RWE said it started construction of a ground-mounted photovoltaic (PV) plant with a capacity of 10 megawatts (MWac) in south west of Spain.
Construction works for the solar farm Las Vaguadas in the province of Badajoz have already kicked-off. The installation of around 20,000 solar panels is expected to start in late summer on an area of about 21 hectares.
Last year, RWE started the construction for two solar farms in the Province of Guadalajara.
In addition, RWE is constructing the solar farms Casa Valdes and Puerta del Sol, each with a capacity of 44 MWac. For all three solar projects, RWE is using bifacial high-performance modules. The bifacial cells are embedded in a double-sided glass-module by which the solar radiation can be absorbed from both sides – the front and the back of the module. This will help to increase the production.
All three solar farms will be completed in the first quarter of 2023 they will produce enough green electricity to supply the equivalent of 68,000 Spanish homes.
RWE operates onshore wind farms with a total capacity of more than 440 MW in Spain. The company is also involved in a PV plant in the Spanish province of Toledo and in the solar thermal power station Andasol 3.
RWE’s ground-mounted solar farm Alarcos went into operation in 2020. This solar farm has a capacity of 45 MWac and is located south of the city of Ciudad Real, in the Autonomous Community of Castilla-La Mancha.
RWE is also involved in the floating wind project DemoSATH, which is planned to be launched and commissioned later this year.