Endesa structure 497 MW of Castilian wind, solar farms

• Spanish electrical utility Endesa SA (BME: ELE) is presently building 497 MW of wind as well as solar farms in the Castile-La Mancha area of Spain, it claimed.

Its renewables system Enel Green Power Espana is leading the initiative.

The new capacity will certainly be spread across 3 wind as well as 5 solar farms, with all of them set to start operations by the end of 2022. Of the five projects, the building and construction of the Campillo I, II as well as III wind farms, with an overall of 259 MW to be set up in between the three, is at one of the most advanced stage given that work with them began at the start of the year.

As soon as in operation, the Campillo trio will become Endesa's biggest wind farm complicated in Spain, the utility claimed.

In very early March, Endesa started building the Minglanilla I and also II solar farms, which together will generate 99.62 MW. Today, it introduced service the Calatrava, Iberelectrica and Ninobe solar projects in the Castile-La Mancha district of Manzanares.

The utility is currently preparing for the impending building and construction of two brand-new solar farms in Spain's main area, the Encina al Sol and also Estrella Solar, which will certainly include a consolidated 71.5 MW of capacity. The next crop of Endesa's Castilian solar projects are the 117-MW Rocinante, due in 2023, and the allowing for a 120-MW plan in Manzanares.