The Victorville 2 Hybrid Energy Project combines alternative and renewable energy solutions by using combined cycle and parabolic mirror technology in one integrated power project.
In a combined cycle power part of the plant or combined cycle gas turbine plant, a gas turbine generator generates electricity and the waste heat is used to make steam to generate additional electricity via a steam turbine. This last step enhances the efficiency of electricity generation. The solar technology part of the project converts sunshine into useful thermal energy, and subsequently into electricity, by way of parabolic mirrors that concentrate the solar energy onto solar thermal receivers containing a heat transfer fluid. The heat transfer fluid is circulated and heated through the receivers, and the heat is released to a series of heat exchangers to generate super-heated steam. The steam powers a turbine/generator to produce electricity delivered to a utility’s electric grid.
