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- Jun 27, 201490% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Gorona del Viento Hydro-Wind Plant Opens on El Hierro
- Gorona del Viento on El Hierro, Canary Islands, was inaugurated on 27 June 2014 as a wind and pumped-hydro system aimed at self-sufficiency[3]
- Five Enercon E-70 turbines (11.5 MW) pump surplus water to a 380,000 m3 upper reservoir in La Caldera crater, released through four Pelton turbines (11.3 MW) when wind is low[2][3]
- The plant covered 19.2% of demand in 2015, 40.7% in 2016 and 46.5% in 2017, and ran 18 consecutive days on 100% renewables in early 2018[3]
- It has avoided more than about 30,000 tons of CO2 and about 43,000 barrels of oil imports a year[3]
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- [1]90%youtube.com/watch?v=A9h2pCsevZYyoutube.com· Posted Sep 22, 2026· Starts Jun 27, 2014 ✓· 50% of score
Renewable-energy trade coverage and the plant operator's own materials date the Gorona del Viento[2] inauguration to 27 June 2014.
- [2]70%Gorona del Viento El Hierro, S.A. - official sitegoronadelviento.es· Added Sep 22, 2026· 50% of score
The plant operator's own site confirms the facility and its role in supplying El Hierro's electricity.[1]
- [3]80%Gorona del Viento: The Hydro-Wind Power Plant that Supplies Renewable Energy to El Hierroen.renovablesverdes.com· Published Jun 27, 2014· 0% of score
Renewable-energy trade press dates the Gorona del Viento[2] inauguration to 27 June 2014 and describes the wind-pumped-hydro design.
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