This is a list of solar thermal power plants. These include the 354 megawatt (MW) Solar Energy Generating Systems power plant in the USA, Nevada Solar One (USA, 64 MW), Andasol solar power station (Spain, 100 MW), PS20 solar power tower (Spain, 20 MW), and the PS10 solar power tower (Spain, 11 MW).

The solar thermal power industry is growing rapidly with 1.2 GW under construction as of April 2009 and another 13.9 GW announced globally through 2014. Spain is the epicenter of solar thermal power development with 22 projects for 1,037 MW under construction, all of which are projected to come online by the end of 2010. In the United States, 5,600 MW of solar thermal power projects have been announced. In developing countries, three World Bank projects for integrated solar thermal/combined-cycle gas-turbine power plants in Egypt, Mexico, and Morocco have been approved.

Operational Solar Thermal Power Stations

Capacity (MW)	Technology type	Name	Country	Location	Notes
736.15	-	Overall operational capacity	-	-	-
354	parabolic trough	Solar Energy Generating Systems	USA	Mojave Desert California	Collection of 9 units
100	parabolic trough	Andasol solar power station	Spain	Granada	Andasol 1 completed, 2008 Andasol 2 completed, 2009
64	parabolic trough	Nevada Solar One	USA	Boulder City, Nevada
50	parabolic trough	Puertollano Photovoltaic Park	Spain	Puertollano, Ciudad Real	Completed May 2009
50	parabolic trough	Alvarado I	Spain	Badajoz	Completed July 2009
50	parabolic trough	Extresol 1	Spain	Torre de Miguel Sesmero (Badajoz)	Completed February 2010
50	parabolic trough	Solnova	Spain	Seville
20	solar power tower	PS20 solar power tower	Spain	Seville	Completed April 2009
17	parabolic trough	Yazd integrated solar combined cycle power station	Iran	Yazd	World's first solar combined cycle power plant
11	solar power tower	PS10 solar power tower	Spain	Seville	World's first commercial solar tower
5	fresnel reflector	Kimberlina Solar Thermal Energy Plant	USA	Bakersfield, California	Ausra demonstration plant
5	solar power tower	Sierra SunTower	USA	Lancaster, California	eSolar commercial power plant, North America's only operating solar tower, completed August 2009
2	fresnel reflector	Liddell Power Station Solar Steam Generator	Australia	New South Wales	electrical equivalent steam boost for coal station
2	parabolic trough	Keahole Solar Power	USA	Hawaii
1.5	dish stirling	Maricopa Solar	USA	Peoria, Arizona	Stirling Energy Systems / Tessera Solar's first commercial-scale Dish Stirling power plant. Completed January 2010
1.5	solar power tower	Jülich Solar Tower	Germany	Jülich	Completed December 2008
1.4	solar power tower	THEMIS Solar Power Tower	France	Pyrénées-Orientales	Hybrid solar/gas electric power, using solar energy to heat the air entering a gas turbine
1.4	fresnel reflector	Puerto Errado 1	Spain	Murcia	Completed April 2009
1	parabolic trough	Saguaro Solar Power Station	USA	Red Rock Arizona
0.25	CSP	Shiraz solar power plant	Iran	Shiraz	Iran's first solar power plant