- Iberdrola has revealed that it had acquired the EIS for its 375 MW solar PV project in western Spain.
Iberdrola, a Spanish utility, has revealed that it had acquired the environmental impact statement (EIS) for a 375 MW solar PV project that it constructed in Extremadura, in western Spain.
The project, which is located in Cedillo, a tiny town close to the Portuguese border, has been revealed, according to Iberdrola, to be one that will use more than 576,000 bifacial PV modules. The company would also assemble the plant on a communal farm that is owned by a large number of local residents.
Firms based in Extremadura, Faramax and IMEDEXSA were also selected to supply transformers and towers for the power lines respectively.
Upon becoming operational, the Cedillo solar farm will have the capacity to generate more than 582.4 GWh per year, or about the equivalent power required by a combined-cycle gas plant to produce more than 97 million cubic metres of gas, according to the utility.
The construction of large-scale renewables on farmland has become a bone of contention in Spain, with many environmentalist groups claiming that the projects are a threat to natural spaces and rural living.
Iberdrola says its solar project has the support of the town council and the Cedillo Agrarian Society and that the locals will be able to continue raising livestock in the plant’s area.