Plenitude, a company controlled by Eni, has begun production from the second 200MW section of its Renopool photovoltaic (PV) project, situated in Solana de los Barros, Badajoz, in Spain’s Extremadura region.
With this latest development, Renopool, Plenitude’s largest solar installation worldwide, has reached its full installed capacity of 330MW and is operating at full scale.
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The Renopool facility comprises a 130MW northern plant and a 200MW southern plant. Its layout was designed to use the available land efficiently.
The site includes approximately 565,000 bifacial solar panels and is expected to generate around 670GW-hours of electricity annually.
Plenitude stated that construction of the northern section began in February 2024 and that this part entered operation in June 2025.
With the recent completion and commissioning of the southern plant, the project is now fully operational.
According to the company, the construction process followed the planned two-year schedule and supported local employment in the Extremadura region.
During the building phase, archaeological monitoring revealed several artefacts, mainly from the Chalcolithic period.
Plenitude Renewables Spain head of renewables for Western Europe and CEO Mariangiola Mollicone said: “The commissioning of Renopool, Plenitude’s largest solar project built worldwide, confirms our present and future commitment to Extremadura.
“We are very grateful for the collaboration and positive response we have consistently received from the institutions involved, which has enabled the project’s success and the efficient fulfilment of the planned timeline.”
In line with requirements from the project authorisation process, Plenitude has also launched biodiversity and environmental initiatives.
Plenitude reports it has around 1.8GW of installed renewable power in Spain, with wind and solar facilities active in several autonomous regions including Andalusia, Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y León, Catalonia, Galicia, La Rioja and Murcia.
The company operates an integrated model in Spain covering renewable generation, energy sales and electric mobility services.
In July last year, Plenitude began construction of the 200MW Entrenúcleos solar project across Dos Hermanas and Coria del Río in Seville (Andalusia).
