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The first wind farm built by the company in Andalusia in this round of investment

2021-11-05 00:00:00.0

Iberdrola starts erecting Spain's most powerful wind turbines in Andalusia

El Puntal wind farm (Málaga, Spain).

They will be installed in Málaga and each blade will be the same length as one-and-a-half football fields. Each turbine will be 163.5 metres high, similar to the Torre Iberdrola building in Bilbao

El Puntal II will prevent the emission of 6,000 tons of CO₂ into the atmosphere and will supply clean energy to 12,500 households

Iberdrola has started building the El Puntal II wind farm, a 15 MW facility in Málaga (southern Spain), which will house the company's largest and most powerful wind turbines in Spain. This is the first wind farm the company is building in Andalusia in this new round of investment.

El Puntal II will consist of three wind turbines with 145-metre rotors and a total height from ground to blade of 163.5 metres, similar to the Torre Iberdrola building in Bilbao.

The new facility will be integrated into a wind complex with three farms between the provinces of Málaga and Seville, with a total power of 79 MW. The other two plants will be installed near El Puntal II in Seville province; Martín de la Jara with 36 MW on which production is about to begin, and San Cristóbal, with 28 MW, for which administrative authorisation is still pending.

The main components of the wind farm - the towers, nacelles, transformers and generator - are of domestic origin. What's more, around a hundred jobs will be generated on the construction site.

Once up and running, El Puntal II will prevent the emission of 6,000 tonnes of CO₂ and will supply clean energy to almost 12,500 households.

Iberdrola is making strides with its renewables investment plan to drive the energy transition and, with it, the recovery of the economy and jobs.

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About Iberdrola

Iberdrola is a leading global energy supplier -the third-largest by market capitalisation in the world and the leader in renewables- championing the energy transition towards a low-emissions economy. The group supplies energy to around 100 million people in dozens of countries and has renewable, grid and retail activities in Europe (Spain, the UK, Portugal, France, Germany, Italy and Greece), the US, Brazil, Mexico and Australia, while counting markets including Japan, Ireland, Sweden and Poland among its growth platforms.

With a workforce of more than 37,000 and assets of over €122.5 billion, it recorded turnover in excess of €33 billion and net profit slightly exceeding €3.6 billion in 2020. The company contributes to the maintenance of 400,000 jobs in its supply chain, with an annual procurement budget of €14 billion. A leader in the fight against climate change, Iberdrola has committed more than €120bn over the last two decades to building a sustainable energy model based on sound environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles.