InterEnergy’s Panama City-based subsidiary, UEP Penonomé II, S.A., built and operates the 215MW Laudato Si´ windfarm in Penonomé, Coclé province. Laudato Si´ is the largest wind farm in Central America with 215MW in total installed capacity.
It features 86 Goldwind G109 2.5MW wind turbine generators with a hub height of 90 meters. This turbine is a three-bladed, permanent magnet direct-drive, upwind, horizontal-axis, pitch-regulated, variable-speed machine. The wind farm was completed in early 2016 and is currently selling energy generated under long-term PPAs and into the spot market.
Highlights
-
Generation: Wind
-
Start of operation: 2016
-
Installed capacity: 215 MW
-
Location: Office’s address: Finca Hicaco in David (Chiriquí Province), Panama