El Cabo onshore wind farm

Our growth in the United States has been driven by flagship facilities such as El Cabo, a wind farm located in Torrance County, New Mexico, one of the windiest and most climatically challenging areas in the country - major storms are frequent and temperatures can exceed 50º C. El Cabo was commissioned in 2017 through our US subsidiary, Avangrid Renewables. With a total capacity of 298 MW, this facility is capable of generating clean electricity for around 900,000 households.

Gamesa was selected to supply 142 G114/2100 turbines, with a unit capacity of 2.1 MW, to equip this wind power project, which required an investment of approximately $500 million dollars.

* AVANGRID, Inc. is 81.50 % owned by Iberdrola, S. A.

In 2015, we secured the full offtake agreement for the plant and resumed construction of the project, which had slowed while some constraints related to electricity transmission were successfully resolved. On-site construction work included civil and road works on the total project area of 56,000 acres, comprising private and state land managed by the New Mexico State Land Office.

In addition, true to our commitment to promoting local employment, the El Cabo Wind Farm provided employment for several local businesses.

Iberdrola, world leader in renewable energies

At Iberdrola, we dare committed to renewable energy more than two decades ago as a fundamental pillar on which to build our safe, clean and competitive business model. Thanks to this vision, we are today world leaders in renewables, reaching 44,148 MW of clean energy in operation at the end of september 2024.

This commitment is reflected in our Strategic Plan, in which we will allocate €15.5bn gross to renewables. More than half of this amount is focused on offshore wind in the US, UK, France and Germany; 28% on onshore wind and 18% on solar.