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Alvarado I is a large solar thermal power station in Alvarado in Extremadura Spain. Construction on the plant commenced in December 2007 and was completed in July 2009 when commercial operations began. With an installed capacity of 50 MWe it is one of the largest solar thermal power stations in the world.The facility is built on a 1 km2 (0.4 sq mi) site with a solar resource of 2174 KW·h/m3/year producing an estimated 105200 MW·h of electricity per year (an average power of 12 MW).