Lanzarote currently has, through the five wind farms of Arrecife, Teguise I, San Bartolomé, Punta Grande and Los Valles, a wind power of 40.7 megawatts, which means that, at specific times, 35% of all the energy consumed in the joint electrical system of Lanzarote-Fuerteventura comes from this clean energy.
The last one to be built was the one in San Bartolomé, installed in the El Monte area, which is already in operation with a power of 9.2 megawatts.
The installation, supply and maintenance of the San Bartolomé wind farm was awarded in June 2022 to the company Elecnor, the same one that executed the Teguise I and Arrecife parks, with a budget of almost 12 million euros of investment through the financing of the FDCAN, Canary Islands Development Fund.
The four wind turbines of the San Bartolomé wind farm were stored for a year, from September 2023 to the summer of 2024, on the Naos dock, given that the environmental impact report of the Canary Islands Government, issued in June 2023, was negative.
In April of last year, the favorable report was obtained from the Ministry of Ecological Transition and Energy of the Government of the Canary Islands and in November the park was already installed, processing since then the necessary permits for its operation.
After the corresponding authorizations from the General Directorate of Energy of the Government of the Canary Islands and Red Eléctrica of Spain, the San Bartolomé wind farm now has the authorization to start testing.
The Cabildo hopes to obtain the definitive commissioning authorization throughout the month of May.
"We are facing a new boost to the implementation of renewable energies of a public nature in Lanzarote and La Graciosa. Only this wind farm that we have put into operation could provide electricity to about 5,000 homes, and proportionally increases the penetration of renewables in our electricity system," said the president of the Cabildo, Oswaldo Betancort.
