Energythe commercial brand with which the Public Energy of Catalonia operates, starts on March 24 a second process of purchase of photovoltaic solar parks through public call, open to all companies interested in selling facilities that are in its final development phase.
The Public Renewable Company has reported Wednesday that it plans to dedicate to this call Between five and 12 million euroswith the aim of increasing the facilities portfolio that it manages, which are always parks with powers that vary between the 500 kilowatts (kW) and the five megawatts (MW). Through these it supplies the services of the Generalitat of Catalonia, which aspires to achieve climate neutrality in 2040.
The company has stressed that it intends energize the energy sector “encouraging the implementation of new projects that generate the addition of renewable energy to the electrical system.” The purchase procedure can opt for all new construction facilities that have an access point and connection to the electricity and prior administrative authorization, and that are not yet connected to the network.
Energy will make a preselection attending to the Minimum economic viability and social acceptance requirements of the municipality where its location is foreseen. Regarding the financial requirements, investments in third -party parks will not be made worth less than 100,000 euros or for more than 5 million euros per project.
On the other hand, as regards the territorial consensus, it will be essential that the City Council of the municipality where a project has not been demonstrated against the company to invest. Others will also be taken into account criteria linked to social and environmental commitment. Aspects as if an offer of local participation in investment will be presented, if by its location the installation could self -support close public consumption or if the project adopts complementary measures to reduce the impact on the environment.
Likewise, the company will assess whether the installation is located in an artificialized space or incorporates hybridization with storage facilities, if it uses materials manufactured in the EU and if labor insertion companies have participated in the construction.
It will also ensure that the selection of projects responds to a balanced territorial distribution, considering the limitations in the capacity of the network. To the first call, which was held in July last year, 6 projects were presented, which together exceeded 20 MWP and an investment of 13 million euros. Of these, L’Enica presents two: a solar park in Vidreres (Girona) of 3.4 MWP, acquired for 2.9 million euros, and a solar park in Sant Fruitós de Bages (Barcelona) of 2.94 MWP, which has offered 40% of the shares for 1.13 million euros and that is in the last phase of the viability study.
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