Repsol begins to generate power at its largest PV solar farm in Spain
Valdesolar represents an investment of €200 million and will be fully operational by the end of 2021.
Repsol has begun generating electricity from Valdesolar, its largest photovoltaic (PV) solar farm in Spain. Located in the municipality of Valdecaballeros, in the western province of Badajoz, Valdesolar presently has 264 MW of installed capacity.
Representing an investment of €200 million, Valdesolar has 648,000 solar modules that are distributed across five large areas. They will be connected to the grid through a new electrical substation of 400 kV that is also included in the project.
The facility has begun trial production and is expected to be fully operational by the last third of 2021. This PV solar farm will power around 140,000 homes. The renewable power produced at Valdesolar will avoid a total of 211,564 tons in CO2 emissions per year, according to Repsol.
Photovoltaic development at Repsol
Repsol recently opened its first PV solar farm, Kappa, in the town of Manzanares in the central Spanish province of Ciudad Real. This facility represents an investment of €100 million and has a total installed capacity of 126.6 MW distributed across three plants.
Along with Kappa and Valdesolar, Repsol's multi-energy portfolio includes a third photovoltaic project in Spain: Sigma. Located in Jerez de la Frontera, in the southernmost province of Cádiz, it has 204 MW of installed capacity.
Additionally, Repsol sealed in june its entry into the renewables market in the United States with the purchase of 40% of Hecate Energy, a company specialized in PV solar projects and battery energy storage. Hecate Energy boasts an extensive portfolio of projects totaling more than 40 GW.
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