ACCIONA Energía’s Forty Mile Wind Farm (280MW) in Alberta (Canada), one of Canada’s ten largest wind farms and the largest facility of its kind that the company has built to date in North America, has started commercial operations.
Forty Mile features 49 Nordex turbines, each with a capacity of 5.7MW and a tower height of 108-meters. The wind farm will reduce CO2 emissions by 600,000 metric tons per year, equivalent to planting 25 million of trees.
Beyond delivering clean energy, the Forty Mile Wind Farm has a direct positive economic impact on the local communities where the project is located. During peak construction, the project created over 200 direct jobs, and it will maintain 25 full-time positions for ongoing operations and maintenance. In addition, the project is expected to contribute more than CAD $133 million (€85 million) in property tax revenues over its lifetime, benefitting public services and local communities, and it is providing financial support to local non-profit organisations.
ACCIONA Energía has been operating in North America for twenty years, where it boasts a current installed capacity of 3.45 GW of renewable energy in different technologies, including solar, concentrated solar power, wind and Battery Energy Storage System (BESS). Since 2010, the company’s sustainability strategy has been guided by five-year Sustainability Master Plans (SMP), which provide a clear roadmap for its actions at all times.
ACCIONA Energía’s goal is to make a positive contribution to society and the planet by providing sustainable solutions to the most urgent global issues, such as global warming and water scarcity. It holds that there is a different way of doing business – one where each project is designed and implemented to promote sustainable development from all three perspectives: environmental, economic, and social.
