The Waubra windpark has 128 AW-1500 wind turbines of 1.5 MW each, manufactured with ACCIONA Windpower technology. It will generate clean energy equivalent to the consumption of 140,000 Australian homes, avoiding the emission to the atmosphere of 635,000 metric tons of greenhouse gases per year.
The grid connection of the entire windpark completes the construction and start-up process for the facility, which was installed last June. In the process, more than 200 direct jobs have been created, and another 26 permanent jobs related to the operation and maintenance of the windpark.
Waubra has the highest capacity of the 252 windparks implemented by ACCIONA to date in twelve countries on the five continents. The company has installed 7,291 MW, either its own capacity or for other customers. ACCIONA also has a 250.5 MW windpark at an advanced stage of installation in Mexico; when it is completed (in November 2009) it will become the biggest ever built by the company.
Brett Thomas, ACCIONA Director for the Asia-Pacific area, has declared that the start-up of this windpark in Victoria “represents a highly important milestone for ACCIONA, the region of Waubra and the renewables sector in Australia, and a major step forward in the reduction of CO2 emissions in the state of Victoria through the development of green technologies”.
Corporate information
ACCIONA is one of the main Spanish corporations, operating in infrastructures, energy, water and services in more than 30 countries. Its motto “Pioneers in development and sustainability” reflects its commitment in all activities to contribute to economic growth, social progress and the protection of the environment. ACCIONA leads its sector on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index has a workforce of around 35,000 people and achieved revenues of 12.665 billion Euros in 2008. ACCIONA is listed on the selected IBEX-35 index of the Spanish stock market (ANA.MC).
ACCIONA Energía is a world leader in the field of renewables. It has installed 7,291 MW of wind power capacity in 252 windparks in 14 countries (5,819 MW belonging to the company) and manufactures wind turbines using in-house technology. It also has CSP, photovoltaic, hydropower, biomass, biodiesel and bioethanol plants and supplies services to customers interested in carrying out renewables projects.
Source: Acciona
