MOJAVE - Solar project

Location: Mojave Desert, California, USA

Client: Abengoa

End Customer: Mojave Solar, LLC

Development: 2012-2013

Technology: Parabolic Cylinder

Power output: 2 x 140 Mwe (gross)

Narrative description of the project:

The Mojave Solar project is a parabolic trough plant with a gross capacity of 280 MW. The plant is located 150 km northeast of Los Angeles, near Barstow, California. Construction began in September 2011 and it has been in commercial operation since the end of 2014.

The Mojave Solar Project produces enough clean, pollution- and greenhouse gas-free energy to power more than 91,000 homes.


Scope of GHENOVA’s work:

Multidisciplinary detailed engineering.

  • Multidisciplinary detailed engineering of the service areas and power blocks of the power islands, 3D modelling.
  • Multidisciplinary detail engineering.