Aena SME, the operator of Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport, has awarded the Photovoltaic Solar Plant at Madrid airport to Construcciones San José. The contract is valued at EUR99.11 million (US$107.40 million) with concession period of 50 months. Construcciones San José will be responsible for engineering, supply, construction, commissioning, and maintenance work of the park.
The PV plant will have a peak power of 142.42 MWp and a nominal power of 120 MWn. The facilities will occupy an area equivalent to 353 football fields and will be located on different plots within the airport grounds. It will have more than 235,000 photovoltaic modules will generate 212 GWh of energy annually