Carrera Pinto Enel Green Solar Park is a 97MW solar PV power project. It is located in Atacama, Chile. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently active. It has been developed in multiple phases. The project construction commenced in 2015 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in January 2016. Buy the profile here.
Description
The project was developed by Parque Solar Carrera Pinto and is currently owned by Enel Green Power Chile with a stake of 100%.
Carrera Pinto Enel Green Solar Park is a ground-mounted solar project which is spread over an area of 180 hectares.
The project generates 260,000MWh electricity and supplies enough clean energy to power 122,000 households, offsetting 127,000t of carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) a year. The project cost is $180m.
The project consists of 230,000 modules.
Development status
The project construction commenced in 2015 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in January 2016.
Power purchase agreement
The power generated from the project is sold to Enel Generacion Chile under a power purchase agreement.
Contractors involved
The project is utilising single axis trackers supplied by Convert Italia.
For more details on Carrera Pinto Enel Green Solar Park, buy the profile here.
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This information is drawn from GlobalData’s Power Intelligence Center, which provides detailed profiles of over 170,000 active, planned and under construction power plants worldwide from announcement through to operation across all technologies and countries worldwide.
