The Cabildo of Lanzarote, through Inalsa, dependent on the Water Consortium, has formally signed with the company Elecnor Servicio y Proyectos S.A. the contract for the award of the new San Bartolomé Wind Farm (9.2MW), for an amount close to 13 million euros from the FDCAN. Specifically, the Corporation points out that it is broken down into 11,904,323 euros, plus 833,302 euros as IGIC.
The object of this "important" contract in the field of renewable energy is "the supply, installation, commissioning and maintenance during the warranty period of four wind turbines, and the complementary infrastructures to start up the new wind farm in Lanzarote". The award agreement was decided by the company Inalsa at the Board of Directors meeting held on June 8, 2022.
This contract has been formalized in the Cabildo's offices during this Thursday by the representative of Inalsa, president and CEO, María Dolores Corujo Berriel, and by the representative of "Elecnor Servicios y Proyectos S.A. Unipersonal", Miguel Ángel Moreno Almeida.
María Dolores Corujo was pleased with the achievement "of one of the challenges we had at the beginning of the current mandate". "The award of the San Bartolomé Wind Farm certifies the commitment of this Government group to the energy transition and the promotion of clean energy in a Biosphere Reserve; where political management is carried out transversally and with a clear vision of the future", adds the president. Corujo also referred to her "determined commitment" to place the island's carbon-free energy production on the public level. "It is a milestone for Lanzarote and a commitment fulfilled by our government", said the president after the signing.
The installation now contracted by Inalsa will include the assembly of 4 Enercon E-70 2.3MW wind turbines; and will be located in Peña Pelada, in the area of El Monte, in the municipality of San Bartolomé. These are identical mills to those currently existing in the Teguise I Wind Farm and in the Arrecife Wind Farm, located in the surroundings. Thus, the wind turbines of the new San Bartolomé WF will have a hub height of 85 meters, a rotor diameter of 71 meters, a total height of 120 meters -including the blades- and will have an approximate production of 25,326 Mwh/year.
Once the site act is signed with the successful bidder, the San Bartolomé Wind Farm (9.2 MW) will have an execution period of 12 months. This Park is the third and last of those presented by Inalsa in its day to the regional wind power tender.
Injection of another 2.3 million
To support this important investment of almost 13 million euros, the Cabildo argues that during the contracting process it undertook the modification of the nomination to the Water Consortium of Lanzarote of the total subsidy for the execution of the Park (at the end of 2020 it began to be tendered for about 11 million). From the Corporation they explain that the reason was "the updating of prices requested by those who presented the best offer in their day, increasing the initial amount by 2,332,911.40 euros".
All this award file involves the mandatory technical and economic justification that is responsible for processing the administrative staff of the Water Consortium of Lanzarote, to whom the president of the Cabildo has also congratulated "for the diligence shown in this complicated procedure".
The extension of the increase of the item has been definitively signed this week, after the mandatory period of publicity; and no claim or suggestion has been submitted to the procedure.
Doubling the wind power during this term of office
The Island Council points out that with the award of the San Bartolomé Wind Farm, the balance on the promotion of clean energy during the present term of office in Lanzarote "is outstanding", since the existing power in 2019 will almost double.
"At the beginning of our mandate, the total installed wind power amounted to 22.3 MW. Shortly, with the commissioning of the San Bartolomé Wind Farm (9.2 MW), we will reach a total of 40.7 MW of wind power through our public parks, an unprecedented figure", said the president.
The president recalled that already in 2021 the Arrecife Wind Farm (9.2 MW) was launched. And she has also advanced that the Cabildo of Lanzarote is currently working on the multiplication of new sources of clean energy, through projects sponsored by the Water Consortium such as the wind farms of Punta de los Vientos (12 MW), Costa Teguise (9.4 MW), and Zonzamas (9.2 MW), as well as the Balsa de Maneje Photovoltaic Plant (1.9 MW).
"Inalsa already has 18.4 MW of wind power in operation, which, added to the 8.5 MW of the Los Valles Wind Farm, of which it is the majority partner, make a total of 26.9 MW available on the Island from the wind", notes María Dolores Corujo when making an assessment of the current situation of the public production system thanks to the wind. "Now, the execution of the San Bartolomé Wind Farm will enable the installation during the current Island Presidency of a total of 18.4 MW, which means 45% of the total installed so far by the Water Consortium", she concludes.
According to official figures from the Consortium, in 2019 the public wind farms installed in Lanzarote represented "7.8% of the total annual production of electricity". The forecast is that in the coming months 14.2% of the total installed electricity generation will be reached.
And as for the strategy "Lanzarote Climate Change Fight", currently under development by the Lanzarote Cabildo, they also recall from the First Institution that several projects have been submitted to the Next Generation EU funds, for an amount of about 40,000,000 euros. These initiatives pursue the implementation of future wind farms in the necessary ecological transition of Lanzarote and La Graciosa towards energy sovereignty.
