Wind developer ACCIONA Energía SA (Spain), through its renewables subsidiary EHN, announced that it has opened the largest windfarm in Catalonia with an investment of €50 million. The 33 turbines provide a total capacity of 50 MW, and the annual output of 105,000,000 kWh is sufficient for 30,000 homes. The Rubió facility will displace the emission of 103,000 tonnes of CO2 a year, which is the equivalent of planting five million trees.
The facility is EHN’s first project in Catalonia and increases the green power capacity of the autonomous region by 52%. The 1.5 MW turbines use INGETUR technology, which is owned by EHN. The turbines are 80 m in height with a rotor diameter of 77 m, blades of 37 m and a total weight of 200 tonnes, the largest in Catalonia. They generate medium-voltage electricity and can bypass the transformation from low-to-medium voltage that is required of other wind turbines.
