Solar Power Plants in Spain - other regions

Arnedo Location: La Rioja Operator: T-Solar Configuration: 34.19 MWp Operation: 2008 System supplier: T-Solar EPC: Isolux Corsán Quick facts: This €181mn plant was built on a 70ha plant in 6½mos. It was one of the world's largest PV installations at completion. There are 172,000 200 Wp modules installed, each weighing 18kg.  Annual output is expected to be 44 GWh/yr and the solar park will have 10 full-time employees. The plant was designed to make for easy dismantling at the end of its useful life. Prefabricated ballast beams eliminated buried foundations and rolled hot galvanized members were used for the metallic supporting structures. These will be easily recycled.   Photograph courtesy of Grupo T-Solar Posted 13 Mar 2009	Barcelona Culture Center Location: Barcelona Operator: Barcelona Culture Center Configuration: 444 kWp Operation: 2004 System supplier: Phönix SonnenStrom AG   Photograph courtesy of Phönix SonnenStrom AG Posted 9 Jun 2004	Beneixama Location: Alicante Operator: City Solar Configuration: 20 MWp Operation: 2007 System supplier: Q-Cells EPC: City Solar Quick facts: This facility consists of 200 modules, each with 80, 100-kWp subsystems. The first phase was completed to schedule in Feb 2007. The construction workforce was about 100 people, most from local companies. In total, Beneixama has about 100,000 City Solar PQ 200 crystalline modules equipped with cells from Q-Cells produced by its partners Aleo, Solon, and Tenesol. The arrays cover 500,000m² in an area 3km from Beneixama, inland from the Costa Blanca. Annual global radiation incident at the module level is 1,934 kWh/m². Average output is expected to be 30 GWh/yr. Siemens was responsible for the electrical equipment including wiring, transformers, and inverters. Photograph courtesy of City Solar AG Posted 26 Dec 2007
La Seca Location: Valladolid Operator: T-Solar Configuration: 1.13 MWp Operation: 2008 System supplier: T-Solar EPC: T-Solar   Photograph courtesy of Grupo T-Solar Posted 13 Mar 2009	Finca La Portuguesa Location: Badajoz Operator: Grupo OPDE Configuration: 3.4 MWp Operation: 2007 System supplier: Mecasolar Quick facts: This is one of a growing number of solar tracking PV plants built by OPDE. Photograph courtesy of Grupo OPDE Posted 8 Jan 2008	La Dehesica I Location: Albacete Operator: Anbelo Solar SL Configuration: 1.848 MWp Operation: 2007 System supplier: Gruposolar Quick facts: Development of this plant was agreed with the municipality of La Roda in Apr 2007. An extension of 2.08 MW is under construction for service in 2008. Photograph courtesy of Anbelo Solar SL Posted 15 Mar 2008
Olmedilla de Alarcon Location: Cuenca Operator: Nobesol Configuration: 60 MWp Operation: 2008 System supplier: ?? EPC: Nobesol Quick facts: This plant has 162,000 PV panels and was completed in 15mos at a cost of €385mn. When put in service in Jun 2008, it became the largest solar PV power station in the world. Photograph courtesy of Nobesol Posted 13 Mar 2010	Salvia-Garrofe Location: Lerida Operator: AE3000 Configuration: 113 kWp Operation: 2006 System supplier: Sanyo Quick facts: This plant in Palau d’Anglesola was connected to the grid on 29 Dec 2006. The installation has 540, 210W HIP210-NHE5 modules, 18 Deger Energie 5000EL solar trackers, and 18 SMA inverters. Photograph courtesy of AE3000 Posted 1 Aug 2008	Sanfeliu Location: Lerida Operator: AE3000 Configuration: 227 kWp Operation: 2006 System supplier: Sanyo Quick facts: This plant in Bellpuig was connected on 23 Dec 2006. The installation has1,080, 210W HIP210-NHE5 modules, 36 Deger Energie 5000EL solar trackers, and 36 SMA inverters. Photograph courtesy of AE3000 Posted 1 Aug 2008
Tietar Location: Cáceres Operator: Grupo OPDE Configuration: 1.563 MWp Operation: 2008 System supplier: Mecasolar Quick facts: This plant has 140, 11-kWp trackers with estimated production of 2,000 kWh/kWp installed. Tietar is very close to the 20-MW Almaraz and 2.5-MW Belvis de Monroy solar plants. Photograph courtesy of Grupo OPDE Posted 26 Sep 2009	Toledo Solar Location: Toledo Operator: Union Fenosa Configuration: 1 MWp Operation: 1993 System supplier: Solar Espana, Nukem Quick facts: This was one of the early large-scale Spanish PV plants and was built by a JV of Endesa, Fenosa, and RWE with financial support from various German and Spanish organizations and the European Commission. The site is in La Puebla de Montalbán 30km from Toledo. The plant has 8,000 modules in two 450-kW arrays with fixed structures and a 100-kW single-axis tracking system. Installation began in Feb 1993 and was completed in May 1994 on schedule and to budget. Production reached 1,270 MWh in 2000. This landmark project was a successful field demonstration of PV and European institutional cooperation. Photograph courtesy of Union Fenosa Posted 16 Jul 2008	Zaragoza Opel Factory Location: Zaragoza Operator: Clairvoyant Energy Configuration: 11.8 MWp Operation: 2008 System supplier: United Solar Ovonic Quick facts: This roof-top installation has 85,000 PV laminates and was the world's largest rooftop system at completion. It was jointly developed with Veolia Environment, and the Aragon regional government. Annual production is expected to be 15.1 GWh. Photograph courtesy of United Solar Ovonic LLC Posted 13 Aug 2008

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Data: industcards, Platts UDI World Electric Power Plants Data Base

Updated 03/13/10

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