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Amarenco enters Spanish market with solar farm acquisition
The plant will produce enough energy to meet the electricity demand of 13,997 homes.
Mon, 14 Dec, 2020 - 08:32
Alan Healy
Irish renewable energy firm the Amarenco Group has acquired a 49.94MW solar plant from Hanwha Energy in Spain.
This is the first expansion by the Munster firm into the Spanish market with the coming targeting further acquisitions and growth in the Iberian peninsula. “Las Naranjillas” project is located in Carmona, Seville with an area of 137 hectares covered by 121,800 photovoltaic modules. The plant will produce enough energy to meet the electricity demand of 13,997 homes. In addition, 51,977 tonnes of CO2 will be removed from the atmosphere, which is equivalent to the consumption of 10,192 vehicles. 180 jobs were created during construction of the photovoltaic plant.