Spain's Naturgy 36 MW Wind Project Enters Public Consultation for Approval

en.Wedoany.com Reported - On November 11, Spain's Official State Gazette published the administrative prior authorization application and environmental impact report for Naturgy Generación's 36 MW Bátega wind farm. The project is planned to operate jointly with Unit 3 of the 102.9 MW Belesar hydroelectric power plant in Lugo Province, connecting to the power system through a hybrid wind-hydro configuration. Both applications have now entered the public consultation phase.

The Bátega wind farm is located in the municipalities of Carballedo and Chantada in Lugo Province, Galicia, and consists of 6 Vestas V150 wind turbines with a unit capacity of 6 MW each, totaling 36 MW. The turbine rotor diameter is 150 meters, with 5 units having a hub height of 125 meters and the other unit 105 meters. The project will connect via two 30 kV underground collector lines within the wind farm to a new booster substation equipped with a 45 MVA transformer to step up the voltage to 66 kV.

The power transmission facilities include a 66 kV transmission line with a total length of 9.912 km, comprising 35 towers, using a combination of overhead and underground installation. Of this, approximately 8.22 km is overhead line and approximately 1.69 km is underground cable, ultimately connecting to the Soilán II substation. The existing Unit 3 of the Belesar hydroelectric power plant has an installed capacity of 102.9 MW and has obtained grid connection approval to the Belesar 220 kV substation.

The project approval process has been ongoing for more than a year. Naturgy first submitted the administrative prior authorization application on April 11, 2025, and it was accepted by the competent authority on November 20 of the same year; on May 20, 2026, the company submitted a revised version of the project and application documents, and completed supplementary corrections on October 13. This public consultation advances the administrative prior authorization application and environmental impact assessment in parallel. The public and affected institutions may submit comments within 30 working days from the day after the last publication of the notice. The published physical works budget for the project is EUR 33,474,700.