In April 2010, construction of the 30 MW Puerto Errado 2 (PE2) began in Spain and later that year construction began on a 9MW (thermal) plant at Liddell in Australia. As work continued on these two projects, in September 2011, Novatec was awarded the prestigious SolarPACES Technology Innovation Award for achievements in the development of the company’s Linear Fresnel collector technology. Also in 2011 Novatec celebrated the significant milestone of generating superheated steam above 500 degrees C.