Repsol opens very first PV plant

• Kappa solar farm in Spain consists of three projects-- Perseo Foton 1, 2 and 3

Repsol has actually formally opened up the nearly 127MW Kappa solar ranch in Spain, the company's first solar project.

Kappa is located in the community of Manzanares in the main Spanish province of Ciudad Real and also stands for a financial investment of EUR100m.

It is dispersed throughout 3 plants-- the functional 90.5 MW Perseo Foton 1 and 2 and the 36.1 MW Perseo Foton 3 still under advancement.

The solar farm contains 285,331 components with the ability of supplying sustainable power to 71,000 homes.

Building and construction of Kappa has actually developed 400 locally-sourced jobs throughout the different phases of advancement.

More than half of the employees have actually originated from the town of Manzanares and also its environments, Repsol said.

Repsol executive managing director of client and also low-carbon generation Maria Victoria Zingoni claimed: "This landmark represents yet an additional step toward our objective of ending up being a web zero emissions company by 2050.

" It's a crucial project for the area of Castile-La Mancha, for Manzanares, and also for Repsol, in an independent area where we predict further advancement of our commitment to a multi-energy version."