PARQUE EOLICO DE PAXAREIRAS IIF (A RUNA) — Spain

PARQUE EOLICO DE PAXAREIRAS IIF (A RUNA) is a 24.6 MW wind power plant in Galicia, Spain. It is operated by P.E. DE A RUNA S.L (ANTERIOR EUROVENTO). Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 21k homes (estimated). It ranks #507 of 899 Spain power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2000, it is around 26 years old — long-established. 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 WRI1007395.

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 24.6 MW, PARQUE EOLICO DE PAXAREIRAS IIF (A RUNA) is below 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

0.2% of 11,361 MW across 341 plants in this dataset

Age among peers

15 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 P.E. DE A RUNA S.L (ANTERIOR EUROVENTO).

Local climate & thermal context

This wind plant converts the kinetic energy of wind into electricity through turbine rotors. It sits in a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 42.8°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 41% 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: 33/100 — this site sits in the bottom 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 #215 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

• P. E. PAXAREIRAS- MONTEVOS (PAXAREIRAS I Y II A) · Wind · 39 MW · Galicia
• P. E. DE PAXAREIRAS II B (ADRANO) · Wind · 21.6 MW · Galicia
• P.E. PAXAREIRAS II-C (VIRXE DO MONTE) · Wind · 19.2 MW · Galicia
• P.E. PEDREGAL TREMUZO · Wind · 44.6 MW · Galicia
• P.E. DE BARBANZA · Wind · 19.8 MW · Galicia
• C.H. ARNOYA · Hydro · 10 MW · Galicia

Location

Coordinates 42.8233, -9.0891 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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