Solar Project Gateway
Oct 15, 2012 - Mexican President Felipe Calderon kicked off on October 13, 2012 a 1-MW photovoltaic (PV) solar power plant in Volcan de las Tres Virgenes, Mulege municipality, in the northwestern state of Baja California.
Calderon said the plant will serve as an experimental model for its owner, the state-owned electric utility Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE), in its target to develop renewable energy projects. The pilot facility, which has 4,000 PV panels, is a large-scale solar power plant which Calderon touted as the region's first.
The construction was awarded to local Microm SA, owned by Grupo Condumex, to which the Spanish photovoltaic (PV) cell and module maker Isofoton SA has supplied 4,172 modules of the ISF-240 type.
Initially, the plant's cost was estimated at USD 6.4 million (EUR 4.9m), but at the inauguration ceremony investments of some USD 8.5 million were announced.
Solar Project Gateway
Oct 15, 2012 - Mexican President Felipe Calderon kicked off on October 13, 2012 a 1-MW photovoltaic (PV) solar power plant in Volcan de las Tres Virgenes, Mulege municipality, in the northwestern state of Baja California.
Calderon said the plant will serve as an experimental model for its owner, the state-owned electric utility Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE), in its target to develop renewable energy projects. The pilot facility, which has 4,000 PV panels, is a large-scale solar power plant which Calderon touted as the region's first.
The construction was awarded to local Microm SA, owned by Grupo Condumex, to which the Spanish photovoltaic (PV) cell and module maker Isofoton SA has supplied 4,172 modules of the ISF-240 type.
Initially, the plant's cost was estimated at USD 6.4 million (EUR 4.9m), but at the inauguration ceremony investments of some USD 8.5 million were announced.