Acciona To Build Latin America’s Largest Solar Power Project In Chile

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Acciona To Build Latin America’s Largest Solar Power Project In Chile

September 14th, 2015 by Smiti Mittal

Acciona Energia has shared definite plans regarding the development of what is being branded at the largest solar power project in Latin America.

Acciona Energia will soon begin construction of a 246.6 MW solar PV power plant in the Atacama Desert, Chile. The El Romero Solar power plant is expected to be operational by mid-2017, and will be the largest solar power plant in South America, requiring an investment of $343 million.

Acciona had acquired the development of this project from Avenir Solar Energy, which had itself secured the rights to develop the project in 2013. The project will be spread over 280 hectares, and will consist of more than 777,000 crystalline solar PV modules. Once operational, the plant will be able to generate 505 GWh electricity, which is enough to meet the demand of around quarter of a million households, as well as offset greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to 485,000 metric tonnes of carbon dioxide.

Acciona already has a 45 MW wind energy project operational in Chile — the Punta Palmeras wind farm in Coquimbo — which means this newest addition will be a significant capacity increase in-country.

More:
http://cleantechnica.com/2015/09/14/acciona-build-latin-americas-largest-solar-power-project-chile/

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Acciona Energia to construct El Romero Solar power plant in Chile
11 September 2015

Spanish Acciona subsidiary Acciona Energía will be developing the 246.6MW El Romero Solar power plant in Chile.

Expected to involve an investment of $343m, the facility will be built in the municipality of Vallenar within the Atacama Desert, about 645km north to the Chilean capital Santiago.

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Once commissioned, the solar photovoltaic (PV) project will be able to deliver nearly 505GWh of clean energy in a year, which will be sufficient to meet the power demands of around 245,000 homes in the country.

The renewable energy project will also reduce around 485,000 metric tons (mt) of carbon dioxide emissions in a year.

Accionia Energía CEO Rafael Mateo said: "The start of construction work on El Romero Solar is a very significant milestone, one that will enable us to respond to our commitment to supply renewables-based power in Chile and strengthen our role in the country's energy sector.

"We are very pleased to contribute to the availability of clean, quality energy in Chile through what will be our biggest photovoltaic plant in the world."

http://www.power-technology.com/news/newsacciona-energia-to-construct-el-romero-solar-power-plant-in-chile-4668430

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