Valardell, a 2.2 MW solar park in Llucmajor, Mallorca, Spain.

Spain's Ministry of Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenges (Miteco) has launched an auction for 140 MW of distributed solar power capacity.

Shortlisted projects have an installed capacity of up to 5 MW and must secure at least three local partners, all within 60km of the project site.

The auction will take place on October 25.

The procurement campaign is part of a 520 MW tender that will be open for other renewable energy as well as thermal power projects.

The energy tender is part of the Renewable Energy Economics Programme (REER) introduced in 2020 and is based on the allocation of a fixed price for the resulting energy through auctions.