The Spanish energy company Naturgy has obtained prior administrative authorization and administrative construction authorization from the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge of the Government of Spain, to operate two photovoltaic plants in the surroundings of the old coal plant of La Robla, in the province of León, which will add 420 megawatts (MW) of installed power.
These are the ‘La Pradera’ facilities, with an installed power of 195 MW, and ‘Los Corrales’, with 225 MW of power, which would represent an approximate investment of 350 million euros. Both would produce around 700 gigawatt hours (GWh) of renewable energy per year, an amount equivalent to the consumption of more than 210,000 homes.
Naturgy is reviewing the implementation of the projects, which would increase the company’s production capacity in Castilla y León and contribute significantly to promoting the energy transition in the region. In accordance with current regulations, the energy company has three months to inform the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge of when it plans to carry out its implementation.
The commitment to renewable energies
The company led by Francisco Reynés currently has about 6.5 gigawatts (GW) of installed renewable generation capacity in operation -3.3 GW of wind generation, 2.2 GW of hydroelectric generation and 1 GW of photovoltaic -, and expects to finish this 2024 with around 8 GW of installed operational capacity, to which should be added a pipeline of projects in development of almost 20 GW, mainly in Spain, Australia and the United States.
Naturgy, as Europa Press recalls, is committed to the construction of more than 20 wind farms and photovoltaic plants in Spain, and an additional renewable capacity of 1.6 GW is expected to come into operation in the period 2024-2025.
Another of the company’s bets to be a protagonist in the energy transition are renewable gases, where it manages a total of 70 projects in different stages of progress, all of them in Spanish territory and focused on biomethane (60 projects) and hydrogen (10 projects ). you).
