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Spain installs pilot small wind systems
The Diputacion of Huelva has signed a collaboration agreement with the Municipality of Santa Barbara de Casas and the Andalucian Environment and Water Agency to install a small wind turbine to an old windmill which is located close to the town and is currently being restored for tourism.
The objective in installing this small horizontal wind turbine (1.5 kW) is to provide enough energy to cover the demand for indoor and outdoor lighting. The former mill buily in the 16th Century is about 5m high and is owned by the town.
The installation is seen as a pilot project of the Sustainable Energy Action Plan developed by the Department of Renewable Energy of Diputacion de Huelva and will be partly supported both technically and financially by the Renewable Energies Department.
In addition the Diputacion de Huelva is promoting the installation of a vertical axis wind turbine connected to the network on one of the buildings in its Department of Local Development.
This pilot installation will see a vertical axis wind turbine of approximately 4 kW installed on the roof of one of the public buildings. This turbine is the first vertical axis design to be developed in Spain by the company Kliux and will be used to demonstrate the feasibility of this technology and its potential profitability in areas with not very high winds.
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