Abengoa Solar will build, own and operate what would be the largest solar power plant in the world, scheduled to go into operation by 2011. It is located 70 miles southwest of Phoenix, near Gila Bend, Arizona and

The solar plant has been named Solana (“a sunny place” in Spanish). The Solana Generating Station (280 megawatts capacity), has enough power for 70,000 homes. The plant will employ a proprietary Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) trough technology developed by Abengoa Solar, and will cover a surface of around 1,900 acres. The good news is that the construction of the Solana Generating Station will create about 1,500 construction jobs and employ 85 skilled full-time workers once completed.

Abengoa Solar has a team of 40 people in the United States and Spain dedicated to researching, developing and improving solar technologies. In December 2007, the U.S. Department of Energy selected Abengoa Solar for three research and developments projects to improve trough technology.