Coquimbo – Enel Green Power has begun construction of the new wind farm “Talinay Poniente”, which will be composed of 32 wind turbines for a total installed capacity of 61 MW. Once fully up and running the wind farm will be able to generate up to over 160 GWh per year, the equivalent of the electricity needs of about 60,000 Chilean households, and will therefore avoid the emission of over 130,000 tons of CO2 into the atmosphere. The new wind farm is scheduled to come on line in the first half of 2015. The total investment required to build the new plant amounts to, approximately, 140 million US dollars. (9colonne)
