The largest solar plant of Costa Rica built in “Agua y Paz” biosphere reserve.
Built on the slopes of Miravalles Volcano, the Miravalles solar park was originally proposed by the Costa Rican Electricity Institution (ICE) and a letter of intent was signed in August by GeSolar, a Chinese manufacturer of solar products, and Greenersys, a supplier of renewable energy products based in Costa Rica, to develop the PV plant.
Miravalles Solar Park is the first large-scale solar plant in Central America and it will be able to provide electricity to some 800 homes. The solar park is equipped with 4,300 PV modules which will help generate an estimated annual output of 1.2GWh which will be fed into the grid.
This project marks the entry of Costa Rica to the production of large-scale electricity based on solar energy, and also mark the way to bring electricity to thousands of families across the country in the future.
The project was financed by the Japanese Ministry of Environment, Energy and Telecommunications (MINAET), which provided a US$10 million grant under the Japanese government’s Project for Introduction of Clean Energy by System Solar Electricity Generation for the Government of the Republic of Costa Rica programme.
The grant will also provide enough funds to build a second PV plant adjacent to ICE’s building in La Sabana. The plant will use 130 PV modules and will have a capacity of 3kW. Electricity generated from the facility will be used to power ICE’s central building.
Source: PVTECH
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