Smartenergy breaks ground on 63.5 MWp solar farm in Portugal

• Swiss renewables developer Smartenergy Invest AG has actually begun the building and construction of a 63.5-MWp solar park in Portugal which will provide green electrical power to more than 26,000 homes.

The firm will certainly invest EUR 32 million (USD 36.38 m) to develop the Pessegueiro solar park in Pinhal Novo, south of the capital Lisbon. When up and running at the end of this year, the center is expected to create greater than 126 million kWh of green power.

The first rock for the plant was laid on Wednesday and also the event was attended by Portugal's Deputy Minister and Secretary of State for Energy, Joao Galamba, as well as the Mayor of Palmela, Alvaro Manuel Balseiro Amaro, Smartenergy said.

The Pessegueiro project complies with one more solar park of virtually 50 MWp which was lately appointed in Algarve as well as in which Smartenergy was entailed as well. The Swiss green power investor prepares to develop 2 more plants in the area.