Iberdrola Renovables has started up the Peñascal wind farm in the state of Texas. This is the largest facility operated by the company worldwide with installed capacity of 404 MW. The Peñascal complex is located in Kenedy County (Texas) and comprises two wind farms: Peñascal I and Peñascal II. The facility has 168 Mitsubishi MHI 92 wind turbines, with unit capacity of 2.4 MW. Its output meets the energy needs of around 150.000 average families and prevents the emission of some 120,000 tonnes of CO2.

The facility provides a significant socio-economic boost to the region as it has created some 20 direct jobs in the maintenance and operation of the wind farms. Around 200 people were involved in its construction.
Moreover, the facility was built in line with the stringent environmental criteria of Iberdrola Renovables and the company spent over 4000 hours researching the characteristics and habits of the bird life in the region prior to its construction.

The complex’s innovative features include a radar that detects the arrival of large flocks of migratory birds and shuts down the turbines if visibility conditions present a danger.