Iberdrola España entrusts the Cantabrian company Rotella with the connection of the El Escudo wind power project

• Iberdrola España reinforces its commitment to Cantabria by exerting a tractor effect with local suppliers
• The installation has been designed to produce 453,600 MWh annually, which will supply around 49,000 homes, while avoiding the emission of 113,400 t/year of CO₂, a figure equivalent to the photosynthesis of approximately 5.5 million trees.

Iberdrola España has just signed a contract with the Cantabrian company Construcciones Rotella, located in Torrelavega, for civil works and electromechanical assembly services for the evacuation line connecting the Hoyo de los Vallados substation with the ST Aguayo substation. All of this is part of the El Escudo wind power project.

With this contract, Iberdrola España reinforces its commitment to Cantabria by exerting a tractor effect on the economy and employability of local suppliers. 

The El Escudo wind farm has been designed to produce 453,600 MWh annually, which will supply around 49,000 homes, while avoiding the emission of 113,400 t/year of, CO_2, a figure equivalent to the photosynthesis of approximately 5.5 million trees. 

Furthermore, in order to cause the least possible impact, the design has gone beyond the exquisite compliance with the regulations, selecting the alternatives for the layout of internal roads that involve the least possible earthworks, taking advantage of the existing orography and roads and selecting the best possible locations for each of the elements.

This project is expected to have an economic impact of approximately €1 million per year in terms of social measures, taxes and fees in the municipalities where it is located: Campoo de Yuso, San Miguel de Aguayo, Molledo and Luena. 

This is not the first time that the energy company has placed its trust in this centenary company based in Torrelavega. Construcciones Rotella collaborated, through AMETEL, in the commissioning of the largest photovoltaic plant in Europe, Francisco PizarroExternal link, opens in new window.  in Extremadura.

Francisco Pizarro' has 590 megawatts (MW) of installed power and is made up of nearly 1.5 million photovoltaic modules that will generate enough clean energyExternal link, opens in new window.  to supply more than 334,000 homes and prevent the emission of 150,000 tonnes of CO₂ into the atmosphere per year. The project, whose commissioning began in August 2022 and which has an investment of more than €300 million, generates more than 1,500 jobs during peak construction periods, 60% of which will be filled by local workers.