today received authorization to operate commercially. Pomona II is the third park GENNEIA to devote energy to large users and the sixth wind project opened in the last year.
Buenos Aires, August 14, 2019. The Company Administrator of the Wholesale Electric Market (CAMMESA) authorized the Wind Farm Pomona II, located in the Province of Rio Black, enter commercial operation. Pomona II will begin dispatching power for large users with contracts ranging between 15 and 20 years, in force since August 2019.
Nordex wind turbines produce their annual energy volume of 46,000 MWh; to be delivered to the Argentine Interconnection System -SADI- to be allocated to three users. These are: Arlei, exporter of high quality leather; Meranol, petrochemical firm that supplies energy companies and consumer; and Amcor, the largest producer of soft plastics of the country, whose commitment is to develop one hundred percent of their recyclable or reusable packaging by 2025. These companies signed their PPA (Power Purchase Agreements) within the regime of the Term Market of Energy renewable (MATER).
The Wind Farm Pomona II required an investment of approximately $ 14 million and is the third asset of the company in expending considerable energy exclusively to users and the sixth wind project put into operation by Genneia in the last ten months (Madryn I, Villalonga I Villalonga II, Chubut Norte I, Pomona I).
In its entirety, the Wind Farm Pomona I & amp; II has 29 Nordex wind turbines arranged in an area of ??1,365 hectares; which will generate 447,000 MWh a year, equivalent to the consumption of 150,000 households and avoid the emission of 224,000 tons of CO2 into the atmosphere. The work was executed in 14 months (two months ahead of schedule) and employed 300 workers.
About Genneia:
Genneia is a leader in providing sustainable energy solutions, which exceeds the horizon of the 1,100 MW power generation in Argentina. It owns 35% of installed capacity in wind energy, which makes it the number 1 of the sector.
With Pomona I and II, the company has a power greater than 410 MW wind power and reaches 500 renewable, to considering its solar farms Ullum 1, March 2 (82 MW) in the province of San Juan.
In addition, it is building wind projects Madryn II (150 MW), Chubut North II (MW 26), Chubut North III (83 MW), Chubut North IV (58 MW); Wind Wind park Necochea (38 MW) together with the Atlantic coast stations; and a biomass power plant in Florida, Tucumán for 19 MW. It also owns and operates 7 thermal generators (620 MW).
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