Alter Enersun, a leading company in the renewable energy sector, plans to invest nearly 32 million euros to carry out the construction and commissioning of 62 MWh of photovoltaic storage distributed across three new plants located in Extremadura, specifically in Cáceres, Mérida and Alconchel.
These three new plants will bring together a total of 341,000 solar panels, a capacity of 20 MW, and will produce 39 GWh of sustainable energy per year, equivalent to the energy consumption of 11,000 households. In addition, the construction and commissioning of these projects, which will be carried out in two phases in each location, will generate employment for more than 85 people during the construction phase and create 6 permanent jobs in the long term. The Cáceres and Mérida plants will be built and commissioned in 2022, while the construction and commissioning of the Alconchel plant will take place in 2023.
These energy storage projects have been selected under the investment programme for electricity generation facilities using renewable energy sources in the Autonomous Community of Extremadura, co-financed by European Union funds.
This is an innovative project that seeks to explore photovoltaic storage as a support mechanism for the public grid and for supply outside solar hours.
Always with the aim of continuing to move towards a fully sustainable energy and business model, Alter Enersun’s new photovoltaic plants in Extremadura are intended to reduce CO2 emissions by 21,700 tonnes each year, taking conventional coal as the calculation reference.
On the other hand, with these new facilities, Alter Enersun will invest in R&D in Extremadura with the aim of contributing to local development and technological progress, thereby making the ecological transition possible.