Meroicinha Wind Farm, with 9 MW, began its operations (PTO) in 2004. It is located in Vila Real and is held by Hidromarão - Sociedade Produtora de Energia, S.A.
Installed Capacity
9MW
No. of turbines
4
Turbine type
Vestas V80 and Vestas V90
Hub height
80m
Blade length
40m and 45m
Expected P50 energy yield
24GWh
Annual house-hold power equivalent
7,154 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).
