wpd has reported that it has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Ball Corporation, based in Broomfield, Colorado, USA.
The contract concluded with Ball is a virtual PPA (vPPA), starting in 2021, and will cover approximately 100 GWh of the project’s electricity generation per year, equating to more than 1 TWh over the entire term of the PPA.
The Corralnuevo project is located on the Torozos plateau in the Spanish province of Valladolid, in Castile and León region, and is part of wpd’s Torozos project cluster which includes the other wind farms Las Panaderas, El Poleo and Navillas. wpd has already signed long-term PPAs for these three projects which have already been completed with a total capacity of 135 MW.
The Corralnuevo project consists of 12 Siemens Gamesa G132-3,465 MW turbines with a hub height of 114 m and is designed for a total capacity of 41.58 MW. The expected energy yield is about 120 GWh per year.
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May 27, 2020
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EU launched public consultation to review rules on trans-European energy infrastructure
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EDP sells thermal power plant and commercial portfolio to Total
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