scope:

This part of IEC 62862 specifies the general requirements for the design of solar power tower plants and covers the electric power system requirements, the solar resource assessment, the site selection, the overall planning, the layout of the heliostat field and the receiver tower, the layout of the power block, the collector system, the heat transfer, the thermal energy storage and steam generation system, the steam turbine system, the water treatment system, the information system, instrumentation and control, the electrical equipment and system, occupational safety and occupational health.

This document is applicable to the design requirements of newly built, expanded or rebuilt solar power tower plants employing steam turbines with molten salt or water-steam as heat transfer fluid. If other heat transfer fluids are employed, it is possible that the provisions set out in this document will need to be adapted.