The 50MW ‘Alvarado I’ plant represents an investment of 236 million euros and will generate enough electricity to supply 28,000 homes

This is the first Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) facility to come into operation in the Extremadura region, where ACCIONA is currently building a second plant

ACCIONA has a CSP plant in the Nevada Desert (USA) which has been operating since 2007; it uses the same parabolic cylinder technology as the power plants in Spain

The 130-hectare Alvarado facility has 184,320 mirrors aligned in rows for capturing sunlight