After the rise of China’s colossal wind turbine, Spain surprise with one Wind turbine of 160 meters. Spain anticipated a new record in production in 2024 renewable energywith 55.8% of the mix national energy from sources such as wind, solar and hydraulic.
This milestone has been achieved as a result of the continued growth of installed renewable capacity, which already represents 64% of the national electricity generation park, and thanks to optimal climatic conditions.
According to the data of the Electrical networkwind energy, was crowned the most important generation source with more than 23%. The photovoltaic energy sector, in turn, reached 17%, placing the combined cycles in fourth place.
With overwhelming data, Spain consolidated its leadership in the wind energy sector. Castile and Leon, Aragon j Castile-La Mancha They stood out as the areas of the country with the largest installed capacity. Wind remains the main source of electricity production, with a continued 5% growth in installed capacity compared to the previous year. In addition, the technology provided stability to the system and contributed to a significant reduction in emissions.
Spain surprises with a 160 meter wind turbine
Loose wind turbines most impressive of Spain they will achieve Aragon and will reach a height of 160 meters. The machines, each with 6.1 MW, will be deployed in 16 wind farms around the world CCAA and will provide it GE Vernovasuccessor to the American General Electricin different phases. The customer is Forestalia.
The collaboration between GE j Forestaliathat started in the middle of the previous decade, made further significant progress in 2022, with the signing of the first European Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) between both parties based on Wind farm Cotowho takes care of it GE a fully renewable energy supply.
The devices associated with this promotion (110 wind turbines on the Cypress platform) correspond to the part GE 158 and they register a rotor diameter of 158 meters. These amazing wind turbines (the GE 158 from General Electric) accommodate 400 times more power than the Ecotècnia 12/15 aero (fifteen kilowatts) installed in Girona in March 1984 a team of pioneers, who happened to be the first to join the electricity grid Spain.
According to GEthe plataforma Cypress It has already reached almost 10,000 megawatts of orders and has accumulated more than 4 million operating hours worldwide. In particular the GE 158 turbine It has more than 1,200 units in use and is transforming it into the wind turbine on land of more than 5 MW most commonly used on the market among manufacturers of West. On May 23, the Law 2/2024 in Aragon.
An environmental tax has been imposed on wind and photovoltaic parks in the area Autonomous Community to “contribute to regulating and protecting the environment from environmental conditions in the natural environment of the Autonomous Community” that arise from this type of infrastructure.
Spain sees the arrival of the most impressive wind turbine in its region
The web portal Renewable energies published the statements of Vic Abate, GE Technology Director and General Director of the GE Vernova Wind Segment and Fernando Samper, President of Forestaliaabout the project.
For his part, Reduce stated: “We are excited to continue our partnership with the team at Forestalia. This agreement will deliver an important portfolio of new projects until 2024 Aragona region in which we have so far deployed more than 1.5 GW of wind energy. We are proud that we can play a key role in the energy transition of Spainand we hope to bring more renewable, sustainable and affordable energy to the country.”
By following this line, Samper stated: “This new agreement strengthens the intense cooperation between GE and Forestalia that has been shown all these years (…) and will help us take another step towards our goal of having 1,200 megawatts in operation in the company’s own portfolio. Forestaliaunder direct management, for the benefit of the socio-economic development of the area where the projects are located, and also for greater decarbonization of the economy.”
And 160 meter wind turbine approaches Spainwhich is about to convert air into electricity. The scenario is completely the opposite of this place in Spain, where 3,000 wind turbines are switched off by surprise: they do something strange.