We are announcing that the construction of our first solar park in the province of Cáceres has been completed. After several months of work, Enerland España has finished the 'La Pizarra' project. This photovoltaic installation will generate a capacity of 9,782.08 kWp.
A few months ago, we published the start of works on our first photovoltaic park in the province of Caceres, Spain. In line with the scheduled dates, today we announce that the La Pizarra solar park has been completed.
In this case, Enerland España carried out the full execution through a ‘turnkey’ service. For the project, the purchase of the structure, the central inverters and the modules was managed. In addition, all the logistics required to transport the 34 containers of materials from China to Cáceres were managed in full at these particularly difficult times.
Furthermore, the mechanical assembly has also been coordinated, including the pile driving carried out with predrilling, the full civil works, including the construction of the evacuation substation and the client's distribution facilities. Finally, the entire electrical installation of the solar plant was completed.
La Pizarra photovoltaic park
Across an area of approximately 20 hectares, construction of the La Pizarra solar park has been completed. The new photovoltaic plant will produce an annual average of 19,785 MWh of energy. This figure is equivalent to the electricity consumed by more than 6,500 Spanish households.
Furthermore, in terms of the project's technical figures, a structure with single-axis trackers has been installed as part of the works. Subsequently, the project was completed with the installation of more than 20,000 photovoltaic panels and 3 inverters. In addition to the construction of the plant, the transformer substation was also fully delivered.
Finally, 80 jobs were created for the construction of this project.
Extremadura, a photovoltaic powerhouse in Spain
Extremadura is the Spanish region that installed the most photovoltaic capacity during 2020. Specifically, more than 1,300 MW of new capacity were installed last year. Added to the existing installations, the region now has 2,568 MW. This growth of 105.9% positioned Extremadura as the region with the largest increase in solar energy generation over the past year. Another notable figure is that its photovoltaic energy production alone accounts for 22.2% of the country's total output.
Furthermore, in sustainability terms, solar energy production prevents the emission of tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere. Committing to the production of this type of energy means committing to the planet and the future. During the past year, the emissions-free production of the photovoltaic facilities located in Extremadura reached the highest share in the whole country. This figure came to represent 99.7% of production. With the new La Pizarra solar plant, the emission of more than 6,700 tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere will be avoided. Reducing these gases contributes, on the one hand, to increasing the region's figures and, on the other, to achieving the goals of the 2030 Agenda.