Italy's Falck Renewables starts two wind farms

(SeeNews) – Jul 13, 2012 – Italian renewable energy company Falck Renewables SpA (BIT:FKR) today said it had brought into operation the Petralia Sottana and Ty Ru wind farms, in line with the group's 2012-2014 business plan.
The Petralia Sottana wind farm in southern Italy has 26 turbines supplied by Spanish wind energy company Gamesa (MCE:GAM), for total installed power of 22.1 MW. The wind farm is planned to be fully operational by the end of July. The power plant will produce renewable electric energy enough to meet the needs of 14,000 households.
Furthermore, Falck Renewables has completed earlier than expected the construction of the Ty Ru wind farm in Brittany, France. The wind farm is scheduled to be fully operational by the end of this month. The plant has five turbines supplied by German wind turbine maker Enercon for a total installed capacity of 10 MW. It will produce energy sufficient to meet the power needs of some 8,000 households.

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