Gravina Poggiorsini is a 72MW onshore wind power project. It is located in Apulia, Italy. The project is currently active. It has been developed in single phase. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in December 2013.
Project Type | Total Capacity (MW) | Active Capacity (MW) | Pipeline Capacity (MW) | Project Status | Project Location | Project Developer | Onshore | 72 | 72 | – | Active | Apulia, Italy | Fri-El Green Power |
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Description
The project is developed and owned by Fri-El Green Power. The company has a stake of 50%.
The project generates 140,000MWh electricity thereby offsetting 55,000t of carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) a year. The project cost is $145.656m.
Development Status
The project is currently active. The project got commissioned in December 2013.
Contractors Involved
Vestas Wind Systems was selected as the turbine supplier for the wind power project. The company provided 24 units of V100-2.6 MW turbines, each with 3MW nameplate capacity.
Vestas Wind Systems is the O&M contractor for the wind power project for a period of 5 years.
About Fri-El Green Power
Fri-El Green Power SpA (Fri-El) is a renewable energy company that produces electric energy from renewable sources. The company’s business activities include operation and maintenance of wind power plant, bio gas plant, liquid biomass plant, solid biomass plant, hydro plant, and agricultural lands. It develops, builds and manages power stations fuelled with biogas. Fri-El’s wind energy is produced through wind turbine generators that convert wind to kinetic energy. The company’s energy production from biomass occurs through combustion of both liquid and solid biomass. It also develops and operates portfolio of projects, managing from research and planning to the production and sale of electricity. The company offers power generation form biomass, wind, and biogas sources. Fri-El is headquartered in Rome, Italy.
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