Chão Falcão Wind Farm, initially with 80,5 MW, began its operations (PTO) in stages. The first phase, with 34,5 MW, started in 2005, which was followed by secund phase with the remaining 46 MW in 2009. More recently, in 2016, was amplified (overpowering), raising its installed capacity to 90,5 MW. It is located in Porto de Mós / Alcanena and is held by Parque Eólico de Chão Falcão, Lda.
Installed Capacity
90.5MW
No. of turbines
40
Turbine type
Nordex N90 – R80 and Senvion MM100
Hub height
80m
Blade length
45m and 50m
Expected P50 energy yield
200GWh
Annual house-hold power equivalent
71,935 homes*
Any questions relating to this wind farm should be directed to: windfarms@ventientenergy.com
*Based on the Installed Capacity x Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) "all wind" load factor expressed as a fraction of 1^ x number of hours in a year (8,760 hours) / Average Annual Domestic Electricity Consumption (MWh)^^
^BEIS's long-term average load factor for "all wind" (31.84%) expressed as a fraction of 1 (0.3184). Source for capacity factors is Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics (DUKES) published annually by BEIS.
^^Annual GB Average Domestic Consumption Values from BEIS (3,509kWh).
