Spanish renewables developer Grupo Ibereolica Renovables has secured the environmental approval to lift a 805.2-MW wind farm within the Chilean area of Antofagasta.
The mammoth challenge will contain the set up of 122 items of Siemens Gamesa 6.6-MW wind generators and an funding of roughly USD 684 million (EUR 644.2m), in keeping with the corporate’s submitting with the Chilean environmental analysis service (SEA).
The environmental allowing for this challenge, named Antofagasta, began in late December 2020 when Grupo Ibereolica proposed to construct a 793.6-MW wind farm within the area. On the time, the corporate had in thoughts 128 generators of 6.2 MW.
Half-way by way of the analysis and in response to the suggestions on its environmental impression research (EIS), Grupo Ibereolica redesigned the challenge structure and submitted an addendum to the EIS.
The brand new doc reveals that the corporate determined to scrap six generators and relocate 52 machines. Because of software program updates made by Siemens Gamesa, the turbine unit capability will now attain 6.6 MW, Grupo Ibereolica stated within the revised EIS.
The funding quantity seems to have remained unchanged.
Development of the Antofagasta wind farm might be carried out in two back-to-back phases, beginning with the set up of the 52 relocated generators. Works are anticipated to start out in July 2023.
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