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Famend as a prime developer and operator of wind farms in Europe, wpd is again to WindEurope in Bilbao in 2024, keen to have interaction in discussions with acquainted and new enterprise contacts. The group intends to share quite a few undertaking successes from the European market.
In 2023, wpd accomplished 4 onshore initiatives and commenced building on 5 extra wind farms in France. With a complete put in capability of 571.4 MW, wpd France has ongoing growth initiatives totaling 1.5 GW. The 12 months 2024 started on a excessive word with the signing of one among France’s largest energy buy agreements (PPA) with Equinix, a worldwide chief in digital infrastructure companies.
The wpd Italia group has thrilling updates: building has commenced on the 30 MW Licata undertaking in Sicily, whereas approval has been granted for the “Parco Eolico Montaratro” wind farm in Apulia’s Troia and Lucera municipalities. With the constructing allow secured in late 2023, the group can now proceed with the subsequent steps for this 81.2 MW undertaking situated within the province of Foggia.
In Spain, wpd is advancing the enlargement of the 177 MW Torozos wind farm cluster located within the windy Castilla y León area. Comprising the El Poleo, Las Panaderas, Navillas, and Corralnuevo initiatives, at present outfitted with 51 generators, the cluster will quickly incorporate three extra Vestas generators, with building slated for the upcoming summer time. Moreover, wpd España plans to provoke the combination of ground-mounted photovoltaic programs into the Torozos cluster, commencing with an preliminary section of roughly 60 MW of photo voltaic modules.
In Croatia, wpd Adria has secured approval for the 30 MW Katuni PV undertaking, complementing the present Katuni wind farm operational since 2017, boasting an put in capability of 34.2 MW. Pending the acquisition of the ultimate constructing allow, building of the photo voltaic park is scheduled to begin this 12 months. Moreover, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, wpd has obtained environmental permits and preliminary grid connection situations for the Čadilj, Marino Brdo, and Ruđer Bošković wind farms, collectively providing a complete put in capability of 330 MW. As soon as all obligatory licenses are acquired, building for all initiatives is anticipated to begin in 2025.
“We’ve got thrilling initiatives underneath building in lots of European nations,” says Dr. Hartmut Brösamle, Managing Director of wpd GmbH. “This is applicable from Northern Europe to Poland and the German home market to Greece and the
different European wpd markets. We’re broadly positioned and ideally outfitted for the long run.”
