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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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