Prodiel to install Talayuela Solar and Cabrera Solar project

Prodiel has been selected to build the Talayuela Solar (Cáceres) and Cabrera Solar (Seville) plants for Solarcentury, under the Balance of System (BOS) format. In addition, Prodiel will also be responsible for building all the interconnection infrastructure. The first of the plants will become one of the largest-capacity photovoltaic projects on the peninsula due to its 300 MW capacity while Cabrera Solar will become the largest plant in Andalusia, with 200 MW.

Talayuela Solar will occupy over 520 hectares in the Cerro Verde area, sited in Talayuela, where the project will be built. The work began in late 2019 and the plant is expected, once commissioned, to generate an amount of electricity equivalent to the amount consumed by 166,000 families.

This facility will be sited in a location receiving 1,850 hours of sun a year, which will mean the production of 570 GW of energy per year. It will avoid emissions into the atmosphere of over 165,000 tonnes of CO2 each year.

The work on the Cabrera Solar Photovoltaic Plan is already underway in the Seville municipality of Alcalá de Guadaíra, and the installation is expected to be completed before 2021. The work will generate more than 600 direct jobs at its peak, which will have a direct effect on local employment.

The photovoltaic complex, which will be spread over 400 hectares of land, will consist of four batches (Primo Alemán, La Cabrera, Haza de los Sesenta and Los González), a 220 kV booster substation and a 220 kV transmission line measuring 13 km with 36 double circuit towers.