Hydro

El Hierro island: supplied in a 100% by renewable sources

  On 9/08/2015, Gorona del Viento hydro-wind power plant supplies with energy from clean sources to all the residents of El Hierro island. Technically, the plant consists of a wind farm of 5 grid-connected wind turbines and an hydroelectric power station with 4 generators made by ALCONZA, capable of producing 35 GW/h of energy to…

El Hierro: an island 100% energetically self-sufficient with 100% renewable sources

  Gorona del Viento El Hierro S.A. has been the company responsible of the development and operation of the project “Hydro-wind power plant of El Hierro”, thanks to which El Hierro will be the first electrically self-sufficient island using exclusively 100% renewable energy sources (wind and water). It is estimated that the annual savings in…