Being developed by Spain-based clean-energy company Acciona Energía, the $343m solar farm will feature 777,360 polycrystalline silicon photovoltaic modules, spread across 280ha area in the municipality of Vallenar, 645km north of the Santiago.
As part of the contract signed with Acciona, Ingeteam will supply the control, protection and measurement system of the El Romero Photovoltaic Plant's booster substation.
The contract covers the detailed electrical engineering, cabinet supply, digital equipment from its Ingepac EF family with IEC61850 technology, as well as the logic project, substation commissioning, and the connection to the various telecontrol desks.
Earlier, Ingeteam installed protection, control and measurement systems in over 500MW of renewable energy projects in Chile.
Scheduled to be completed in mid-2017, the solar plant is designed to generate 505GWh of clean energy per year meeting power needs of 245,000 Chilean homes.
Power generated from the solar project will be used to cover other renewables-based electricity supplies in the country.
The project is expected to contribute to Acciona’s plan to supply 600GWh of renewable power to distribution concession holders in the Central Interconnected System (SIC) from 2018.
Acciona is engaged in the development and management of infrastructure, renewable energy, water and services.
Image: Ingeteam has so far installed protection, control and measurement systems for 500MW of Chilean renewable projects. Photo: courtesy of Ingeteam.
