Madrid firm plans 5MW battery plant in Mutxamel

Battery storage is the missing middle in a lot of Spain’s solar build-out. Solar panels are getting approved and built, but the grid still has the same old problem — power arrives when the sun shows up, not always when demand does. That is why this Mutxamel project matters. Valencia’s regional industry department has put a 4.95 MW battery plant into public review, with Solar BS 018 — a company in Madrid-based Solar Bull’s group — asking to build it in Polígono 9 and connect it to the Cantalar substation. (alicanteplaza.es) ### What is being proposed? The project is a stand-alone battery energy storage plant called “Planta Almacenamiento Campello.” It is not being pitched as another solar farm. The core idea is simpler — charge batteries, then discharge that electricity back into the distribution network later through the Cantalar substation. (alicanteplaza.es) The proposal now sits in the public-information phase, which means people and affected entities can inspect the file and submit objections or comments before any final authorization. ### How big is it, really? By utility-scale standards, this is small. But it is not trivial. The installed power is 4.95 MW, with batteries listed at 20,060 kW of storage capacity and four 1,500 kW inverters capped to fit the authorized 4,950 kW access limit. In plain English, the batteries can hold a meaningful chunk of energy for a local node, but the output to the grid is deliberately throttled to the connection rights the project has secured. (alicanteplaza.es) ### Where would it go? The battery units would sit on a fenced 0.13-hectare parcel in Mutxamel’s Polígono 9. The evacuation infrastructure would not stop at the site boundary. The underground line to Cantalar would also cross land in Sant Joan d’Alacant, touching both public and private plots and even requiring temporary occupation of the Colada de Cantalar livestock trail. (alicanteplaza.es) That matters because routing is often where energy projects get bogged down — not the generating or storage equipment itself. ### How much money is behind it? The budget in the filing is €1.95 million. For a 4.95 MW battery project, that tells you this is a focused local asset, not a giant regional storage hub. The filing also includes the usual paperwork that can make or break a project in Spain — environmental impact study, landscape integration study, forest-fire prevention plan, and consultations with local councils, the Júcar river basin authority, and i-DE, Iberdrola’s distribution business. (alicanteplaza.es) ### Why Mutxamel? Because this part of Alicante is already seeing more renewable development. Mutxamel had a 2.4 MW photovoltaic project authorized in late 2025, and the wider province has kept adding smaller solar installations as developers look for viable grid access points. Storage fits neatly into that picture. It can soak up electricity when solar production is high and push it back out later, which is basically the whole value proposition here. (alicanteplaza.es) ### Who is Solar Bull? Solar Bull presents itself as an engineering, consulting, and project-development group focused on solar and storage. The company says it works on storage integration and battery systems alongside photovoltaic projects. That does not guarantee this Mutxamel plant gets built, but it does make the filing look like part of a broader strategy rather than a one-off speculative permit grab. (alicanteplaza.es) ### What could still stop it? Public review is not approval. Land impacts, grid conditions, municipal objections, environmental constraints, or changes demanded by regulators can still slow or reshape the project. Spain’s energy pipeline is full of proposals that look straightforward on paper and then get trimmed, rerouted, or delayed once the boring-but-decisive infrastructure details come into focus. (alicanteplaza.es) ### Bottom line? This is a small battery plant, but it points at a bigger shift. Alicante is no longer just adding renewable generation — it is starting to add the storage needed to make that generation more usable. If the Mutxamel project clears review, it will be one more sign that the next phase of Spain’s energy build-out is less about panels alone and more about timing. (alicanteplaza.es) (solarbull.es)