Another solar park equipped with Conergy products has been connected to the grid in southern Spain. On an area of almost 89 acres near the town of Mazarrón in the Murcia region, the two local Conergy partners Valfortec and Solaer installed components from the system supplier. Now more than 22,000 modules on more than 31 miles of Conergy SolarLinea mounting systems are producing clean energy here.
It is the complete package that gave Conergy the edge: “For us as a solar specialist, optimised complete solutions, quality and reliable guarantees represent the ultimate package. Conergy offers solar technology that combines these characteristics in its entire product range, but also in its services and especially in its guarantees,” says Fidel Roig, Valfortec’s Managing Director. Ignacio Arganza, Solaer’s Managing Director, adds: “We have installed Conergy components with a total output of more than 20 MW since 2009 and we are fully convinced. These products deliver high yields, are easy to configure and to install. And Conergy provides first class technical support.”
With close to 2,800 hours of sunshine a year and an irradiation level exceeding 1,700 kilowatt hours per square metre, southern Spain also represents an extremely attractive location for solar plants. The new Conergy park will generate more than 8.1 gigawatt hours of clean energy annually, sufficient to supply 2,700 households throughout the year. At the same time, the solar park will prevent the emission of over 4,000 tons of CO2.
Sunny southern Spain offers the best conditions for achieving grid parity
With its numerous hours of sunshine, southern Spain thus provides the best conditions for achieving grid parity in the foreseeable future, the stage when solar power consumed by a household costs no more than power from finite fossil fuels or nuclear power sources – without any subsidies. In spite of the moratorium currently in force in the country, this also continues to be the declared aim of the Spanish government, which is currently in discussions about suitable supportive measures for achieving grid parity in the near future.
