Iberdrola obtains the first environmental licence for the repowering of the plant

The Spanish company is moving towards the energy transition by obtaining the first repowering at the Molar del Molinar wind farm, located in the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha. 

It is also continuing with the process to repower another onshore wind farm in the same region, which will reduce the number of wind turbines installed in the region by 117 and increase the energy production of the facilities by an average of 30%.

The machines used in the repowering will have a unit power that is up to six times that of the first wind turbines installed in Spain more than two decades ago. Generating more wind energy and increasing the efficiency of the wind farm. 

This is what repowering is all about: maximising energy production and increasing the efficiency of wind farms. The process involves replacing old turbines with more advanced and powerful ones. These will produce more energy than the old ones, so fewer units will be needed. 

You can read the full story in the Iberdrola Spain Newsroom.