Buoyed by a surge in investment and new projects, wind power has become Spains main source of electricity generation just as Europe seeks to curb its energy imports from Russia. We are on suitable ground here, said Joaquin Garcia Latorre, project director at Enel Green Power Espana, pointing to g ..
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Buoyed by a surge in investment and new projects, wind power has become Spain’s main source of electricity generation just as Europe seeks to curb its energy imports from Russia.
“We are on suitable ground here,” said Joaquin Garcia Latorre, project director at Enel Green Power Espana, pointing to gigantic masts erected on the heights of the tiny northeastern village of Villar de los Navarros.
The Spanish-Italian firm picked this spot, which is well exposed to the wind, to set up a 180 megawatt wind farm, one of the country’s biggest.
Dubbed Tico Wind, its 43 wind turbines started producing power in November
Buoyed by a surge in investment and new projects, wind power has become Spain's main source of electricity generation just as Europe seeks to curb its energy imports from Russia.