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This is the first solar plant of the Uruguayan state energy company UTE. It is estimated that it will generate around 47 GWh during its first year. The total investment has been estimated at 27 million dollars.
The National Administration of Power Plants and Electric Transmissions (UTE), the state-owned electricity company of Uruguay, has announced the inauguration of its first photovoltaic park, Punta del Tigre, of 30 MWp (25.65 MWn), located in the town of Colonia Wilson, department of San José.
According to a statement, the plant occupies an area of ??42 hectares, adjacent to the Punta del Tigre Thermal Power Plant, "with 1,700 meters of internal walkways and has a Control Building, which houses rooms with switching equipment and an emergency diesel generator."
"The work - it adds - included 20,552 metal piles that served as support for the assembly of the 1,228 metal structures, where the solar panels rest."
Regarding the panels, there are 66,312 modules, each of 450-455 W, installed on 54 tables.
Other technical specifications mentioned abound in that the installation includes 114 string inverters that raise the electricity to medium voltage through six Transformation Centers (CDT) distributed in the Park, which feed the Control Building.
The electrical energy is injected into the 150 kV network through the Punta del Tigre Transmission Station.
One highlight is the installation of three weather stations “to control and monitor weather conditions.”
According to UTE, the total investment for the construction of the plant is 27 million dollars, "of which 15 million correspond to the supply of metal profiles and 450 and 455 W panels, 9 million to the execution of the Electromechanical Work and 3 million to the Civil Works."
Construction of the plant began in August 2022 and was completed two years later. In September of this year, it obtained authorization for connection to the National Interconnected System from the Uruguayan Electricity Market Administration (ADME). Finally, at the beginning of last October, the Ministry of the Environment granted it the Environmental Operating Authorization.
Last year, UTE announced a 100 million dollar investment in solar parks. The photovoltaic infrastructure “will be completed in 2025, 2026 and 2027.”
According to the information, the plants will be located in two sites: 25% on UTEs land in Delta del Tigre, San José department, and the remaining 75% in a new location in the north of the country. |
