GRS working on 82-MW solar plant in Portugal for KGAL

Spain’s GRS, part of Gransolar Group, announced today that it is building an 82-MW solar park in Portugal for German investment and asset manager KGAL GmbH & Co KG.

The photovoltaic (PV) project is the EPC contractor's eighth project in Portugal and the second-largest after the 48.5-MW Insua solar farm was commissioned in 2022.

The new plant will cover an area of over a 140 hectares (345.9 acres) in the Penamacor municipality, in Portugal's region of Castelo Branco. GRS said that more than 124,000 large bifacial modules would be used.

Spanish firm Ingenia Solar Energy (ISE) designed the Penamacor project, while PV Hardware, also part of Gransolar Group, manufactured the Monoline 2V+ trackers.

The solar park will be connected to the public service electricity grid RESP. Once in operation, it will be capable of generating over 150,000 MWh of clean energy annually, GRS said.

Commissioning of the solar park is expected to take place in 2024. After that, GRS will provide operation and maintenance (O&M) services for at least two years.

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