Iberdrola to release 1.4 GW of solar in Spain in 2022

• Spanish utility Iberdrola SA (BME: IBE) claimed on Thursday that it is preparing to mount some 1,400 MW of new solar power in various regions of Spain over the coming months.

It claimed that it is currently developing around 550 MW throughout 12 solar farms, and anticipates to start construction works on 873 MW more this year.

Fifty percent of the capacity under construction will be located in Spain's western region of Extremadura, where Iberdrola simply started commissioning a pair of solar farms completing 100 MW. The recurring projects in the area are the Almaraz I and also II of 80 MW and also the 200-MW Tagus solar complex.

In other places in Spain, the company is installing 6 solar farms with an integrated capacity of 271 MW, it claimed.

Iberdrola reached completion of June with over 2,200 MW of solar PV capacity mounted in Spain, or 800 MW extra contrasted to what it had at the very same time a year earlier.

The new capacity enabled the business to boost solar energy manufacturing by 125% year-on-year to 1,067 GWh in between January as well as June. For a combined-cycle gas plant to create this much power, it would certainly require around 184 million cubic metres of gas, according to Iberdrola.