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Solar mirrors manufacturer Flabeg FE has supplied more than 530,000 RP3 annealed mirrors for Noor I Concentrated Solar Power plant in Morocco.
The company highlights “its unique bending and coating technologies” that “ensure the plant’s superior precision of curvature and highest solar reflectivity”.
Noor I, also known as Ouarzazate I, is part of a 500 MW solar complex being built in Morocco. The first project was awarded to ACWA Power for a 160 MW parabolic trough plant. Flabeg FE, formerly Flabeg, is a subsidiary of ACWA, after its acquisition in later 2013.
The company is a pioneer in the field of solar technology with a worldwide network, FLABEG FE produces flat and curved mirrors for all CSP technologies – Parabolic Trough, Dish Stirling, Power Tower and Linear Fresnel Systems, as well as customized mirrors for CPV applications.
Thanks to the latest bending and coating technologies, FLABEG FE solar mirrors provide the highest degree of precision and reflectance. The relevant quality parameter for accuracy, the focus deviation (FDx) today is lower than 6 mm – an improvement of more than 1 mm compared to the already outstanding quality set by FLABEG FE mirrors in 2013. In combination with a solar reflectivity of more than 94.5% FLABEG FE again sets the benchmark for the CSP industry.
FLABEG FE GmbH, 100% owned by the Saudi-Arabian ACWA Holding is one of the the global leading developer and manufacturer of solar mirrors for CSP and CPV.
The company offers four types of mirrors for parabolic trough plants, namely RP2, RP3, RP4 and RP5, wchich differs in its size.
Due to the long-standing experience (more than 130 years) in the use of most modern bending and coating technologies, the company is able to produce solar mirrors with a focus deviation (FDx) lower than 6 mm and an energy reflection of more than 94.5%.
Flabeg was appointed to supply the mirrors for the firs commercial CSP plants built in the US in th early 80s. These mirrors are still in daily operation today, without any decline in performance or efficiency. FLABEG FE has been expanding its skills in the area of engineering services and project development support in parabolic trough technology.
The company has developed a new collector design – the Ultimate Trough Collector, awarded at the SolarPACES conference in 2013. The design goal, a 20-25% higher cost efficiency compared to currently available technology is proven in a full demo-loop, integrated and operated in a commercially operating solar thermal plant in the US since 2013.
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