Massive Spanish-German solar project enters second phase

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MADRID (AFP) — The Spanish group ACS and German partner Solar Millennium said Wednesday they had begun the second phase of a massive solar power project near the southern city of Granada.

The companies said they were investing 260 million euros (360 million dollars) in "the largest solar power plant in the world", a solar thermal facility that is to cover 195-hectares (480 acres).

According to the German firm, the second phase of the Andasol-2 project will come online in early 2009 and supply "environmentally-friendly solar electricity to as many as 200,000 people."

Several German firms, including Siemens, are providing the technology while ACS/Cobra of Spain is handling the bulk of the construction work.

Solar Millennium says it also plans to...