Naturgy to invest 45 million euros to build Barásoain and Tirapu wind farms in Navarre

Naturgy has begun construction work on two wind farms located around five municipalities of Navarre: Añorbe, Artajona, Barásoain, Olóriz and Tirapu. These projects will have a total of 15 wind turbines that will have a combined total power of 49.5 MW and a total production of 155,000 MWh/year, requiring a total investment of close on 45 million euros.

Each one of the 15 wind turbines will have a unit power of 3.3 MW. 11 of the wind farms will be located at the Barásoain wind farm for an estimated annual production of 113,000 MWh, while the remaining four will be located at the Tirapu wind farm for a total of 42,000 MWh/year.

The work started so far consist of land clearing and earthworks. Excavation and work on the foundations for the turbines will begin subsequently in order to finally start assembling the turbines. The first output from these wind farms is scheduled to take place in early July 2019.

The 15 wind turbines included in the Barásoain and Tirapu wind farm projects in Navarre will generate the electricity consumed by some 62,000 homes each year, equivalent to the consumption by all the towns in the municipalities where the wind farms are located (Añorbe, Artajona, Barásoain, Olóriz and Tirapu) for 50 years or the annual consumption by half the population of Pamplona. At the same time, they will reduce environmentally harmful emissions and greenhouse effect emissions by 122,000 tonnes/year. AW132 3300 model wind turbines from Nordex-Acciona are being used for these projects, which have a hub height of 120 metres, a rotor diameter of 132 metres and a height to blade tip of 186 metres.