Acciona launches Malgarida solar PV operates in Chile

• Acciona has started building deals with the 238MW Malgarida I and also II photovoltaic (PV) complicated in Chile, covering 535ha.

Acciona has launched building and construction works with the 238MW Malgarida I as well as II solar (PV) complex in Chile, covering 535ha.

This will be the company's 7th renewable resource center in the country.

Acciona South America energy head José Ignacio Escobar claimed: "Over the last 2 years, Acciona has actually concentrated a big part of its financial investments in Chile on renewable energies.

" From late 2019 to date, we have actually commissioned two wind farms and also two solar plants amounting to 400MW as well as almost $600m in financial investments.

" The building and construction launch of the Malgarida I and also II projects mirrors the firm's confidence in the Chilean market while strengthening Acciona's leading position in the advancement of renewable resource in the country."

Ready to be built with an investment of $170m, the Malgarida I as well as II solar projects will get to a yearly generation of 654GWh.

The two new facilities will make use of 580,000 solar modules, set upon horizontal sun trackers.

Throughout the optimal of the building and construction stage, the Malgarida I and II projects will produce 700 jobs.

The solar PV complicated will power need of 280,000 Chilean residences, while offsetting 512,000 t of carbon discharges yearly.

Recently, Acciona commissioned the Tolpán wind farm, creating 84MW in Araucanía Region. It additionally commissioned the Usya solar PV plant, which produces 64MW in the municipality of Calama.

Annually, Tolpán Sur will create more than 307GWh of tidy power supplying nearly 140,000 houses, while Usya will generate 146GWh of emission-free energy.

In July this year, Acciona revealed the opening of the initial grid-connected floating photovoltaic solar plant in Spain.