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Punta Palmeras Wind Farm
45-MW wind farm, equipped with 15 AW116/3000 ACCIONA Windpower wind turbines of 3 MW of nominal power, mounted on steel towers with a hub height of 92 m, capable of supplying clean energy to more than 60.000 Chilean homes. Operational since 2014.
General Information
- Location
- Municipality of Canela, region of Coquimbo, Chile
- Total power
- 45 MW
- Commissioning
- 2014
Wind turbine
- Model
- ACCIONA Windpower AW 116/3000
- Rotor diameter
- 116 m
- Wind type
- IEC IIa
- Tower
- Steel. 92-m hub height
- Rotor blades
- AW56.7
Highlights
- Wind farm with the highest-power wind turbines installed in Chile to date.
- Foundations and installation of 13 wind turbines.
- 11.3 km of access roads.
- 32.4 km of underground medium-voltage collection grid.
- 220-kV substation
- New 6.8-km line built by ACCIONA for transmission to the substation.
- 92-m high steel tower made of 5 sections, assembled on site.
- Medium-voltage power generation to avoid the use of transformers.
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