Endesa Chairman, Manuel Pizarro, Inaugurates a New Wind Farm in Sicily (Italy)

  
    
  
  
    
      On May 14th at midday, Endesa (NYSE:ELE) 
      Chairman, Manuel Pizarro, and the mayors of Gibellina, Santa Ninfa and 
      Salaparuta (all in the province of Trapani) inaugurated Endesa’s 
      second wind farm in Sicily and the company’s 
      sixth on Italian soil.
    
    
      During the ceremony, Manuel Pizarro –accompanied 
      by Endesa’s CEO, Rafael Miranda, members of 
      the Board of Directors, the Chairman and General Manager of Endesa 
      Italia, Jesús Olmos and Joaquín 
      Galindo, thanked the three local councils for their contribution to the 
      wind farm’s installation and stated that 
      cooperation in the countries where Endesa is present it vital to its 
      future development plans.
    
    
      With its 38 turbines, the Gibellina, Santa Ninfa and Salaparuta wind 
      farm has 32 MW of installed capacity and will produce nearly 75 GW/h a 
      year, equivalent to the average consumption of approximately 18,000 
      families. This output will also mean saving the equivalent of 7,800 
      tonnes of oil a year and the subsequent saving of some 50,000 tonnes of 
      C02 emissions.
    
    
      During the inaugural act, Endesa Italia’s 
      General Manager underlined the importance of the investments the company 
      has made on Italian soil since 2001 when Endesa first entered the 
      Italian market. Since then Endesa has invested over Euro 3.4 billion 
      added to which are the Euro 1.5 billion earmarked for 2007-2011.
    
    
      He also stressed Endesa’s efforts concerning 
      the environment (all the Company’s 
      installations in Italy are EMAS certified) and in particular the 
      development of renewable energy sources including hydro, biomass and 
      wind power. In 2008 Endesa will have close to 350 MW of installed wind 
      capacity in Italy.
    
    
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