Spain's Sant Antoni de Vilamajor Launches Tender for 2.25 MW Agrivoltaic Plant

en.Wedoany.com Reported - The City Council of Sant Antoni de Vilamajor (Barcelona) has launched a public tender for a 2.25 MW agrivoltaic plant, which will be intended for shared self-consumption. The project contract has a budget of €2.51 million, an execution period of four months, and a bid submission deadline of June 19, using an open tender and ordinary processing procedure.

The facility is sited in the Pla de Vila‑rasa area, north of the Nord Industrial Estate (Polígon Nord, Llinars) and the Can Tàpies livestock farm, covering an area of 17,538.30 square meters. The plant will install 4,920 photovoltaic modules, 15 inverters of 150 kW each, along with a transformer center and a metering center.

The project is divided into two zones based on structural type. Zone 1, located at the northernmost end of the site, uses an elevated agrivoltaic structure and will install 552 modules with an installed capacity of 278.76 kWp. The panels are installed at a 30° tilt, with the number of modules per row varying in groups of five rows to analyze the impact of different light transmission patterns on crops. Zone 2 uses a single-post structure, maintaining a clearance height of 1 meter beneath the modules to facilitate the passage of agricultural machinery. The tables use a 2V x 12 configuration (two modules arranged vertically, repeated twelve times, for 24 modules per table). In this zone, the panel density per row remains constant, but the spacing between rows varies to create corridors of different widths.

The plant design prioritizes agricultural operability. A minimum spacing of 7 meters is maintained between rows or between rows and the fence to ensure safe machinery passage, with turning areas featuring spacing of up to 15 meters. Module strings are grouped in pairs and connected to DC combiner boxes, which are responsible for unified output and protecting the electrical safety of the DC side.

According to the tender documents, the project's objective is to integrate renewable energy generation into land already used for cultivation, maintaining agricultural activity as the primary use while efficiently increasing electricity output. The project has not received funding from European Union funds.

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