Opoul-Périllos Wind Farm, Pyrénées Orientales, France

The wind farm is situated 20km north-east of Perpignan, close to the villages of Opoul-Périllos and Salses-le-Château and was the first to be built in the Pyrénées Orientales departement.

It consists of 6 turbines, giving a total installed capacity of 10.5MW, enough to provide the annual electricity needs of around 13,000 people and reduce CO2 emissions by 16,500 tonnes a year.

The project was developed by EOLE-RES and constructed in just three months. The wind farm was commissioned in March 2003 and is owned by ST Microelectronics and operated by EOLE-RES.

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