Acciona Energia has started the repowering of its Tahivilla wind farm in Cadiz, Spain.
The repowering will involved replacing the original 98 turbines with 13 Nordex machines.
The old hardware will begin to be dismantled this year, after which the new units will be installed and are scheduled to come into operation in 2026.
The replacement of the turbines with new machines will increase the wind far’s capacity from 78.4MW to 84.4MW, while the evacuation capacity of the site will remain the same.
The production of Tahivilla, once repowered, will increase by 72%.
The repowering of a wind farm consists of replacing the turbines of old farms with more modern, powerful and efficient models, optimising their operation and increasing their power generation capacity.
The repowering of Tahivilla has received €8.3m in funds from the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (PRTR), funded by the European Union NextGenerationEU.