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These are Baco and Madre Vieja, owned by Enel Panama, located in the province of Chiriquí.Enel Panama, through its Enel Green Power business line, has announced the start of commercial operations of its Baco and Madre Vieja solar parks, each with 30 MW, both located in the Barú district, in the province of Chiriquí.
The statement said that this stage has been achieved "after completing the required technical and regulatory tests, and complying with the Network Code and the regulations required by the National Dispatch Center."
The Baco photovoltaic plant consists of more than 50,400 solar panels, spread over an area of ??32 hectares, with an estimated capacity to generate 48 GWh per year. Construction had begun in May of last year .
For its part, Madre Vieja, in the district of Progreso, “is the largest that Enel Green Power has built in Panama,” it is assured. It has installed around 70,000 solar panels that complete 30.88 MW, on a surface area of ??33 hectares, with the capacity to generate approximately 48.91 GWh per year. With work starting in April 2021 , it was being tested since March 2023. This installation has the particularity of having 2,600 pre-installed and pre-wired Maverick modules, an initiative developed by the Australian company 5B , with a joint contribution of 1.17 MWp. On that occasion, the aforementioned action was described as the first experience in the world of the Enel Group to have Maverick.
The company points out that the projects, which have meant the creation of 300 jobs during their construction, have contributed to local development. On the one hand, it says, the Good Energy for Your School program acted in four educational institutions where they provided improvements “in access to water, decent dining rooms, bathrooms, and technology, benefiting more than 800 girls and boys in the region.”
Meanwhile, it is described that the Innovaplay initiative allowed the company to train students in technology, leadership, entrepreneurship, and renewable energy, among others. Finally, Enel Panama claims to have worked with 12 schools in the development of sustainable gardens, an impact for more than 1,500 people.
Enel Panama claims to have an installed photovoltaic capacity in the country of close to 162 MWdc, from 11 solar plants: Caldera Solar (4.91 MWdc), Chiriquí (12.29 MWdc), Sol de David (7.63 MWdc), Esperanza (26,098 MWdc), Madre Vieja (30.88), Baco (30.01 MWdc), Estrella Solar (7.67 MWdc), Vista Alegre (8.22 MWdc), Sol Real (10.78 MWdc), Milton Solar (10.26 MWdc) and Jaguito (13,012 MWdc). |
