RWE Commissions 92 MW Solar Farm In Spain

• Gazules’ 240,000 bifacial modules are able to supply 20,000 homes
• RWE increases Iberian solar capacity to 300 MW, global solar capacity to 4.2 GW

Over the past two years, RWE has taken major steps to expand its solar business to more than 4.2 gigawatts worldwide. In addition to the US and Australia, Europe offers great opportunities for solar growth. Following the start of construction of its largest solar project in Greece and first solar plants in the UK, RWE has now commissioned its largest Spanish solar project to date. Gazules is a 92-megawatt (MWac) ground-mounted photovoltaic plant in the province of Cádiz in Andalusia. It consists of two solar projects – Gazules 1 and Gazules 2 – each with a rated capacity of 46 MWac. RWE has installed around 240,000 bifacial modules on a total area of 140 hectares. The utility-scale solar farm first fed electricity into the grid in February 2024 and has been gradually put into operation with full commissioning in April. Gazules will be able to supply the equivalent of 20,000 Spanish homes with green electricity annually.

Katja Wünschel, CEO Onshore Wind and Solar Europe & Australia, RWE Renewables: “In less than two years, we have installed more than 550,000 solar modules on the Iberian Peninsula and have increased our solar capacity sixfold to approximately 300 megawatts. That is a fantastic track record. The sun in Europe is a great partner on our path to net-zero by 2040. With Gazules we have commissioned our largest Iberian solar plant to date.”