Iberdrola Renovables Opens 50 MW Solar Thermal Power Plant In Puertollano, Spain
Iberdrola Renovables, S.A. (Iberdrola Renovables) has opened its first solar thermal power plant in Puertollano (Ciudad Real), Spain on May 8, 2009. The Puertollano solar thermal power plant, with an installed capacity of 50 megawatts (MW), is 90% owned by Iberdrola Renovables and 10% by the Spanish Institute for Energy Diversification and Savings. The plant will produce an estimated more than 100 million kilowatt hours per year.
Power generated from the plant is equivalent to the consumption of a town of around 100,000 habitants, and reduce CO2 emissions by around 90,000 tonnes. The investment has been around EUR200 million.
This plant is an example of Iberdrola Renovables’ commitment to new technologies and has directly generated 60 new jobs in the area. On average 200 workers were employed in the plant’s construction, with as many as 650 during peak workload.
The facility has a solar collection area of nearly 290,000 m2, occupies around 150 hectares and consists of 352 parabolic-cylinder collectors, fitted with 120,000 parabolic mirrors and 13,000 absorber tubes.
In his speech, Ignacio Galan, chairman of Iberdrola Renovables recalled that two years ago in Puertollano he announced plans to build the plant. “That day, with President Barreda present, I said this was going to be a state of the art project in terms of technology and environment, and that it would play a leading role in fostering sustainable growth for Puertollano and its surrounding area,” Galan said.
“Today, we can all see that Iberdrola has stood by its commitment, and that our bet on innovation and on this region has become reality. We are witnessing a pioneering project in Europe that will reinforce Puertollano’s role as International City of Energy, and that of Castilla-La Mancha as a benchmark for renewable energy in Spain,” Galan added.
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