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, 200Wp 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 Photograph courtesy of Grupo OPDE Posted 8 Jan 2008	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 has 1,080, 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. Photograph courtesy of Grupo OPDE Posted 26 Sep 2009	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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