ENDESA Generation has received a municipal permit to build a 20.1 MW photovoltaic solar energy plant on land situated in the Guadarranque industrial park in San Roque (Cadiz).
The first stage of the plant will have 12.3 MW of installed power and will cover 37 hectares. ENDESA Generation will start work on this stage in July.
In all, the plant will have production capacity of 36 GWh per year – the power required to supply a town such as Torremolinos. It will also prevent 13,300 tonnes of CO2 emissions a year. Also, production at the plant will increase during the summer months due to the higher number of daylight hours and this will help meet the significant rise in demand in Andalusia in the summer.
To date, ENDESA Generation has completed all the engineering work required for the construction of the plant. The equipment supplier (current reversers and transformers) is currently being selected from the major domestic and international suppliers. ENDESA’s cogeneration and renewables division (ECyR) will be responsible for running the plant.
The decision to build a plant using this type of technology responds to environmental criteria as these facilities produce no greenhouse gases whatsoever. The location is ideal because of the amount of solar radiation it receives and because photovoltaic cells work better near the coast, where average summer temperatures are cooler.
The project forms part of ENDESA’s strategic plan for the development of clean energies, which contemplates 100 MW of the new plant using solar energy in the next five years.
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