Acciona adds 238MW PV facility in Chile

• Acciona Energia has commissioned the 238MW Malgarida solar facility in the Atacama Desert in Chile.

Malgarida 1 and 2 will generate 654 gigawatt-hours of power a year.

They comprise 580,000 modules mounted on horizontal monitoring frameworks as well as installed over an area of 535 hectares.

The associated investment total up to $170m (EUR144m), Acciona claimed.

Acciona Energia's eco-friendly power capacity in the country now stands at 922MW, made up of 7 energetic installments.

Acciona Energia South America director Jose Ignacio Escobar claimed: "We have actually made a fantastic initiative, both in building and also monitoring, to move on with the profile of projects considered in our development plan.

" In 2020, we took into procedure the Tolpan Sur wind farm (84MW) and also the Usya solar plant (64MWp) as well as began building and construction of Malgarida, which is already infusing power into the nationwide power system, enhancing Acciona Energia's leading placement as the major exclusive operator of renewable resources in Chile."