Cuban wind farm almost ready for operation

 

LAS TUNAS, Cuba, Jan 14 (ACN) The civil construction of the wind farm La Herradura 1, in the north of the eastern province of Las Tunas, is about to be completed to open the doors to the installation of 22 wind turbines when the investment program agreed with the People's Republic of China continues.

Carlos Arias Sobrino, general director of the Electric Company of this eastern territory, explained to the press that only details are missing to declare ready works such as the electric substation that will receive the generated energy and the maintenance and operations center, mainly.
The executive reminded that this wind farm, located on the coast of the municipality of Jesus Menendez, was designed for 34 wind generators, but in a first stage, 22 will be installed with a 33 megawatt capacity.

At the same time, in Puerto Padre, the third photovoltaic solar park of that municipality is being built, with five megawatts (MW), which along with two others that are being exploited in Manati, will generate 16 MW in this way.

With the materialization of these two works, the province will generate almost 50 MW, which would mean an advance in the aspirations of the province to cover the demand of the territory and contribute to the National Electric Energy System, being one of the first ones to depend less and less on fossil fuels.