Tedagua signs contract for the construction of the Salto de Chira project desalination plant

Red Eléctrica de España has awarded Tedagua the contract for the design, engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning of the seawater desalination plant of the Salto de Chira pumped storage hydroelectric power station. 

The project involves the construction of a reversible hydroelectric complex that will have a nameplate capacity of approximately 200MW once fully completed. The first phase for the complex will involve the design, construction and commissioning of the desalination station, located due south of the Gran Canaria island, in Arguineguín.  

This project is composed of a seawater desalination plant with a production capacity of 7,800 cubic meters per day through the use of reverse osmosis technology. The works include the construction of the catchment well with a marine intake canal that will catch the water and pump it through an impulsion system toward the plant. As well as a pumping station to pump the treated water toward the rest of the complex.

This desalination plant will generate the necessary fresh water for the operation of the pumped storage hydroelectric power station, which will ensure a higher integration of renewable energy to the Gran Canaria island, guaranteeing the reliability and quality of the electric power supply.   

The construction of the pumped storage hydroelectric power station will be essential in fostering the fight against climate change and the energy transition in the Canary Islands, advancing toward a new energy model that is safer, more efficient, carbon-free and green, replacing the use of fossil fuels, which are more expensive and polluting, with clean energies.  

Tedagua continues fulfilling its commitment toward a responsible construction, with the lowest possible impact on the environment on an island where the company started its activities in 1983.