Spain's largest offshore wind farm will have 1 GW of total installed capacity.

Tramuntana, Spain’s largest offshore wind farm, will be located off the coast of Catalonia and will be equipped with up to 65 turbines of 15 MW each.

Spain is poised to give a much-needed boost to its offshore wind sector, which is not as significant as in other countries due to the greater depths of its coastline. According to various specialized media outlets, Bluefloat Energy and Sener have taken a giant step forward by submitting the documentation for their environmental impact assessment. Pending this approval, the wind farm is expected to prevent the emission of up to 21 million tons of CO2 annually when it becomes operational around 2026.

Tramuntana, the name of the project to build Spain’s largest offshore wind farm, will have a total installed capacity of nearly 1,000 MW and an estimated annual production of approximately 4,000 GWh. The offshore wind farm will consist of 65 turbines of 15 MW each, arranged in a circular pattern of 5 turbines per circle. The entire project will be located about 10 kilometers from the coast.

According to themmedia outlets such as “La Vanguardia”The Parc Tramuntana would be developed in two phases:

1. A first phase in which a total of 500 W would be installed (capable of covering 45% of the current demand of a province like Girona).
2. A second phase, with an additional 500 MW, would allow a large majority of the region’s energy supply (90%) to be covered with green energy from near-generation sources.

This news sheds even more light on the Spanish renewable energy landscape, which, despite the instability caused by the COVID-19 pandemic,It is experiencing a boom, backed bydue to government policies at both the national and European Union levels.