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World Wind Park in Argentina
Buenos Aires - With a generating capacity
between 600 and 900 megawatts, Argentina will have
the world''s largest eolian park, it was revealed
there Tuesday.
As many as 2.40 billion dollars will be outlaid for
the construction of the work, with a capacity twice
as large as the leading one in Europe, according to
Telam news agency.
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez, and Jose
Grajaels, manager of Guascor Spanish firm, signed a
related agreement Monday in Rio Gallegos city,
capital of Santa Cruz province.
The park will be set up in Santa Cruz' Pico Truncado
locality, run by the Spanish group.
Grajales informed the construction works are
expected to begin in 12 months, in association with
the local Pico Truncado S.A. company. Once erected,
Argentina will become the Latin American leader in
green energy, with a production accounting for 5
percent of the country's total generation.
Along the thee years estimated for the project's
completion, about 1,500 direct and indirect jobs
will be created, as well as more than 600 additional
ones, Grajales added. |
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