The action also covers four other municipal buildings and entails the reduction of CO2 emissions by more than 375 tons per year
Benidorm completes the installation of 1,364 photovoltaic panels for self-consumption in eight schools in the city
Benidorm City Council has completed the installation of photovoltaic modules in eight schools in the city, which will lead to significant savings on the energy bill. An action that is part of the Energy Efficiency Project, which also extends to four public buildings and which, in total, represents an investment of 1,045,450.06 euros, of which 504,297.46 euros, 48% of the amount global, comes from a grant from European funds granted by the Institute for Energy Diversification and Saving (IDAE).
The project included the installation of 1,364 photovoltaic modules and entails a reduction in carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere of just over 375 tons. The modules have been implemented in Ausias March, Bautista Lledó, La Cala, Mestre Gaspar López, Miguel Hernández, Serra Gelada, Vasco Núñez de Balboa, and Els Tolls schools and the municipal buildings of Les Fontanelles Nursery School, the Treatment Station of Drinking Water (ETAP), La Torreta Social Center and Palau d'Esports L'Illa de Benidorm, where the number of existing modules is increased. All the actions have already been completed except for the Palau, which is being carried out in parallel with the improvement of the expansion of the 65,155 kW installation.
It should be remembered that energy savings are calculated based on the use of the energy generated by the photovoltaic installation, taking into account the consumption patterns of the building.
As for the global project, -the eight schools and the four public buildings- the installed nominal power once the intervention is finished will be 569.55 kW, which will produce more than 730,000 kWh. The facilities of each center have high-performance modules, power optimizers, and a monitoring and management system for the photovoltaic field.
As all the facilities have continuous use during the hours of greatest solar radiation, the optimization of the production of the photovoltaic installation will lead to maximum energy savings, as well as the compensation of production surpluses with the transfer of energy to the electrical network in weekends and holidays when these units are not in use.
Mayor Toni Pérez indicated that this project "reaffirms our commitment to the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals, with sustainability" and in this case, he continued, "We do it through the use of renewable energies and the reduction of Emissions of greenhouse gases".
Pérez specified that once the installation of the 1,364 planned modules is completed, "we reduce CO2 emissions by more than 375 tons per year", a figure that the mayor described as "very important" and that is added to "the decrease in emissions obtained in other actions already developed or that will be implemented in the short and medium term”.
Toni Pérez also referred to the Energy Efficiency project undertaken by Benidorm, of which he has said "It is very ambitious and will make Benidorm a more sustainable city and destination". "We work together with the municipal technicians so that this important political vocation translates into realities for the people of Benidorm" he added. He also recalled that "since 2015 we have implemented savings and renovation policies that have given us magnificent results, as demonstrated by the continuous reduction in energy and electricity costs in recent years despite the brutal increase in cost."