Plenitude, a company which produces electricity from renewable sources, is building a new solar park in Extremadura, the province of Badajoz.
The site is called Renopool and consists of seven photovoltaic plants. They will generate 660 GWh per year, equivalent to the energy consumption of around 200,000 households.
It will be the largest solar park ever undertaken by the company.
The deal was announced by Plenitude’s CEO Stefano Goberti, alongside Ignacio Gragera, Mayor of Badajoz, and D VÃctor del Moral Agúndez, General Secretary for Sustainable Development of the Department of Agriculture, Livestock and Sustainable Development of the Regional Government of Extremadura.
Renopool will be built by construction companies OHLA, Sacyr and Sarpel, and will be finished in 2025.
Goberti said: “The construction of the Renopool solar park, the largest photovoltaic plant built by Plenitude, confirms our commitment to the Spanish renewable energy sector, where we operate about 400 MW of wind and photovoltaic plants in operation, more than 1,000 MW under construction, and more than 2,000 MW under development.
“In addition, thanks to our integrated business model, we are also growing in the country’s retail market, with more than 300,000 customers, and we have recently begun to expand our network of electric vehicle charging points in the Iberian Peninsula as well.”
Renopool will be connected to the national transmission grid via three connection nodes and a high-voltage line built and shared with other developers.
Plenitude is part of the Italian power group Eni.