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Mr Fabra, president of the Valencia Auto-
nomous Community, expressed his gratitu-
de to FCC, the Citizen Services group, for
its investment in the region, its firm com-
mitment to alternative energies, and its role
in creating jobs.
He also noted that “this first solar thermal
plant joins other initiatives implemented by
the regional government to promote the
use of renewable energies and new tech-
nologies, saving and diversification in the
energy field.”
Ignacio Martín, manager of the joint ven-
ture, pointed out that “this inauguration
marks the first step in promoting the project
and executing it as best as possible”.
He said that he was certain that “within one
year, we will be here again inaugurating a
perfectly functioning plant that will encoura-
ge the company to develop the renewable
energy division, as our chairman has sta-
ted, that will be key for the future and for the
growth of our company”.
High levels of solar insolation
The solar thermal power plant is located at
the southwest edge of the Alhorines Valley,
in Villena (Alicante). The area has one of the
highest levels of solar insolation in the Va-
Nearly 1000 MW
of installed capacity
FCC Energy manages around 1,000 MW
of installed capacity at its plants in Great
Britain, Central and Eastern Europe and
Spain. Outside Spain, the division has
two energy-from-waste plants, in Alling-
ton and Eastcroft (UK), and is also invol-
ved in wind farm development there.
In Spain, the company also manages the
50 MW Palma del Río solar thermal ener-
gy plant (Cordoba), and it has 420 MW in
wind capacity and 20 MW in photovoltaic
capacity.
With 50 Mw of
installed capacity,
this is the second FCC
Energía thermosolar
plant in Spain