Naturgy starts up 100 MWp of solar in Spain

• Spanish utility Naturgy Energy Group SA (BME: NTGY) announced today that it has started procedures on 2 solar farms of 50 MWp each in Andalusia, southern Spain.

The plants, known as Tabernas I and also II, needed a financial investment of greater than EUR 52 million (USD 55.2 m).

Naturgy claimed that the two facilities ought to be able to generate over 228 GWh per year, sufficient to satisfy the annual demand of 65,400 homes.

Aside from the Tabernas plants, Naturgy's renewables portfolio in Andalusia includes additionally three wind farms in operation in the region with a combined capacity of 81 MW-- Los Llanos (33.4 MW), El Tesorillo (26 MW) and also Rabia (21.7 MW).

The utility kept in mind that it is currently working on six other solar projects in the exact same region, with an integrated capacity of 240 MW.