Endesa connects wind farm to the Spanish grid

Endesa, through its renewable energy division Enel Green Power Spain, has connected an 18 MW wind farm in the municipalities of Allueva, Anad&oacute;n and Fonfr&iacute;a in Teruel province to the grid. The investment associated with this project amounts to &euro;21.93 million. The Ca&ntilde;aseca wind farm has five 3.6 MW wind turbines and will generate approximately 55.28 GWh/y. Its commissioning will prevent approximately 25 740 t of CO2 from being emitted into the atmosphere each year.Enel Green Power Spain (EGPS) connected 13 wind farms to the grid in Teruel and Zaragoza provinces in Spain's Arag&oacute;n region in 2019, with a combined total capacity of 424 MW. In 2020, it plans to connect 82 MW of new wind power in these two provinces. Endesa uses a project development model that encompasses actions for the creation of social value for the areas in which they are built, the so-called Creation of Shared Value (CSV) model. CSV plans are designed in collaboration with local stakeholders and their ultimate aim is to maximise the social and economic impact of the projects on the community. These CSV plans prioritise, among other actions, hiring local labour, as well as local catering services and accommodation for the workers.The construction of this renewable capacity follows Endesa's strategy of completely decarbonising its generation mix by 2050. According to the company&rsquo;s latest Strategic Plan, the next milestone is to reach 10.2 GW of renewable installed capacity by 2022, compared with the estimated 7.4 GW at the end of 2019, for a total investment of some &euro;3.8 billion. Through EGPS, Endesa currently manages more than 7477.5 MW of renewable capacity in Spain. Of this figure, 4669 MW comes from conventional hydraulic generation; and the rest, 2808.5 MW, comes from wind (2377 MW), solar (352 MW), mini-hydro (79 MW), and other renewable sources (0.5 MW). Enel Green Power, part of the Enel Group, is dedicated to the development and operation of renewables worldwide, with a presence in Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa and Oceania. Enel Green Power is a global leader in the green energy sector with an installed capacity of over 46.4 GW in a generation mix that includes wind, solar, geothermal and hydropower, and it is at the forefront of integrating innovative technologies into renewable energy plants. For more news and technical articles from the global renewable industry read our latest issue of Energy Global magazine.Energy Global&rsquo;s Summer 2020 issueThe Summer issue of Energy Global provides in-depth technical articles covering technological advancements and future outlooks in the renewables sector, from companies including Sulzer, Power Ledger, JinkoSolar, Trelleborg Applied Technologies, Clir Renewables, and many more. The issue covers a spectrum of clean energies, from wind to hydrogen to solar to biofuels.

Endesa connects wind farm to the Spanish grid

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