A joint venture, which combines BrightSource’s advanced Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) technology with Shanghai Electric’s leading equipment manufacturing and EPC services, will construct two 135 MW plants as part of the first phase of the Qinghai Delingha Solar Thermal Power Generation Project.
BrightSource Energy, Inc., a leading US concentrating solar power technology company and Shanghai Electric Group Co., Ltd (SEC) announced the companies have signed an agreement forming a joint venture for building utility-scale CSP plants in China. Under the agreement, the joint venture will leverage both partners’ contributions to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for projects featuring BrightSource’s solar power tower technology in China. The joint venture’s first proposal is for the construction of two 135 MW CSP plants as part of the first phase of the Qinghai Delingha Solar Thermal Power Generation Project, of which the majority owner is Huanghe Hydropower Development Co., Ltd (Huanghe), a subsidiary of the China Power Investment Corporation (CPI).
The proposed Qinghai Delingha Solar Thermal Power Generation Project is to be located in China’s Qinghai province and is planned for six 135 MW CSP tower plants. The first phase will include two 135 MW solar thermal plants with thermal energy storage. Construction of the first two plants is expected to begin in 2015 and be completed in 2017.
A feasibility study for the first phase of the Delingha project has been completed and is going to be reviewed by the Expert Panel appointed by Huanghe and the Qinghai Province Development and Reform Commission (DRC).
