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Soltec Grabs 238 Megawatt Solar Tracker Order In Mexico

written by saurabh

Spanish manufacturer of solar trackers Soltec has secured another major order in South America strengthening its position in the rapidly growing market.

Soltec recently announced that it will supply solar trackers for a 238 megawatts solar power project in Mexico. The Don José project is being constructed by Enel Green Power Mexico and is located in San Luis de la Paz, in the country’s North-Central state of Guanajuato.

Enel secured the rights to develop the project following an auction. The company shall supply electricity from the project under a long-term agreement of 15 years and will sell clean certificates for a period of 20 years.

Don José will have an installed capacity of 238 MW and once completed will be able to produce 539 GWh per year, equivalent to the annual energy consumption needs of around 410,000 Mexican households, while avoiding the emission of over 245,000 tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere.

The solar tracker order is the second by Enel to Soltec in the last few months. Earlier this year, Soltec announced that it started installing trackers at 292 megawatt solar power project in Brazil. The project, also won through competitive auction, is being developed by Enel Green Power Brasil Participações.

Following the completion of Don José and the Brazilian 292 megawatt power project Soltec’s presence in South America would reach at least 688 megawatt.

05/31/2017 0 comment

Renewable Energy

Fimer To Supply Inverters For 754 Megawatt Enel Solar Park In Mexico

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Italian inverter manufacturer Fimer has been selected by Enel to provide equipment for the largest solar power project in Americas.

A subsidiary of Enel Green Power is developing a 754 megawatt solar power park in Mexico. The project will be the largest across North and South America once it is operational next year. Fimer will supply more than 600 of its R 11015 TL 1500V inverters to the solar power park.

The company received grant worth €9 million from German bank Deutsche Bank and Italian export credit agency SACE.

An estimated 1,700 GWh electricity would be generated from the Villanueva solar park every year enough to meet power consumption of over 1.3 million households. The projects shall also offset more than 780,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions. Enel Green Power will invest $650 million on these projects.

Enel had secured the rights to develop these two projects in the first-ever renewable energy tender announced by Mexico in March 2016. The company entered contracts to supply clean energy for a 15-year period and clean energy certificates for a period of 20 years.

Enel Green Power Mexico is also another solar power project of 238 megawatts in Mexico. The Don José project will generate 539 GWh electricity every year, enough to meet power demand of 410,000 households and offset more than 245,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions.

04/30/2017 0 comment

Renewable Energy

Enel Starts Construction On Largest Solar Power Project In The Americas

written by saurabh

Enel Green Power Mexico has started construction on what will be the largest solar power park across Americas.

Through a recently issued press release, Italy-based Enel Green Power announced that its Mexican subsidiary has started construction of two projects with combined capacity of 754 megawatts. These two projects will form the Villanueva solar power park which will be the largest project in Americas as well as the largest owned by Enel globally.

The two projects – 427 MW1 Villanueva 1 and 327 MW1 Villanueva 3 – will also surpass in size the largest projects in Brazil and Chile. The solar power park is expected to begin generation in H2 2018. An estimated 1,700 GWh electricity would be generated from the park every year enough to meet power consumption of over 1.3 million households. The projects shall also offset more than 780,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions. Enel Green Power will invest $650 million on these projects.

The company was also awarded another solar power project – 238 megawatts – Don José in the auction. Construction in this project has also begun. Don José will generate 539 GWh electricity every year, enough to meet power demand of 410,000 households and offset more than 245,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions.

Enel already operates 728 megawatts capacity in Mexico – 675 megawatts of wind and 53 megawatts of hydro power capacity. Apart from the 992 megawatts solar power capacity under construction through Villanueva solar power park and Don José project, the company is also building 293 megawatts of wind energy projects. Thus, once all under-construction projects are commissioned Enel’s Mexico capacity would balloon to over 2,000 megawatts.

04/02/2017 0 comment