Tourism or renewable energy industry? No idea. At the moment there is an open bar to request electrical power in the south of Gran Canaria. The residents of the area, absent from the social impact surveys. The Japanese group Orix Corporation has asked the central government for water in the southeast of Gran Canaria to place 16 Vestas windmills offshore, in the sea, in what it calls the Offshore Wind Park and where the energy generated will be released into San Bartolomé de Tirajana. It is a park of 240 MW of nominal power, being made up of up to 16 three-blade wind turbines, model V236, 236 m in diameter, 150 meters in hub height and with unit power between 15 MW.
The environmental impact report, to which Maspalomas24H has had access, states that "in terms of commercial species, the species landed in the port of Castillo del Romeral, closest to the facilities, with a greater volume are mullet, sama , the old woman and the rooster". Its risk is moderate in the opinion of the Asturian technicians who have carried out the study and who, in a mistake typical of clueless Goths, say that San Bartolomé de Tirajana is in the capital, Las Pamas.
The main groups affected will be birds and bats, susceptible to colliding with elements such as wind turbine blades, and marine fauna such as cetaceans or chelonians, whose movement or feeding areas could be altered by the presence of windmills and underwater cables. The report states that "the presence and operation of the facilities will mean a loss of naturalness in the area of implementation, caused especially by the wind turbines, which are prominent vertical structures capable of generating a greater visual impact" but "the impact on this element is assessed as a moderate."
Orix Corporation proposes to the Government in Madrid that in Tirajana the wind turbines be at a minimum distance of approximately 9 kilometers and the infrastructure for energy evacuation (land section), including the lifting substation, is projected within this space. The underwater electrical interconnection cable would be 66 kV between wind turbines. Orix purchased 2022% of Elawan Energy in 80 and then acquired the remaining 20% of the company specialized in renewable energies. The entry into Elawan's shareholding has been fundamental to boost Orix's international presence in the renewable energy sector. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Madrid, the acquired company operates in fourteen countries in Europe, North America and South America. To its credit, it has more than 1.290 gross megawatts of operational projects and around 7,3 gross gigawatts of projects in the construction phase or under development.
This summer Acciona Energía, which manages the desalination plant in the Southeast of Gran Canaria, has reached an agreement with Elawan Energy, a subsidiary of Orix Corporation, for the sale of 100% of the Acciona Saltos de Agua group for 287 million euros. The assets of the operation are free of debt. ASA's portfolio consists of 23 wholly owned hydroelectric plants totaling 175MW of installed capacity, located in the regions of Aragon, Cantabria and Catalonia. The operation is subject to mandatory prior authorization regarding foreign investments and is expected to close before the end of the year. It will generate a capital gain for Acciona Energía of around 170 million euros. The hydroelectric portfolio represents 20% of Acciona Energía's installed hydraulic capacity, and has an average annual production of around 500GWh.
