The renewable energy fund KGAL ESPF 4 has connected the 'San Fernando' solar park, with a capacity of 47 megawatts peak (MWp), to the power grid in the province of Cádiz, southern Spain. With more than 3,000 hours of solar irradiation per year, the region has the highest solar irradiation in Spain. What makes this solar park special is that it is a pure greenfield project, which KGAL and its partner Premier Group have driven forward from the very beginning.
From land securing to the feasibility study, environmental permits, building permit applications, and construction through to completion, KGAL, the Premier Group, and its service provider ELMYA implemented the project development step by step. The added value of the investment is correspondingly high – despite challenges during planning and construction. 'With projects of this magnitude, you always face difficult challenges at some point,' explains Fabio Garcia, Transaction Manager at KGAL. 'In the case of 'San Fernando,' for example, we had to lay a connecting cable several kilometers long underground to the substation, tunneling under a railway line and a highway, among other things.'
Photo: San Fernando solar park. Source: KGAL GmbH & Co. KG
Now all hurdles have been overcome, and the solar park, with its 47 MWp capacity, is feeding electricity into the Spanish grid at currently attractive market prices. The output is calculated to supply around 35,000 people with green electricity.
The 'San Fernando' solar park will be complemented by a wind farm currently under development. Both parks can share the infrastructure, creating synergies.
In addition, KGAL and ELMYA are currently building two additional solar parks in Córdoba, Spain, each with a capacity of 45 MWp.
Source: KGAL
