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Chile Sees South America’s First Thermal Solar Power Plant

Mike Sandru — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:42:19 +0000

Minera El Tesoro, part of the Antofagasta Minerals group is the first South American recipient of a solar thermal plant with Spain’s photovoltaic developer Abengoa designing and building a 20-megawatt capacity structure for the mining group. Located in Antofagasta in Chile, the plant is covers 6 hectares and consists of more than 1,000 solar thermal […]

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Abengoa Announces First Concentrating Solar Power Plants in Africa

Benji Jerew — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 00:56:21 +0000

Abengoa Solar, a world renowned designer of solar power systems, has just announced two Concentrating Solar Power [CSP] plants to be built in Africa. These will be the first full-scale solar projects on the African continent, as well as the largest in the world to date. Financed in part by a grant by South Africa, […]

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Uruguay Set to Start Construction of 50 MW Wind Power Plant

Mike Sandru — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 18:22:24 +0000

With the help of Spanish company Abengoa, which has now been present in the country for more than 30 years, Uruguay will have a 50 MW wind power plant right in its center, in the village of Peralta, TacuarembÃƒÆ’³.

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