List of solar thermal power stations
This is a list of the largest facilities generating electricity through the use of solar thermal power, specifically concentrated solar power.
Operational
Under construction
| Name | Country | Location | Co- ordinates | Electrical capacity | Expected completion | Technology | Notes |
| Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park Phase IV | Dubai | 700 | 2020 | Parabolic trough solar tower | 600 MW parabolic trough and 100 solar tower, with 15h heat storage | ||
| Golmud CSP | Golmud, Qinghai province | 200 | Power tower | ||||
| Cerro Dominador Solar Thermal Plant | María Elena, Antofagasta | 110 | 2019 | Solar power tower | |||
| Erdos Solar Power Plant | Hanggin Banner | 50 | Parabolic trough | ||||
| Gansu Akesai CSP | Akesai, Gansu Province | 50 | ? | Parabolic trough | |||
| Rayspower Yumen CSP | Yumen, Gansu Province | 50 | ? | Parabolic trough | |||
| Yumen Xinneng CSP | Yumen, Gansu Province | 50 | 2020 | Beam down tower | 9h storage |
Announced
| Name | Country | Location | Coordinates | Electrical capacity | Technology | Notes |
| Noor Midelt II | Morocco | 230 | ||||
| Noor Midelt I | Morocco | 200 | Hybrid solar power with combination of 600 MW solar PV and 200 MW solar thermal with 5h heat storage | |||
| Tamarugal Solar Project | Atacama Desert, Chile | 450 | Three solar power towers with 13h heat storage | |||
| Likana Solar Project | Antofagasta | 390 | Three solar power towers with 13h heat storage | - | ||
| Copiapó Solar Project | Atacama Desert, Chile | 260 | Solar power tower PV integrated. With 14h heat storage | |||
| Redstone Solar Thermal Power | Northern Cape | 100 | Solar power tower with 12h heat storage | |||
| Solnova 2, 4–5 | Sevilla | 100 | Parabolic trough with heat storage | |||
| CAP SunEdison | Atacama Desert, Chile | 100 | ||||
| Gulang CSP | Wuwei, Gansu Province | 100 | Parabolic trough | |||
| Golden Tower CSP | Jinta, Gansu Province | 100 | Power tower | |||
| Mashhad solar-thermal power station | Mashhad, Iran | 72 | Parabolic dish with tracer system | |||
| Chabei CSP | Chabei, Hebei Province | 64 | Parabolic trough | |||
| Al-Abdaliya | ?? | 60 | Parabolic trough | |||
| AZ 20 | Sevilla | 50 | Solar power tower | |||
| Shangyi CSP | Shangyi, Hebei Province | 50 | Power tower | |||
| Zhangjiakou CSP | Zhangbei, Hebei Province | 50 | Fresnel reflector |
Cancelled
Decommissioned
- Eurelios pilot plant, a 1 MW, power tower design in Adrano, Sicily, operational 1981–1987
- Solar One pilot plant, operational 1982–1986; converted into Solar Two, operational 1995–1999; site demolished 2009 – USA California, 10 MW, power tower design
- SES-5 – USSR, 5 MW, power tower design, water / Steam, service period 1985–1989
- Maricopa Solar – USA Peoria, Arizona, 1.5 MW dish stirling SES / Tessera Solar's first commercial-scale Dish Stirling power plant. Completed January 2010, decommissioned September 2011 and sold to CondiSys Solar Technology of China on April 2012.
Largest plants by technology