Iberdrola Set to Install World’s Largest Onshore Wind Turbines in Spain

World’s most power onshore wind turbines are ready to be installed by the Spanish multinational electric utility Iberdrola. As per the recent announcement by Iberdrola, the firm has obtained a favourable Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the development of the Iglesias wind farm in Castilla y León, Spain. Iberdrola said that the wind farm will have the world’s most powerful onshore wind turbines manufactured by Siemens Gamesa – the first 5.X platform equipment in Spain.

Iberdrola is adapting the new wind energy production facility, which will have a capacity of 70 MW. The wind farm will generate enough clean energy to supply more than 66,000 homes per year and prevent the emission of 32,000 tonnes of CO2 per year. The total investment in the project is expected to be about EUR 72 million.

Iberdrola said that the construction of this wind farm will have a significant local component, as it will employ civil works companies, such as the Burgos-based Copsa, labour, transporters, suppliers of raw materials, cranes, auxiliary means, etc., as well as the promotion of industrial suppliers.

The wind project will also have a regional vision as the nacelles will be assembled at the Siemens Gamesa plant in Agreda (Soria) and the gearboxes of 6 MW and 170 metres of rotor for the wind turbines will be manufactured in Lerma (Burgos). Various regional and national suppliers will also be responsible for producing different components, such as the wind turbine towers in Avilés and Linares.

Iberdrola will implement various initiatives at this wind farm to improve the visibility of its wind turbines and deter the presence of certain species of birds in the area, installing bird detection equipment to avoid any collisions.

A New Energy Landscape

With the new wind farm, Iberdrola says it will reinforce its commitment to Castilla y León, which is consolidating its position as a major centre for renewable developments in the company’s investment cycle to 2025, where it already manages more than 5,100 MW.

The villages of Castile and Leon are surrounded by wind farms and solar PV plants that Iberdrola is promoting and they will contribute to a sustainable recovery, allowing the creation of local employment.

Iberdrola also said that in the province of Burgos alone, it has built or is developing more than 550 MW between seven wind farms. Its constructing the Valdemoro and Buniel wind farms, and has recently started up its first solar plant in Castilla y León -Revilla-Vallejera.