Concrete towers: greater height, lower cost.
Concrete will replace steel in the construction of turbine towers at a new wind farm in Nuevo León.
The Spanish energy firm Acciona Windpower has built its first concrete tower production plant in Mexico, located in General Escobedo, near Monterrey, where it will manufacture tower segments for the Ventika I and II wind farms being built for a consortium that includes Fisterra Energy, Cemex and other firms.
The two new wind farms will have a total capacity of 252 megawatts, powered by 84 3 MW turbines expected to begin operating in the second half of next year. The towers will be 120 meters high.
Concrete has been selected over steel for the new towers because greater heights can be achieved at lower cost. Greater height means access to more wind. The tower segments can be made close to the wind farms, they don’t require specialized labor to build and production and transportation costs are lower.
Concrete prices are also more stable than those of steel, says Acciona, which claims to be a world leader in the use of concrete towers, with 250 now in operation.
The company will operate the Ventika wind farms for 15 years. Acciona currently owns and operates 557 MW of wind power generation capacity in Mexico, which represents more than 23% of the country’s installed capacity.
The tower manufacturing plant employs 300 people directly and 1,500 indirectly.
Mexico News Daily
The Spanish energy firm Acciona Windpower has built its first concrete tower production plant in Mexico, located in General Escobedo, near Monterrey, where it will manufacture tower segments for the Ventika I and II wind farms being built for a consortium that includes Fisterra Energy, Cemex and other firms.
Concrete has been selected over steel for the new towers because greater heights can be achieved at lower cost. Greater height means access to more wind. The tower segments can be made close to the wind farms, they don’t require specialized labor to build and production and transportation costs are lower.
Concrete prices are also more stable than those of steel, says Acciona, which claims to be a world leader in the use of concrete towers, with 250 now in operation.
The company will operate the Ventika wind farms for 15 years. Acciona currently owns and operates 557 MW of wind power generation capacity in Mexico, which represents more than 23% of the country’s installed capacity.
The tower manufacturing plant employs 300 people directly and 1,500 indirectly.
Mexico News Daily
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