The Alvarado 1 plant, near Badajoz in the Extremadura region, has a capacity of 50MW and cost €236m to build. It uses parabolic trough technology, with over 184,000 mirrors on a 130 hectare site.
Acciona has operated the 64MW Nevada Solar 1 plant in the US since June 2007, which uses the same technology. It is currently building three more 50MW plants in Spain – two of them in Palma del Río near Cordoba, and one in Majadas de Tiétar in the Cáceres region.
