Salto Chira Pumped Tender

Scope of WorkConstruction of Salto de Chira pumped-storage hydroelectric power plant on the island of Gran Canaria.DescriptionREE would invest over EUR 400 million USD 452.4m in the project which will include the construction of a pumped-storage hydroelectric power station with a turbine capacity of 200 MW and an energy storage capacity of 3.2 GWh a seawater desalination plant connection infrastructure and other facilities.The project will take advantage of two existing reservoirs the Chira and Soria dams located in the interior of the Gran Canaria island. The seawater desalination plant is a major component of the whole complex since water is a scarce resource in Spains Atlantic Ocean archipelago. The plant will pump desalinated water up to the Soria dam.The desalination plant project is budgeted at around EUR 20 million. The contract for the design construction and operation of the facility was awarded to Tedagua a subsidiary of Spanish civil engineering giant Cobra-ACS Group. The construction of the Salto de Chira station is expected to last for 70 months. Once the facilities start running they will provide greater energy security to the isolated island and help integrate more renewables.Salto de Chira will enable Gran Canaria to increase renewable power production by 36 in 2026 compared to what would be produced without the station. According to the grid operator Gran Canaria will eventually be able to meet some 51 of its average annual demand with renewables and more at certain times.