Chira is a reservoir in Gran Canaria
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The regional administration of the Spanish island of Gran Canaria has determined to carry a suspension of the 200 MW Salto de Chira pumped hydro energy venture, which was stopped because of the discovery of a number of holes and canals that might belong to the archaeological heritage of the Canary Islands. The authorities now say that these pits and ditches should not of archaeological significance, say they can not even be thought of sedimentological deposits.
Work on the power was halted in mid-January after the invention was introduced by the archeological agency Tibicena Arqueología y Patrimonio SL.
The Basic Directorate for Vitality of Spain within the Division of Ecological Transition, the Struggle in opposition to Local weather Change, and the federal government of the Canary Islands issued the preliminary administrative authorization for the venture. The developer of the venture is Spanish grid operator Pink Eléctrica de España, which has invested round €400 million ($439.3 million) within the facility.
The station will use water from the higher reservoir of Chira and the decrease reservoir of Soria. It has a storage capability of three.5 GWh. The regional authorities of Gran Canaria began growing the venture in 2015.
In 2021, the Spanish Institute for Diversification and Saving of Vitality has allotted 255 MW of PV capability for the Canary Islands by means of the Solcan rebate scheme, which reimburses a share of the set up prices with funding in public. At the moment, the archipelago had an put in PV capability of roughly 170 MW.
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