Norway, April 22 -- Statkraft,?Europe's largest renewable energy producer, has successfully completed the first phase of the Montes de Cierzo wind repowering project in Navarra, replacing 44 old turbines with 10 new ones, increasing the capacity to produce clean energy while reducing visual impacts and achieving almost full recycling and reuse of the old components.Through repowering, the installed capacity of the Montes de Cierzo wind farm will increase with 50 percent from 60 to 90 MW and the energy production is estimated to double to 300 GWh/year. Batteries will be added for energy storage, making this a hybrid project. Batteries with an installed capacity of 14.26 MW and storage capacity of 28.51 MWh, with a two-hour charge and dischar...