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Coalinga S2S: Solar-thermal EOR Binyamin Koretz Director, Strategic Planning & IP. Coalinga Solar to Steam Project (S2S). Owner: Chevron Location : Coalinga, CA Purpose: Thermal Enhanced Oil Recovery Capacity: 29 MWth Solar field: 3,822 heliostats, each 15 m 2
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Coalinga S2S: Solar-thermal EOR Binyamin KoretzDirector, Strategic Planning & IP
Coalinga Solar to Steam Project (S2S) • Owner: Chevron • Location: Coalinga, CA • Purpose: Thermal Enhanced Oil Recovery • Capacity: 29 MWth • Solar field: 3,822 heliostats, each 15 m2 • BrightSource delivered fully operational project to Chevron in October 2011 • 1-year performance test exceeded contractual goals
Potential market • Chart Source: CERA estimate of cumulative solar thermal penetration in thermal enhanced oil recovery market by 2020