Elecnor arrives in Colombia with the construction of a wind farm
The renewable market of the Latin American country is impacted by this project with an amount of 32 million euros
Elecnor has entered the renewable energy market in Colombia with the award of a project for the construction of a 20 megawatt (MW) wind farm for an amount of 31.7 million euros, the company reported.
The Spanish infrastructure, energy, services and telecommunications group assumes, within the EPC (Engineering, Purchasing and Construction), all the engineering, onshore and offshore supplies and the integral construction of the park.
Elecnor will develop the park for Isagen, a private energy generation and commercialization company, whose majority shareholder is BRE Colombia Hydro Investments Ltd. The park, called Guajira I, will have 10 Vestas turbines of 78 meters high and with a unit power of 2 MW each that will be connected to a lifting substation.
The project is located in the municipality of Uribia, an area of extraordinary wind resources located north of the department of La Guajira, and will be the second wind farm to be developed in Colombia after the construction of Jepírachi, which came into operation in April 2004. With this project, the Colombian government resumes its commitment to wind energy.
Elecnor currently has 1,744 MW of renewable energy in operation and construction, consolidating itself as a leading international company in turnkey projects.
Source: dpa
