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Hune, at the second complex solar thermal in Europe
06/05/2009
May 6, 2009
Since last September, Hune collaborated in the construction of the second complex solar thermal in Europe. Extresol-1 will be located in local businessman Torre de Miguel Sesmero (Badajoz) and will have a capacity of 50 megawatts of power projection. The plant will supply to the grid, the electricity equivalent to the consumption of 30,000 households which will prevent the emission of 149,000 tons of CO2 per year.
Extresol-1, located in Badajoz, will have a capacity of 50 MW of power projection.
The construction of Extresol-1 represents an investment of 300 million euros and envisages three phases of performance. In the first phase carried out from last September to April, the company Mometal (mounts metallic Talavera) has been entrusted to Hune installation of four of the twelve turbines available to the plant Extremadura thermosolar. The compensation of ten platforms between articulated arms from 16 to 18 meters and scissors of 10 and 12 meters have been necessary for this.
