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- The Campoliva II and Primoral plants have a capacity of 39.37 MW and 34.65 MW, will be able to generate 119.34 GWh and 107.58 GWh, respectively, and represent a total investment of 75 million euros.
- The development of these plants is in response to Endesa's strategy of reaching 10.2 GW of renewable installed capacity by 2022, investing 3.8 billion euros to achieve an emissions-free generation mix by 2050.
Enel Green Power España (EGPE), Endesa’s renewable energy subsidiary, has connected the Campoliva II and Primoral wind farms to the grid, with capacities of 39.37 megawatts (MW) and 34.65 MW, respectively, representing a total investment of 75 million euros. They are located in Villamayor de Gállego and Alfajarín, both in the province of Zaragoza, and are the company's third and fourth wind farms to go into operation in Aragon, after the Sierra Costera I (Teruel) and Campoliva I (Zaragoza) wind farms.
José Bogas, CEO of Endesa, said that “Endesa is already completing the connection to the grid of the 879 renewable MW awarded in the 2017 auction, which demonstrates the company's determination to meet the commitments acquired in the tenders. This represents a further step in Endesa's commitment to clean energy production, a crucial pillar of the national energy transition policy”.
EGPE was awarded 540 MW of wind power and 339 MW of solar energy at the government auctions held in May 2017, with a total investment of more than 800 million euros. The company has now connected 339 solar MW and 160 wind MW to the grid and is completing the construction and connection of the remaining wind generation projects, which will be ready by the end of this year.
The Campoliva II wind farm, consisting of 15 turbines, will be able to generate 119.34 GWh per year and its entry into operation will prevent approximately 78,500 tonnes of CO2 from being emitted into the atmosphere annually.
The Primoral wind farm consists of 10 wind turbines that provide a total capacity of 34.65 MW. It will produce about 107.58 GWh per year and prevent the annual emission of 71,000 tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere. Its construction began on 15 May 2019 and ended on 4 October 2019.
The construction of Primoral is the result of a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) signed by Endesa and BBVA and does not correspond to the MW awarded in the auctions. The Primoral wind farm will supply 30% of BBVA's energy consumption in Spain, while Endesa will provide the remaining 70% through the traditional supply model based on green certificates, both in corporate buildings and in the bank's branch network.
During the construction of the Campoliva II and Primoral wind farms, Enel Green Power's "Sustainable Construction Site" model was applied. This included the installation of photovoltaic solar panels to cover part of the energy needs during the work. In addition, water saving measures were adopted by installing rainwater deposits and collection systems. Once the work was finished, both the photovoltaic panels and the water saving equipment were donated for public use. The construction of these wind farms has contributed to partially funding an Industrial Development Plan in the area.
This renewable capacity is in line with Endesa's strategy of decarbonising its generation mix by 2050. To achieve this, the first milestone of the latest Strategic Plan (2020-2022) will be to reach 10.2 GW of renewable installed capacity by 2022, compared to the current 7.4 GW estimated for the end of 2019, with a total investment of about 3.8 billion euros.
Endesa follows a facility development model that encompasses actions to create social value for the environments in which they are built, the so-called Creating Shared Value (CSV) model. Specifically, the project’s CSV actions have prioritised the incorporation of local labour, as well as locally hiring catering services and workers' accommodation.
Endesa currently manages more than 7,057.8 MW of renewable capacity in Spain. Of this figure, 4,710 MW are from conventional hydraulic generation. The rest, more than 2,347.8 MW, are managed through EGPE and come from wind (1,917.8MW), solar (337 MW), mini-hydro (79 MW) and other renewable energy sources (14 MW).
Enel Green Power, the global renewable energy business line of the Enel Group, to which Endesa belongs, is dedicated to the development and operation of renewables worldwide, with a presence in Europe, America, Asia, Africa and Oceania. Enel Green Power is a global leader in the green energy sector with a managed capacity of about 46 GW in a generation combination that includes wind, solar, geothermal and hydroelectric energy, and is at the forefront of the integration of innovative technologies in renewable energy power plants.