Grid connected in 2013, the Els Escambrons (Lleida) was the first commercial wind farm put into service by ACCIONA with AW3000, the 3-MW platform of ACCIONA Windpower that has had great success in several markets. It has 16 turbines, mounted on 100-meter-high concrete towers.
GENERAL INFORMATION
- Location: Almatret, Lleida. Spain.
- Capacity: 48 MW.
- Wind turbine: ACCIONA Windpower AW109/3000.
- Tower: Concrete, hub height 100m.
- Start-up: 2013.
- Owner: ACCIONA.
KEY FIGURES
- First commercial wind farm with AW3000 turbines
- Average annual production: 123 GWh
- Clean energy equivalent to the consumption of 36,000 homes
- 118,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions to the atmosphere from coal-fired power stations avoided per year
- One of the first ACCIONA wind farms with concrete tower technology.