Alter Enersun starts work on a new photovoltaic plant in Barcarrota

• The plant located in the municipality of Barcarrota, province of Badajoz, will have an installed capacity of more than 12 MWp and is expected to be commissioned in 2022
• Its construction and maintenance will employ more than 70 people and 4 will do so with permanent employment after its commissioning
• The opening ceremony was attended by the mayor of Barcarrota, Alfonso C. Macías Gata

Alter Enersun, a leading company in the renewable energy sector, held the groundbreaking ceremony for the new photovoltaic plant located in the municipality of Barcarrota, in Badajoz (Extremadura), which is expected to be completed in 2022.

It is a plant with more than 22,000 modules, with a power of 12.25 MWp and which will generate approximately 25GWh per year, a figure that is equivalent to the energy supply of more than 7,000 families. In addition, the construction and maintenance of the facility will employ more than 70 people, while 4 will be the number of permanent employees it will have after its commissioning.

The opening ceremony was attended by the mayor of Barcarrota, Alfonso C. Macías Gata, and also by Raúl Garcia Méndez, director of Alter Enersun.

With the Barcarrota plant, savings of 23,600 tons of CO2 emissions will be achieved annually, taking the comparison with conventional coal as a reference.

Alter Enersun consolidates its presence in Extremadura

During 2022, in addition to the commissioning of the 140 MWp Cáceres projects, Alter Enersun intends to start the construction of another 109 MWp in the region, of which 62 MWp are already in an advanced stage of execution in Mérida, the 12 MWp of the Barcarrota project – of which work has already begun – and soon expects to obtain the permits to start them in Jerez de los Caballeros and Alconchel with a power of 35 MWp.