The province of Burgos will install the most powerful wind turbines in Spain.

Spain’s most powerful wind turbines, built by Siemens Gamesa, will be 14 turbines of 4.5 megawatts each and will be installed in three wind farms.

The Burgos municipalities of La Huesa, Valdesantos, and Orbaneja will become three key locations for Spanish wind energy this year, as Iberdrola has chosen them to install 14 wind turbines manufactured by Siemens Gamesa. These will be the most powerful wind turbines in Spain, reaching a capacity of 4.5 megawatts each. The turbines will be located at three different sites within the Herrera Wind Farm Complex, adding a total installed capacity of 63 megawatts.

The model chosen by Iberdrola is theS.G 4.5-145The turbine, from the German-Spanish firm, has a diameter of 145 meters and blades 71 meters long. These dimensions, unprecedented in Spain, are responsible for “a greater capacity to adapt to sites with very diverse wind conditions and different logistical constraints,” making this model an ideal solution for sites with medium winds.

On the other hand, Iberdrola has also announced a fourth installation, Fuenteblanca, with three wind turbines, also from Siemens Gamesa, model S.G 3.4-132, adding another 10 megawatts to this wind farm complex.

Europe needs to install 30 GW of wind power per year to meet the Green Deal targets.

This news comes in a month in which the European Wind Energy Association (WindEurope) is highlighting the need forInstall up to 30 GW of wind power per yearor, compared to the 15.4 GW installed in 2019, to comply with the new European green framework, the so-called Green Deal, which seeks to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050.