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5.3 MW Conergy Solar Power Plant Connects To The Grid
A solar park equipped with Conergy products has been connected to the grid in southern Spain. It covers an area of almost 36 hectares near the town of Mazarrón and was supplied by two local Conergy partners Valfortec and Solaer .
This means over 22,000 modules were used on over 50 kilometres of Conergy SolarLinea mounting systems. This energy is fed into the Spanish power grid by over 380 Conergy IPG T inverters.
Fidel Roig, Valfortec's Managing Director. Ignacio Arganza, Solaer's Managing Director, adds: "We have installed Conergy components with a total output of over 20 MW since 2009 already and we are fully convinced these products deliver high yields, are easy to configure and to install. In addition Conergy provides first class technical support."
With close to 2,800 hours of sunshine a year and an irradiation level exceeding 1,700 kilowatt hours per square metre, southern Spain also represents an extremely attractive location for solar plants. The new Conergy park will generate over 8.1 gigawatt hours of clean energy annually, sufficient to supply 2,700 households throughout the year. At the same time, the solar park will prevent the emission of over 4,000 tons of CO2.
"Currently, it is only possible to construct and connect projects that were approved before the moratorium, such as the Conergy park near Mazarrón," says Luis Jiménez Gutierrez, Managing Director of Conergy Spain. "Obviously, a moratorium is never a cause for joy. But according to its own statements, the government is holding firm to its view that there will be some appropriate support measures to smooth the path of Spain's photovoltaic sector towards grid parity. We are therefore definitely optimistic and expect the government to implement measures in this area in the near future, which will ensure planning security for the entire industry."
