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Renewables firm Global Energy Services (GES) has started construction work on three solar projects in Spain with a combined capacity of 131MWp

Firm vows to ramp up investment ‘as soon as possible’ after decree puts construction on hold in its home country, with a spokesperson telling PV Tech long-term funding is not expected to be hit.

Seville-headquartered EPC contractor is already working to deliver 300MW Talayuela project in Extremadura and 200MW Cabrera in Andalusia.

EGPE's 252MW of solar projects in Extremadura come as part of Spanish rush to meet European clean energy targets for 2020.

Encavis’s and Solarcentury’s 300MWp Talayuela Solar bags deal to supply 75% of plant’s output for 10 years to unnamed global energy firm.

The EU has committed to lending €145 million (US$163 million) and the ICO up to €140 million (US$156 million) to the largest solar project under construction in Europe.

Utility giant puts forward Francisco Pizarro 590MW project in Extremadura region, just north of separate 500MW scheme already under construction.

Spanish clean energy utility Holaluz has signed an agreement to procure power from 500MW of PV projects to be built by Chinese firm Chint Energy in Spain.

Enel Green Power España, Spanish power firm Endesa's renewable energy division, has begun construction of three solar PV plants with an overall capacity of around 126.8MW in the Province of Badajoz, in the Spanish region of Extremadura.