Don Rodrigo I
Europe's first
subsidy-free utility-scale solar project
175 MWp
of installed capacity
300 GWh
of annual output
Don Rodrigo has a total capacity of 175 MWp and an annual output of 300 GWh, which is equivalent to the annual consumption of approximately 93,000 average Spanish households.
The project has more than 500,000 Astronergy and GCL polycrystalline modules with maximum efficiency of 17.6% have been installed. Cables have a total length of 3,000 kilometers.
| Project Type | Ground-mounted PV installation in Seville, Spain |
| Total output | 175 MWp |
| Structures | Astronergy and GCL |
| Modules | Polycrystalline |
| Inverters | HUAWEI String inverters SUN2000-60/100 KTL |
| Mounting system | High quality solar mounting system manufactured by Zimmermann PV Stahlbau GmbH & Co. KG |
| Output | 300 GWh/a year |
| Business area | Turnkey construction, operations management |
Local Commitment
As part of our local commitment our team of experts gave an advanced traininf to unemployed people from the local community – electricians, construction workers, or even unexperienced –.
The training was highly appreciated and supported by local communities and once completed most of the participants joined the construction team.
Biodiversity measures
More than 3km of hedgerows were planted to improve the landscape. No fungicides were used during operation on the site, which will become an eco-pasture, with the panels raised high enough for sheep to graze underneath the solar modules.