Lantania to build 4.5 MWp solar photovoltaic plant for Alicante desalination facility

• The installation will supply around 18% of the site’s energy consumption

Madrid, 13 June 2025. Lantania has been awarded the contract to construct a solar power plant for the Alicante desalination facility. The infrastructure, water and energy group will develop a 4.5 MWp photovoltaic installation as part of a €4.7 million project commissioned by the Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge. The plant, expected to cover approximately 18% of the desalination facility’s total energy consumption, aims to reduce production energy costs and, in turn, the end cost of desalinated water.

The photovoltaic system will complement the facility’s existing energy supply, reducing reliance on the electricity grid by enabling self-consumption of renewable energy. The project has a 12-month execution timeline and involves the installation of 7,372 solar panels across several physically separate locations: a total of nine rooftops and three plots. Panels will be installed on the ground, on building rooftops, and atop car park canopies.

The installation is projected to save the emission of more than 2,800 tonnes of CO₂ per year, supporting the Taibilla Community’s strategic goal of cutting its carbon footprint by 40% by 2030.

Lantania’s Energy division will deliver the project using bifacial solar panels mounted in a variety of configurations, including tracking, fixed, coplanar, ballasted and canopy structures. The system will feature string inverters to allow for more efficient, modular energy management.

Lantania Energy is a specialist in photovoltaic self-consumption projects. Among its most notable initiatives are a 5.8 MWp solar plant at the Port of Valencia (designed to significantly reduce the port’s carbon footprint) and the solar park at the City of Justice in Valencia. The company currently operates 8 MWp of self-consumption capacity.