ICE
Wind Farm In Guanacaste In Operation
The Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad
(ICE) put into operation a new wind farm lat
month. Located near the volcano Miravalles
in Guanacaste, the wind farm consists of 55
wind turbines with a capacity of 49.5
megawatts.
The wind power facility will supply about
100,000 users.
It also has the advantage of being less
polluting than electricity produced by
diesel. The wind farm is located on a
500-hectare property, located 30 miles north
of the town of Bagaces.
The work was funded under the scheme BOT
(build, operate and transfer, according to
its acronym in English) by the company
Planta Eólica Guanacaste S.A. The wind
energy facility was transferred to ICE for
operation and maintenance.
ICE reported that the connection of the wind
farm to the national electricity network is
done through a substation that is connected
with the transmission line Miravalles
Liberia. With this contribution, the wind
energy capacity in Costa Rica increased by
70%.
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