Tacna Solar Park is a 22.2MW solar PV power project. It is located in Tacna, Peru. 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 October 2012. Buy the profile here.

Description

The project was developed by Grupo Empresarial San Jose, SolarPack Corporacion Tecnologica and X-ELIO Energy. SolarPack Corporacion Tecnologica and Ardian Infrastructure are currently owning the project having ownership stake of 51% and 49% respectively.

Tacna Solar Park is a ground-mounted solar project which is spread over an area of 121 hectares.

The project generates 47,196MWh electricity and supplies enough clean energy to power 14,915 households, offsetting 34,006t of carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) a year. The project cost is $94.6m.

Development status

The project got commissioned in October 2012.

Contractors involved

Yingli Green Energy Holding was selected as the supplier of the PV modules for the project. The company provided 74,988 modules each with 290W of nameplate capacity.

GPTech Spain supplied its PV500 inverters to the project site.

The project is utilising horizontal single axis trackers supplied by Solar Steel Gonvarri Industries.

SolarPack Corporacion Tecnologica and X-ELIO Energy were contracted to render operations & maintenance services for the project.

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About Grupo Empresarial San Jose

Grupo Empresarial San Jose SA (Grupo Sanjose) is a construction company that offers designing and building construction services. The company's business activities include construction, real estate, energy and environment, concessions and services and other businesses. It also offers consultancy and project management services for the architecture, civil engineering, real estate management, technology and sustainable development. Grupo Sanjose's construction projects include building, civil works, and engineering and industrial construction. The company offers caters to industrial, energy and environmental sectors. It operates in France, Germany, Malta, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, the US, Uruguay, India, Nepal and the UAE. Grupo Sanjose is headquartered in Pontevedra, Spain.

About SolarPack Corporacion Tecnologica

SolarPack Corporacion Tecnologica SL (SolarPack) is a Spanish based energy company specialized in Solar power generation and plant management. The company provides services such as project development, financing, construction of solar photovoltaic plants, operation and maintenance of solar power projects. It also offers various services including exploring and scouting plant location, negotiate lease agreements for sites, obtain permits and necessary lisences such as construction, operations and environments permits, design legal framework, prepare the budget requirement and project financing plans, conduct research for suitable financing organizations, construction of solar photovoltaic plants, asset management, distribution of power, trade contracts and other services. The companies power generating plants are located across Chile, Peru, Uruguay and India. SolarPack is headquartered in Getxo, Biscay, Spain

About X-ELIO Energy

X-ELIO Energy SL (X-ELIO), formerly Gestamp Solar, is a renewable energy company. The company constructs, design, develops, installs, finances and operates solar photovoltaic plants. It offers services such as site selection, feasibility studies, project definitions, construction, transport and assembly, negotiations and project legalization. X-ELIO also provides monitoring, operation and maintenance, project design and investment analysis services. The company is fococused to adopt traditional sources such as oil and coal. Solar energy is expected to become the biggest source of electricity in the world. It has operational presence across the Americas, Africa, the Middle East, Asia Pacific and Europe. X-ELIO 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.