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Our beginnings
Norvento has its origin in a previous company, founded by Pablo Fernández Castro, engaged in the design of electrical energy distribution networks and, later, also in energy transportation.

We commence working in hydroelectric power
Norvento enters the hydroelectric power sector, one which at that time the big utilities had abandoned.

Our first renewable installation
Norvento’s first hydropower plant, Barreiro Hydroelectric Power Station, starts operation. Located on the river Cambás, in A Coruña, it sets out Norvento’s business philosophy from the outset, based on respect for natural values and the environment.

First steps in wind power
With the business vision placed in wind power as the energy of the future, the first meteorological antennae are installed to measure the wind power resource in the north of the province of Lugo.

We are allocated MW in the Government of Galicia’s first Windpower Plan..

Our first wind farm commence operation
The Department is created and the Montouto Wind Farm starts up, with a total power output of 20.5 MW, situated in the north of the province of Lugo. Rigorous techniques were used in its construction to minimise the environmental impact, prioritising the environmental aspects over the economic ones.

Development and execution of new renewable installations
The 24 MW Fiouco Wind Farm, located in the municipality of Abadín, Lugo, comes on stream. As in all our projects, special construction techniques were used to minimise the environmental impact, such as keeping the width of the roads, the surface of the wind turbine platforms and the clearings to a minimum, as well as full re-landscaping.

That same year, the 4.2 MVA Xesta Hydroelectric Power Plant, located on the Oitavén River in A Lama, Pontevedra, commenced operation. The plant building is completely integrated into the environment thanks to the use of indigenous materials. The project was carried out with underground pipes along most of its length, without a loading chamber, in order to minimise the environmental impact.

Creation of new departments / New wind farm
Operation and maintenance services are moved in-house and a department is set up to offer comprehensive maintenance services for renewable energy installations to external clients and group companies.

In addition, in 2006 The 49.6 MW Coruxeiras Wind Farm, located in the municipality of Muras, Lugo, comes on stream. The installation has a state-of-the-art building that is perfectly integrated into the environment, where the substation and the Operation and Maintenance Centre are located.

Generation Control Centre / New hydroelectric plant
The Fiouco Wind Farm starts up. The Norvento Generation Control Centre is implemented, accredited by Red Eléctrica de España, from which both Real Time Telemetry services and the Control Centre of renewable installations are offered.

That same year, the 4.6 MVA Ramallal Hydroelectric Power Plant, located on the Verdugo River in A Lama, Pontevedra, commenced operation. Its architecture used locally sourced materials and is perfectly integrated in the environment.

Internationalization strategy / New steps in solar energy
Norvento begins developing wind farms in Chile, such as the 180 MW San Juan de Chañaral de Aceituno Wind Farm in Antofagasta, and in Brazil, such as the Baixa de Feijão (120 MW), Macambira (38 MW), Aventura I wind farms (26 MW) and the Tourinho wind farm (60 MW).

We become technologists and we continue our international expansion
Norvento begins to develop its own technology: the nED100 100 kW medium-power wind turbine for industrial self-use energy generation, designed and manufactured by Norvento.

Norvento continues its international expansion into new markets, developing wind farms such as the 178 MW Bloom Project in Kansas, USA, and the Krasin and Piątkowo wind farms (30 and 48 MW) in Poland. This year, Norvento also opens offices in Madrid (Spain), Boston (USA), Natal (Brazil) and Warsaw (Poland).

Norvento is awarded a permit in the Galicia Windpower Auction
In the Galicia Windpower Auction, Norvento receives an allocation of 303 MW to develop wind farms in the autonomous community.

We open our wind turbine production plant
The nED Factory is opened in Vilalba, Lugo, where the manufacture will take place not only of the nED100 wind turbines, but also of the other technology developed by Norvento.

First biogas plant and a new hydroelectric plant
Norvento enters the biogas sector with the start-up of the Xustás Biogas Plant, associated with a cattle farm, in which heat and electricity are produced from agricultural waste and by-products.

This same year, the 1.5 MVA Sardón Alto Hydroelectric Power Plant comes on stream, located on the Duero River in Sardón de Duero, Valladolid. It is a hydroelectric plant at the foot of the weir that incorporates a fish ladder on the side opposite the intake. During its construction, compensatory measures were implemented, such as the planting of 1.5 ha of vegetation on the river bank.

Our internationalization process takes us to the United Kingdom
Norvento’s London and Bristol offices are opened, and the first unit of the nED100 wind turbine is installed on a farm in the UK. Between 2014 and 2015, 25 nED100 wind turbines were installed in this country, to supply energy to farms, ports and industrial plants.

We develop new technologies and start up the first microgrid
Norvento begins to develop Energy Monitoring and Control Systems that it will implement for the first time in the control of the microgrid in its new headquarters, the Norvento Enerxía Innovation Centre (CIne), a building disconnected from the electricity and gas grids that supplies 100% of the demand with renewable energies and provides energy storage.

We continue with our role as technologists and are awarded tenders by the Ministry
Norvento sets up the Power Electronics Department and begins to design and develop a power converter for energy storage systems.

In addition, a new nED100 wind turbine is installed in the Norvento Enerxía Innovation Centre (Cine), where it will form part of the micro-network that supplies power to our corporate headquarters.

In this same year, development begins of the nED Experimental Wind Farm in A Pastoriza, Lugo, in what is the first medium-power wind turbine test centre in all of Spain for industrial self-use energy generation.

In the same year, Norvento is awarded 128.6 MW of wind power generation in the auction organised by the Ministry of Energy.

We open our corporate headquarters and install the first nGM unit
CIne, Norvento’s new head office, is opened: a building that is off the electricity and gas grids which is supplied with 100% renewable energies and holds the Exceptional BREEAM certification.

That same year, the first unit of Norvento’s Gridmaster Converter (nGM) is installed; a converter designed and manufactured entirely by Norvento, in the nED100 wind turbine of the CIne building.

We start up 6 new wind farms
Project N6 is developed, consisting in the design, construction, commissioning and operation of six wind farms in the province of Lugo on the basis of the awarding of 128.6 MW in the public auction held in May 2017 by the Ministry of Energy, Tourism and Digital Agenda. The project includes the wind farms of Sasdónigas, Sasdónigas II, Neda, Carracedo, Cadeira and Pastoriza.

We launch on the market nGM, new biogas solutions and energy storage systems

Norvento launches on the market the Norvento Gridmaster Converter (nGM), a versatile modular platform that facilitates the integration of energy storage systems designed and manufactured by Norvento.

In addition, it solidifies our commitment to biogas by launching a new line of business of biogas solutions for industry.

In this same year, Norvento develops a new modular storage system based on easily deployable lithium-ion batteries for industrial and commercial applications.

Commercial Launch of the Containerized Battery Storage System nBESS.

Throughout this year, we introduce our nBESS, a modularly configured solution designed to meet the storage and management needs of electrical energy flows in isolated systems, distribution networks, industries, and renewable generation plants.