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Archimede combined cycle power plant
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<p>Archimede combined cycle power plant (also known as Centrale a ciclo combinato Archimede, once Centrale Enel Priolo Gargallo) is an <a href="/facts/Integrated_solar_combined_cycle/WgEIh89p">integrated solar combined cycle (ISCC)</a> power generation plant at <a href="/facts/Priolo_Gargallo/MlFy6Khy">Priolo Gargallo</a> near <a href="/facts/Syracuse%2c_Sicily/d6TtVugX">Syracuse</a> in <a href="/facts/Sicily/E6fug03z">Sicily</a>, <a href="/facts/Italy/tUf0PDYF">Italy</a>. The <a href="/facts/Combined_cycle/WgEIh89p">combine cycle</a> section was inaugurated in 2003, and the <a href="/facts/Solar_power/NpgmEbU2">solar field</a> on 14 July 2010. The solar field is the first to use <a href="/facts/Molten_salt/b1vjSkwP">molten salt</a> for heat transfer and storage which is integrated with the <a href="/facts/Combined-cycle/WgEIh89p">combined-cycle</a> gas facility. It uses technology developed by <a href="/facts/ENEA_(Italy)/F44NAfd7">ENEA</a> and Archimede Solar Energy, a joint venture between Angelantoni Industrie and <a href="/facts/Siemens_Energy_AG/ChGxdjrc">Siemens Energy</a>. Archimede is owned and operated by <a href="/facts/Enel/SC8zker4">Enel</a>. </p><p>The plant is called "<a href="/facts/Archimedes/sIeMhSVF">Archimedes</a>" (the famous resident of the nearby <a href="/facts/Magna_Graecia/XdhvdfTN">Magna Graecia</a> <a href="/facts/Hellenistic_civilization/q6BgQsaF">Hellenistic</a> city of Syracuse) after the rows of huge parabolic mirrors used to capture the sun's rays, which recall the "burning mirrors" that Archimedes is said to have used to set fire to the Roman ships besieging Syracuse during the <a href="/facts/Siege_of_Syracuse_(214%25E2%2580%2593212_BC)/Ku7QDIHk">Siege of Syracuse (214–212 BC)</a>. The existing <a href="/facts/Gas-fired_power_plant/DeDmXmHI">gas-fired power plant</a> is on about a 25 hectares (62 acres) site area (excluding the solar field), and is augmented by the 11 hectares (27 acres) Archimede solar field. </p>