Solel Constructs 50 MW Solar Field in Spain
March 6, 2009Solel Solar Systems has begun construction on a 50 MW solar field in Lebrija, Spain. 
The $150 million project utilizes Solel’s state-of-the-art patented technology to capture sunlight and convert it to the most possible heat for clean energy.
The Lebrija project has an overall cost of $400 million, and is being developed in partnership with Sacyr Vallehermoso, a leading Spanish construction company based in Madrid.
The project will be operational in 2010. With the Lebrija project, Solel equipment is generating more than 400 MW of installed capacity of clean energy at both its own projects and at solar fields of other developers in the U.S. and Spain that have installed Solel equipment.
Solel announced it has orders to deliver equipment over the next 24 months that will generate an additional 850 MW of solar energy.
As Israel has almost no natural fuel sources except for its abundant sunshine, it has become a world pioneer in the use of solar energy. Sun-heated water tanks were invented in Israel, which also boasts the technology’s highest residential penetration (85%).
The world’s largest solar thermal company is Israeli, and the largest solar plant in the world was build by an Israeli company.
Through the Israel NEWTech Novel Energy and Water Technologies program at the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor, Israel seeks to boost the industry by investing heavily in the cultivation of human capital, encouraging the connection between water & energy in academia and industry, promoting water & energy R&D centers, and boosting early stage educational outreach.
