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| Acciona starts work on solar power plant in Spain  Acciona Energy has started construction work on a 50 MW concentrated solar power (CSP) plant at Majadas de Tiétar (Cáceres), representing an investment of 237 million euros. The facility, planned to enter service in summer 2010, will use solar trough technology to produce clean electricity equivalent to the consumption of 30,000 homes. It is the third CSP plant built by Acciona in Spain, after Alvarado I (Badajoz), which will enter service this summer, and Palma del Rio II (Córdoba), which will be completed by the spring of 2010. All these facilities have a capacity of 50 MW and use the same technology applied by ACCIONA in its "Nevada Solar One" plant (64 MW), which has been operational since June 2007 in the US State of the same name.In June 2009 Acciona expects to start construction work on its fourth CSP plant (Palma del Río I). This facility will also have a capacity of 50 MW and its entry into service is planned for the end of 2010. The company will thus achieve its objective of 200 MW of solar thermal power capacity installed in Spain by the end of 2010, making a very strong contribution to reaching the development objective for this technology under the national Renewables Plan: 500 MW by 2010. These four plants, together with "Nevada Solar One", account for an overall investment of around 1.25 billion euros. write your comments about the article :: © 2009 Construction News :: home page |