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The Lorca opening ceremony was attended by local dignitaries and X-Elio executive chairman Lluís Noguera (second right). Image: X-Elio.
Spanish renewable energy developer X-Elio has started commercial operations at the 368MW Lorca Solar project in Spain, its largest in the country.
The project is located in Murcia, south-eastern Spain, and joins an X-Elio portfolio that consists of 14 solar PV projects with a combined capacity of 846MW. The project represents a total investment of €335 million (US$ 377.9 million) and X-Elio noted that the facility had been financed by Banco Santander, the Instituto de Crédito Oficial (ICO) and Unicaja.
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