Nuñez de Balboa, Europe's largest photovoltaic plant, begins generating electricity.

This facility, with its 500 MW of maximum power, and considered the largest photovoltaic plant in the old continent, has been connected to the Spanish electricity grid by Iberdrola.

Exactly one year ago we learned that what was going to be the largest photovoltaic solar plant in Europeconstruction was beginningin the Extremaduran municipality of Usagre, in the province of Badajoz. A year later, and five months ahead of schedule, Nuñez de Balboa, named after this famous Spanish conquistador, has transmitted its first green megawatts to the Spanish electricity grid, as reported by the electricity company Iberdrola in apress release.

This mega-renewable energy complex, capable of supplying green energy for 250,000 people, started operations this Monday, April 6th, at 12 noon, following the announcement by the company led by Ignacio Sánchez Galán.accelerate the investments planned for 2020which will reach 10 billion euros. An example of this is the Extremadura region itself, where Iberdrola has six photovoltaic projects in the permitting process that will reach a total of 1,300 MW:

• Francisco Pizarro (590 MW)
• Ceclavín (328 MW)
• Arenales (150 MW)
• Campo Arañuelo I, II and III (150MW)
• San Antonio (50 MW)
• Majada Alata (50 MW)

About Nuñez de Balboa

The Nuñez de Balboa photovoltaic plant will be able to generate 832 GWh annually and will have a maximum power capacity of 391 MW. It has involved a total investment of 290 million euros, as well as the creation of 1,000 jobs.

The plant is located on an area of ​​approximately 1,000 hectares and has 288,000 foundations on which 1,430,000 photovoltaic panels are installed. With 115 inverters to convert the direct current produced by the panels into alternating current and more than 2,000 kilometers of medium- and low-voltage cables, Nuñez de Balboa will prevent the emission of 215,000 tons of CO2 into the atmosphere.₂per year.