BayWa and Wirsol will develop the solar farm – which they say will be Spain’s biggest PV power plant – on a site 70km northwest of Alicante.

The project will cost €150m ($199m) and is due for full-commissioning by January 2013.

BayWa and Wirsol have formed a joint-venture for the project, which will be connected to the Spanish grid in stages from June of next year.

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