Spain's Bruc unveils 957-MW solar farm cluster in Andalusia

The cluster, named Cartago, consists of 18 solar farms located across four municipalities in the province of Seville and spans a total area of 1,610 hectares (3,978 acres). The facilities are expected to generate 1,875 GWh of electricity annually, enough to power around 476,000 households.

The Cartago complex includes the Don Rodrigo node, a 400 kV infrastructure described by Bruc as the largest private grid connection point for renewables in Andalusia.

The new capacity represents about 70% of Bruc’s operational solar portfolio in the region. The company currently operates 25 solar farms totalling 1,385 MW across Seville, Huelva, Cadiz and Malaga, and is building an additional five plants in Seville with 260 MW of capacity. Projects in development include battery storage and wind hybridisation.

Bruc plans to invest EUR 2.26 billion in Andalusia through 2028, with EUR 1.23 billion already deployed and the remainder earmarked for further expansion of its generation assets to over 3,000 MW. The company forecasts that, by 2028, its operations in the region will produce 3.02 TWh annually — enough to meet the electricity needs of a quarter of Andalusian homes.

Bruc’s portfolio spans 6.6 GW of operational, under-construction and development assets across Spain and Japan.

(EUR 1.0 = USD 1.169)