Iberdrola acquires 118 MW of wind power capacity from Siemens Gamesa

Iberdrola enters an agreement with Siemens Gamesa for the acquisition of three wind farm developments in Spain, with a total installed capacity of 117.8 megawatts (MW): the Baca (Ballestas and Casetona) wind farm and the Puylobo project.

Located in the municipalities of Castrojeriz and Vallejera in Burgos, the Ballestas and Casetona wind power facility has installed capacity of 69.3 MW and comprises twenty 3.4 MW SG 3.4-132 wind turbines. These facilities have just come on stream and their output will provide clean energy to the equivalent of 25,200 homes per year, preventing the emission of 40,000 tonnes of CO₂ a year.

Work on the Puylobo wind farm, with an installed capacity of 48.5 MW, will start in the coming weeks; this work will include the installation of fourteen SG 3.4-132 wind turbines. Located in the municipalities of Borja and Mallén in Zaragoza, its output will provide clean energy to the equivalent of 20,000 homes per year, preventing the emission of 32,000 tonnes of CO₂ a year.

There is a large local component in the construction of both projects, with practically all of the civil engineering work and the components of the wind turbines -towers, blades, nacelles, hubs, generators, gearboxes, and transformers - being manufactured in Spain, at facilities in Asturias, Cantabria, Soria, and Burgos.