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The company is proposing to build a solar farm on land in the Monovar and Salinas municipalities on the Costa Blanca
Valencian energy business group, Atitlan Helios, has revealed plans to build a photovoltaic plant in the municipalities of Monovar and Salinas, a project which will see an investment of 62 million euros and supply electricity to 70,000 homes in Alicante.
The proposals have been presented to the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge, claiming the development will generate 600 direct and indirect jobs and inject around four million euros into the municipal coffers in "construction taxes, fees and royalties".
The project, called 'FV Monover de 116 MW' is being promoted through the company Vulpes Velox Invest, which has already applied for the corresponding Prior Administrative Authorisation and an Environmental Impact Assessment.
The company estimates that the solar photovoltaic plant will generate 230 GWh annually, equivalent to the average annual consumption of 70,000 households, and will prevent the emission into the atmosphere of more than 88,000 tonnes of CO2, equivalent to the planting of 300,000 trees.
The energy generated will be sourced at the Novelda electricity substation, owned by Red Eléctrica de España, through evacuation infrastructures shared with other developers, thus minimising the environmental impact of the infrastructures necessary for the connection.
In addition, the support structure of the photovoltaic modules will be driven directly into the ground, meaning the use of concrete and earthworks will be not be necessary, "guaranteeing the colonisation of the entire land by wild vegetation".
And, pending agreement with local authorities and environmental groups, the company proposes working with local companies and incorporating "complementary activities", such as organic livestock farming, beekeeping and the cultivation of aromatic herbs.
The project, which the energy company has been working on for two years, will include vegetation screens to minimise the visual impact, reforestation with native vegetation and fauna and the burying of 2,300 metres of the evacuation line as it passes between the Les Pedrisses and Betíes mountain ranges, an area regularly frequented by the public.
Images: Atitlan
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