SOBRAL 1 Solar PV Park is a 34.74MW solar PV power project. It is located in Piaui, Brazil. 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 2017. Buy the profile here.
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Description
The project is developed and owned by Global Power Generation and Grupo Gransolar. The company's ownership stake in the project stands as 85% and 15% respectively.
SOBRAL 1 Solar PV Park is a ground-mounted solar project which is spread over an area of 85 hectares.
The project supplies enough clean energy to power 20,097 households, offsetting 51,489t of carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) a year.
Development status
The project got commissioned in September 2017.
Power purchase agreement
The power generated from the project is sold to Agencia Nacional de Energia Eletrica, Brazil under a power purchase agreement. The power is sold at the rate of $0.105kWh for a period of 20 years. The contracted capacity is 30MW.
Contractors involved
Grupo Gransolar was selected to render engineering procurement construction services for the solar PV power project.
Canadian Solar was selected as the supplier of the PV modules for the project. The company provided 108,000 modules each with 325W of nameplate capacity.
Power Electronics Espana supplied its FS3000CH15 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.
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About Global Power Generation
Global Power Generation SA (GPG), a subsidiary of Naturgy Energy Group SA, develops and manages power generation asset facilities using hydraulic, solar, wind and fossil fuel technologies. The company focuses on generation technologies in the areas of combined cycle, hydropower, thermal power and wind power projects. It also offers services which include asset management, installation, engineering, contract management, plant improvements, design, operation and maintenance, among others. The company also provides value added services includes operation and maintenance supervision, monitoring and testing of equipments and others. It has operations across Mexico, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Panama, Kenya and Uganda. GPG is headquartered in Madrid City, Madrid, Spain.
About Grupo Gransolar
Grupo Gransolar SL (GRS) manufactures renewable energy equipment that includes engineering, development and operation of solar photovoltaic (PV) power plants. It carries out design, engineering, consulting, supply of substructures, solar trackers, controllers and SCADA systems. The company provides project development, construction, plant commissioning, network connection and turn-key energy storage solutions. It also offers operation and maintenance services including plant inspection, testing, monitoring and supervision, trackers and control systems. GRS caters to industry partners, corporations, and financial institutions. The company has operations with offices in the US, South Africa, Bulgaria, Italy, Mexico, Brazil and others. GRS is headquartered in Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain.
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