The Spanish power utility Iberdrola has announced it plans to add 1.4 GW of solar capacity in Spain in the coming months, thanks to 18 solar projects (under construction or planned). The company plans to start construction before the end of 2022 of six solar projects that will provide 873 MW of new capacity in four autonomous communities: Ciudad Rodrigo (318 MW) in Salamanca; Fuentes (50 MW), Valbuena (50 MW) and Manantiales (30 MW) in Guadalajara; Peñarrubia (50 MW) in Murcia; and Cedillo (375 MW) in Cáceres.
Iberdrola is currently building 12 solar PV projects, with a combined installed capacity of 550 MW, with six of them located in the Extremadura region, where Iberdrola is building the Almaraz I and II plants (80 MW), which will be connected to the grid by the end of 2022, and the Tagus complex in Alcántara, comprising four plants with a total capacity of 200 MW. The utility is also building six facilities in the Castilla y León and Andalusia region totalling 271 MW. These are the Villarino plant (50 MW) in Salamanca; the Guillena project (144 MW) in Seville; Cespedera (27 MW) in Cadiz; and Virgen de Aremos III (50 MW) in Palencia.
Iberdrola has an installed capacity of more than 19.3 GW and aims to reach 25 GW in the coming years. The company plans to allocate €14.3bn by 2025 for the deployment of renewables and smart grids plan.
In 2021, solar accounted for 15% of Spain’s installed capacity with 17 GW.
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