Balam Fund San Luis Potosi Solar PV Park is a 40MW solar PV power project. It is located in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. The project is currently active. It has been developed in single phase. The project construction commenced in 2018 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in September 2019.
| Project Type | Total Capacity (MW) | Active Capacity (MW) | Pipeline Capacity (MW) | Project Status | Project Location | Project Developer | Solar PV | 40 | 40 | – | Active | San Luis Potosi, Mexico | Dhamma Energy |
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Description
The project was developed by Dhamma Energy and is currently owned by Balam Fund with a stake of 100%.
Balam Fund San Luis Potosi Solar PV Park is a ground-mounted solar project which is spread over an area of 80 hectares.
The project generates 80GWh electricity and supplies enough clean energy to power 12,162 households, offsetting 49,004t of carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) a year. The project cost is $56.571m.
Development Status
The project construction commenced in 2018 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in September 2019.
Contractors Involved
Grupo Gransolar was selected to render EPC services for the solar PV power project.
LONGi Solar Technology was selected as the supplier of the PV modules for the project. The company installed 106,000 modules at the site.
Gamesa Electric supplied its Gamesa Electric PV2500 inverters to the project site.
The project is utilising single axis trackers supplied by PVHardware.
Grupo Gransolar is the O&M contractor for the solar PV power project.
About Dhamma Energy
Dhamma Energy SAS (Dhamma) is an energy services company that develops, operates and invests in solar photovoltaic installations. The company’s services cover the technical and financial studies, development and acquisition, construction and commissioning, and operation and maintenance stages of large-scale ground-mounted power plants, solar roof and PV parking shelters. Dhamma also offers rural electrification solutions including hybrid photovoltaic and diesel mini-grids; selfsolar photovoltaic plants for clients needing power solutions for self consumption; and asset management services such as control and monitoring of PV production and comparison forecasts, performance ratios and availability assessment, electricity quality, and risk mitigation. It serves PV installation owners, businesses and local authorities. The company primarily operates in France, Spain, and Mexico, and also other countries. Dhamma is headquartered in Madrid, Spain.
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