Castilla La Nueva Solar PV Park is a 20.4MW solar PV power project. It is located in Meta, Colombia. The project is currently active. It has been developed in single phase. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in October 2019.

Project Type Total Capacity (MW) Active Capacity (MW) Pipeline Capacity (MW) Project Status Project Location Project Developer
Solar PV 20.4 20.4 – Active Meta, Colombia AES Chivor & Cia

Description

The project was developed by AES Chivor & Cia. AES Chivor & Cia and Ecopetrol are currently owning the project.

Castilla La Nueva Solar PV Park is a ground-mounted solar project which is spread over an area of 18 hectares.

The project supplies enough clean energy to power 16,000 households, offsetting 14,000t of carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) a year. The project cost is $20m.

Development Status

The project got commissioned in October 2019.

Power Purchase Agreement

The power generated from the project is sold to Ecopetrol under a power purchase agreement for a period of 15 years from 2019. The contracted capacity is 20.4MW.

Contractors Involved

Ingenieria Y Suministros Asturias was selected to render EPC services for the solar PV power project.

JinkoSolar Holding was selected as the supplier of the PV modules for the project. The company provided 54,500 modules each with 385W of nameplate capacity.

AES Chivor & Cia is the O&M contractor for the solar PV power project.

Methodology

All power projects included in this report are drawn from GlobalData’s Power Intelligence Center. The information regarding the project parameters is sourced through secondary information sources such as electric utilities, equipment manufacturers, developers, project proponent’s – news, deals and financial reporting, regulatory body, associations, government planning reports and publications. Wherever needed the information is further validated through primary from various stakeholders across the power value chain and professionals from leading players within the power sector.