dual-axis sun-tracking mirrors heat air to 700 °C, which is used to generate steam which flows through a turbine to generate electricity. Insulated steel tanks allow storage of heat for 1.5 hours in the event of clouds passing over.^[2] The total electric output of the plant is 1.5 MW.^[3] In 2011 it was sold to the German Aerospace Center.^[4]

• List of solar thermal power stations
• Renewable energy in the European Union
• Solar thermal energy
• The Solar Project

• DLR website on the Jülich solar tower (German)
• DLR website on the Jülich solar tower (English)

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