Villarino is an 856.51MW hydro power project. It is located on Tormes river/basin in Castile and León, Spain. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently active. It has been developed in a single phase. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in 1970. Buy the profile here.
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Description
The project was developed by Iberdrola Renovables and is currently owned by Iberdrola with a stake of 100%.
Villarino is a reservoir based project. The hydro reservoir capacity is 2,586.3 million cubic meter. The penstock length is 400m. The penstock diameter is 7.5m. Villarino underwent through rehabilitation & modernization during 2020-2021. The project generated 1,376 GWh of electricity.
Development status
The project got commissioned in 1970.
Power purchase agreement
The power generated from the project is sold to Red Electrica De Espana under a power purchase agreement.
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Contractors involved
Andritz Hydro was selected as the turbine supplier for the hydro power project. The company provided 6 turbines, each with 135MW nameplate capacity.
ABB supplied electric generator(s) for the project.
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