The presidents of the Government of the Canary Islands and the Cabildo of Lanzarote, Fernando Clavijo and Pedro San Ginés, accompanied by the president of the Water Consortium, Echedey Eugenio, the Minister of Industry and Energy of the first island institution, Ángel Vázquez, and the Minister of the Project Coordination Unit, Saray Rodríguez, among other authorities, proceeded this Tuesday morning to the official inauguration of the Teguise I Wind Farm. An installation that "will generate more than 1.5 million euros in profits per year", according to the Cabildo.
The Teguise I Wind Farm has a power of 9.2 MW', is located in the area called El Monte, on the northwest slope of the Montaña de Zonzamas, and is managed by the company Inalsa, a company owned by the Lanzarote Water Consortium.
Its installation and commissioning have had a budget of 16 million euros financed by the Canary Islands Development Fund (FDCAN), including the Callejones Substation, "essential to transform the energy that this park and the other two planned in the area will produce: the San Bartolomé Wind Farm and the Arrecife Wind Farm, which will have the same characteristics".
The "largest" public photovoltaic plant in the Canary Islands
During the inauguration, the president of the Cabildo of Lanzarote announced that "each wind turbine is expected to generate 7,151 Mwh/year, which translates into an average of 1,300 euros per day", so that "the sum of the energy production and sale of the four wind turbines will provide more than 1.5 million euros in profits per year".
"The saying goes that 'actions speak louder than words'. There have been many years of sustainable speeches empty of content and real initiatives that would see the light, but with this park there are already seven wind turbines that have been put into operation in this legislature in three different parks: Punta de los Vientos, Los Valles and Teguise I, and I hope before the end of the legislature to have at least two more parks awarded with eight wind turbines like these and the largest public photovoltaic plant in the Canary Islands", the president stressed.
Energy strategy
For his part, Fernando Clavijo recalled that the Energy Strategy of the Government of the Canary Islands is to ensure that 45% of the final energy consumed in the Canary Islands in 2025 is from renewable sources. An objective that far exceeds the one set by the European Union, which aims to achieve a penetration of renewables of 32% in 2030.
"In the last three years we have worked intensively to speed up the implementation in the islands of the clean, efficient and respectful energy model that we want", said Fernando Clavijo, who also emphasized "the investment effort made by the Cabildo of Lanzarote and its firm commitment to participate in this change".
Precisely, this new park is part of the energy model 'Lanzarote Strategy 2020', which aims to ensure that in 2020 the island consumes 20 percent of clean energy.
It will produce energy equivalent to the consumption of 8,100 homes
The wind turbines of the Teguise I Wind Farm, 120 meters high, twice the size of the Gran Hotel, will provide clean energy "equivalent to that needed by 8,100 homes (Tinajo and Haría) each year", according to the Cabildo. "In other words, they can produce energy to desalinate the water consumed by 128,000 people in a year and avoid the consumption of more than 15,000 barrels of oil, as well as the emission of more than 11,000 tons of carbon dioxide", the institution adds.
In addition, "with the economic benefits it generates, the rest of the parks that will be located in that area will be built, giving continuity to the objectives planned in the energy model change strategy undertaken a few years ago by the Cabildo of Lanzarote and the Water Consortium".
