Leading wind power company to build $800m solar energy plant

Acciona Energia, the leading wind power company, has announced a 500 million euros investment into 2 new solar thermal plants in Palma del Río, Cordoba, in southern Spain.  Each plant will have a capacity of 50 megawatts and together they should be able to power around 75,000 homes a year.  The solar energy plants should be operational by 2010. “The plants will cover the area of about 260 hectares, or 364 soccer fields, comprising 1,520 solar collectors and a truly mind boggling 364,800 mirrors which will focus the sun’s rays into the collectors. ”