Solar Photovoltaic Plant Bienvenida

The photovoltaic solar plant is currently named FV Bienvenida, with its original name being Calzadilla B. It is located in the municipality of Bienvenida, in the province of Badajoz.

The promoter and owner is Iberia Termosolar 1, S.L. (IB TERMOSOLAR1). The favorable Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the initial project was issued on May 22, 2017. The technical modifications (power increase and inverter change) and the name change to FV Bienvenida were administratively authorized on July 30, 2019.

The German group IB VOGT was the promoter of the construction of the Bienvenida solar plant. IB VOGT began construction in January 2020 and achieved the mechanical completion milestone in October, exporting electricity to the grid in December of the same year. The main European insurance group and institutional investor Talanx acquired the plant through its asset management company Ampega in December 2019. The project sells clean energy to Shell Energy Europe SE under a 15-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA).

The plant was originally projected with 150 MW nominal. Subsequently, its installed capacity was expanded to 180.137 MWp. However, the nominal power that can be evacuated, according to the access and connection permits granted by Red Eléctrica, is limited to 150 MW. The evacuation is carried out jointly and in coordination with the Núñez de Balboa photovoltaic plant at the node located at the Bienvenida 400 kV Substation of Red Eléctrica.

Access to the plant is via an existing path, specifically the Rural Road from Bienvenida to Villagarcía and the Road from Usagre to Bienvenida (BA-V-1675 highway).