Press Release: Commissioner Piebalgs visits two state-of-the-art solar plants in southern Spain supported with EU-funds

Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs visited two successful demonstration projects in the field of concentrating solar power and photovoltaics that the European Union has supported with its Research Programmes. The PS10 concentrated solar power and Sevilla PV, with a capacity of 11MW and 1.2MW, are located near the southern Spanish city of Seville and have benefited from €7,8 million from the 5th Framework Programme for Research. 'These two projects have demonstrated the viability of solar electricity production and its capacity of creating jobs and growth while reducing supply dependency and CO2 emissions', said Commissioner Piebalgs after the visit.

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