Endesa renewables unit Enel Green Power Espana (EGPE) has started construction of the Campillo wind cluster in Spain’s Cuenca province.
EGPE will invest around €256m in building the cluster, which comprises three onshore wind farms between the towns of Campillo de Altobuey and Enguidanos.
The project also requires construction of four electrical substations and three high-voltage lines.
Campillo 1 will have an installed capacity of around 76.8MW, while Campillo 2 and 3 will each have a capacity of 91.2MW.
The three wind farms combined will produce an estimated 660 GWh per year, with part of the output to be supplied to healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson under a virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) signed with Endesa last July.
Campillo 2 and 3 will account for around 80% of energy agreed through the VPPA, while the remaining 20% will be delivered from the 47MW Veracruz solar PV plant in Badajoz.
Endesa will employ around 350 people from the local area to bult the Campillo Wind Cluster, in keeping with the Shared Value Creation plan that EGPE applies in the construction of all its plants.