The Government of Navarra has granted environmental approval to Spanish company Capital Energy for its 24MW Joluga wind farm.
The region’s General Directorate of the Environment granted the company with an Environmental Impact Statement (DIA) to the project.
After passing this important administrative milestone, the project only needs to obtain the authorisation for activities on undeveloped land, prior administrative authorisation and administrative authorisation for construction.
With these secured, the company will be able to apply for a building and installation licence.
Once complete, the Joluga wind farm will consist of five wind turbines with a capacity of 4.8MW each. Each year, the wind farm will generate about 60,000MWh, enough to satisfy the consumption of almost 25,000 Navarrese homes with clean electricity, and will prevent the emission of more than 24,000 tonnes of CO2.
Its construction will involve an investment of more than €20m euros and will lead to the creation of approximately 78 jobs during the peak periods of the works. In the operation and maintenance phase, it will permanently employ three professionals from the area and will also contribute to generating two indirect jobs.