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Aluar opens Argentina's largest wind farm in Chubut with $743 million in accumulated investment

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Aluar, controlled by the Madanes Quintanilla family, inaugurated Argentina's largest wind farm in Puerto Madryn (Chubut). The fifth stage, La Flecha, required about $400 million and added 56 turbines. The complex reaches 582 MW, close to 12% of the country's wind capacity, and will supply its primary aluminium plant, the only one in Argentina, with capacity for 460,000 tonnes a year.

In 30 seconds

  • The fifth stage, La Flecha, required an estimated $400 million investment and 56 new turbines.
  • The complex totals 119 turbines and 582 MW, about 12% of Argentina's wind capacity.
  • Wind power will go from covering 12% to 33% of the Puerto Madryn aluminium plant's electricity consumption.
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