Iberdrola has begun construction of the Buniel wind farm, WITH 104 megawatts, in the Burgos municipalities of Albillos, Arcos de la Llana, Buniel, Cavia, Cayuela, Villagonzalo Pedernales and Villalbilla de Burgos, with the first electrical infrastructure and civil works , which will be developed by local companies.
This renewable facility will have the most powerful onshore wind turbines in the world manufactured by Siemens Gamesa, the first equipment for the 5.X platform in Spain. It will generate enough clean energy to supply a population equivalent to 86,500 homes per year and will prevent the emission into the atmosphere of 30,000 tons of CO2 per year.
Production will reach 283 GWh/year, an amount that would have required some 47 million cubic meters of gas to be generated by a combined cycle.
With an investment of 99 million euros, the construction of this wind farm will have an important local component, since it will use civil works companies, such as Copsa, from Burgos, labor, transporters, suppliers of raw materials (aggregates, concrete, steel, prefabricated, etc.), cranes, auxiliary means, etc., as well as the promotion of industrial suppliers.
“It is expected that in peak work periods, up to 170 professionals will be involved in the project,” emphasizes Clara Fierro, the project manager.
regional vision
“It will also have a regional vision, the nacelles will be assembled at the Siemens Gamesa plant in Ágreda (Soria) and the gearboxes for the 5-megawatt wind turbines will be manufactured in Lerma (Burgos). Different regional and national suppliers will also be in charge of to produce different components, such as the towers of the wind turbines in Avilés and Linares”, highlights Fierro.
The project includes the development of the necessary infrastructure to transform and bring the energy produced to the distribution network.
The electricity generated at this clean energy facility will be evacuated to the Buniel 400 kilovolt (kV) substation.
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