La Jacinta Solar PV Project is a 64.8MW solar PV power project. It is located in Salto, Uruguay. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently active. It has been developed in a single phase. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in September 2015. Buy the profile here.
Description
The project was developed by Fotowatio Renewable Ventures and is currently owned by Invenergy.
La Jacinta Solar PV Project is a ground-mounted solar project which is spread over an area of 150 hectares.
The project generates 102,735MWh electricity and supplies enough clean energy to power 34,245 households, offsetting 71,915t of carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) a year. The project cost is $150m.
Development status
The project got commissioned in September 2015.
Power purchase agreement
The power generated from the project is sold to Administracion Nacional de Usinas y Trasmisiones Electricas under a power purchase agreement for a period of 30 years from 2015. The contracted capacity is 50MW.
Contractors involved
OHL Industrial was selected to render engineering procurement construction services for the solar PV power project.
BYD was selected as the supplier of the PV modules for the project. The company installed 216,000 modules at the site.
The inverters were procured from Ingeteam Corporacion for the project.
Fotowatio Renewable Ventures is the O&M contractor for the solar PV power project.
For more details on La Jacinta Solar PV Project, buy the profile here.
About Fotowatio Renewable Ventures
Fotowatio Renewable Ventures BV (FRV), a subsidiary of Abdul Latif Jameel Energy and Environmental Services, is a provider of renewable energy solutions. It offers engineering, procurement and construction (EPC), operation, maintenance, administrative, technical and legal consulting services. The company’s project portfolio comprises of montna farms, nellis air force base, potosi solar, rothenbach solar park, brook warehouse, la jacinta, olmedilla, mafraq-I and lilyvale among others. It develops, constructs, finances, operates, and manages solar energy projects across the countries. FRV caters services to construction, technology, power and investment firms. The company has operational presence in Australia, India, Italy, Jordan, Uruguay, Spain, Mexico and the US. FRV is headquartered in Madrid, Spain.
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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.
