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President of the Croatian Republic, Ivo
Josipović, has inaugurated the 30MW
Jelinak wind farm. It is the first to be
installed by ACCIONA Energía in the
country and is capable of covering the
electricity demandof over 30,000Croatian
households. ACCIONA is the first Spanish
wind power developer to put a wind farm
into service in the country.
Located in the region of Split-Dalmatia,
the Jelinak wind farm utilizes 20 1.5MW
turbines. It will produce around 81 million
kilowatt-hours per year, and replace fossil
fuel equivalent to about 48,000 barrels of
oil in the same period. It will also avoid the
emission of 77,841 metric tonnes of CO
2
into the atmosphere from conventional
coal-fired power stations, with a cleaning
effect on the air similar to that of almost
four million trees.
This wind farm is the first of a series that
ACCIONA Energía plans to implement in
Croatia. Thecompany is currently applying
for a further two wind farms in the country,
with a total capacity of 78MW.
Croatian wind
farm
The third steel rope in the history of
the funicular railway in Saint Hilaire du
Touvet, France, is currently in production
at ArcelorMittal’s site in Bourg-en-Bresse,
France.
The 1,600m high-tensile strength steel wire
cable, due to be installed later this year,
will connect the towns of Saint Hilaire
and Montfort, in the Rhône-Alpes region.
Around 40,000 people use the railway
every year.
Inaugurated in 1924 the railway has 80
percent of its slope on a 45 percent
incline, and at its steepest reaches an 83
percent incline. The rope was replaced
for the first time in 1972, and is now due to
be replaced again after 41 years.
Steel wires on the up –
and down