PARQUE EOLICO ALTO PALANCIA III — Spain

PARQUE EOLICO ALTO PALANCIA III is a 94 MW wind power plant in Valencia, Spain. It is operated by CORPORACION ACCIONA EOLICA S.L.. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 80k homes (estimated). It ranks #139 of 899 Spain power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2009, it is around 17 years old — relatively modern. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, wind supplies about 20.4% of Spain's electricity; the national grid averages 154 gCO₂/kWh (74.6% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1007317.

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: WRI GPPD; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 94 MW, PARQUE EOLICO ALTO PALANCIA III is well above the median wind plant in Spain (30 MW). Wind turbines convert moving air into electricity; output is variable and site-dependent, and modern turbines deliver some of the lowest-cost new generation on many grids.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

Key facts

Share of Spain wind capacity

0.8% of 11,361 MW across 341 plants in this dataset

Age among peers

202 of 252 dated wind plants in Spain are older

Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).

Capacity vs largest wind plants in Spain

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by CORPORACION ACCIONA EOLICA S.L..

Local climate & thermal context

This wind plant converts the kinetic energy of wind into electricity through turbine rotors. It sits in a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 40.0°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

Monthly mean temperature

Heating degree-days here run 18% below the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 43/100 — this site sits in the mid third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in a corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), with marine corrosion the leading environmental stress.

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #5 largest wind power plant of 341 in Spain by capacity.

Spain has 341 wind power plants in this dataset, together about 11,361 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• PARQUE EOLICO ALTO DE LA MORERUELA · Wind · 49.5 MW · Valencia
• CANALEJAS · Wind · 18.7 MW · Valencia
• PARQUE EOLICO CERRO DE LA NEVERA · Wind · 31.5 MW · Valencia
• Losa del Obispo · Solar · 11.3 MW · Valencia
• PARQUE EOLICO COLMENAR II · Wind · 28 MW · Valencia
• PARQUE EOLICO PENAS ALTAS · Wind · 49.5 MW · Valencia

Location

Coordinates 39.9894, -0.6804 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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