Endesa starts the repowering of the Coriscada wind farm in Galicia

Enel's Spanish subsidiary, Endesa, has started repowering work on the Coriscada wind farm, located in the Galician municipalities of Mañón and Ortigueira.

The peculiarity of the project lies in the fact that, by exploiting the group's ability to equip itself with the best technologies on the market, Enel will significantly reduce the number of wind turbines in its fleet.

Endesa communicates this.

The repowering interventions, which will be carried out through the company SPV Sistemas Energéticos Mañón Ortigueira SA (96% owned by Endesa, through its subsidiary Enel Green Power España, and 4% by INEGA), involve the dismantling of the 40 wind turbines active since 1998 (of different power but with a total capacity of 24 MW) and their replacement with only 4 turbines of latest generation of 7 MW each, for a total installed capacity of 28 MW (while maintaining a grid feed capacity of 24 MW).

Thanks to this intervention, which involves a total investment of 36.3 million euros and will be completed during 2027, it is further explained, Endesa will not only significantly reduce the visual impact of the park by reducing the number of wind turbines, but will also improve the technological level, making the plants more efficient and safe from an operational point of view. The park's annual production will almost double, going from 47 GWh/year to 83.9 GWh/year.

In some cases, decommissioned wind turbines will be reused as spare parts for other existing Endesa plants or sold to third parties, always guaranteeing their reuse and without generating waste, thus extending their life cycle and creating added value. The components that cannot be reused will be fully valorised and recovered. Similarly, the use of technologies entirely produced within the European Union was promoted for new turbines, thus contributing to maintaining employment in the euro area. It is expected that, once the repowering works are completed, the Coriscada wind farm will start the testing phase at the end of 2027, to enter fully into operation in March 2028.