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Sevilla PV

Location: Sanlúcar la Mayor, Sevilla.

Type of Project: Low concentration Photovoltaic Plant (1.2 MW).

Sevilla PV is the largest low-concentration PV plant in the world. The research arm in Spain of Abengoa Solar, called Abengoa Solar NT was responsible for developing this economic and technically feasible technology.

Sevilla PV trackers	Sevilla PV Location

Sevilla PV has an installed capacity of 1.2 MW. Based on the local the solar resource, the plant is capable of generating 2.1 GWh of clean energy every year. This is enough to supply the electricity needs of 525 house holds and will reduce CO2 emissions by more than 800 tons per year. The total conversion efficiency of solar energy into electricity is approximately 12%.

Operation of the solar field is very simple. The photovoltaic modules produce direct current (DC). Inverters convert the direct current into alternating current (AC) in the solar field. Before the electricity is delivered to the grid, the voltage is boosted using a transformer.

The Sevilla PV plant has 154 two-axles tracking PV units. These trackers were designed by our R&D company, Abengoa Solar NT. The plant has a rated installed capacity of 780 kWp and effective power of 1230 kWe Each PV tracker has 36 PV modules and a collection surface area of 860 ft2 (80 m²). The entire plant covers 29.5 acres (12 hectares) and has a PV surface area of 63,500 ft2 (5913 m²).

Despite being the first plant of its kind, the operation of Sevilla PV is not complicated. The only moving components are the solar tracking devices. None of the other components need special maintenance.

 

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Our R&D company in Spain, Abengoa Solar NT, is involved in numerous PV R&D projects. Additionally, it has collaborative arrangements with many organizations, such as the Fraunhofer Institute aimed at reducing the cost and increasing the efficiency of PV technology.

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