Iberdrola España connects its first solar communities in Valladolid
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170 families already enjoy this 100% sustainable energy, generated by two solar photovoltaic systems located on the roof of Nuestra Señora del Carmen school. These families are saving on their electricity bills by consuming locally part of the energy produced by this installation.
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The new infrastructure will prevent the emission of around 770 tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere over the next 30 years.
Iberdrola España connected its first solar communities in Valladolid, as part of its commitment to sustainability and energy transition.
170 families already enjoy this 100% sustainable energy, generated by two solar photovoltaic systems located on the roof of Nuestra Señora del Carmen school. These families are saving on their electricity bills by consuming locally part of the energy produced by this installation.
The new infrastructures, which will prevent the emission of around 770 tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere over the next 30 years, also reduce the cost of the school's electricity bill. This school is a pioneer in the construction of a renewable installation of this kind, covering up to 40% of its electricity consumption.
These neighbours within a radius of 2 kilometres benefit from the advantages of renewable self-consumption without any infrastructure or investment.
Iberdrola España invested in these installations consisting of 233 solar panels, with a total combined capacity of over 107 kilowatts (kW) – enough to produce around 140 megawatt hours (MWh) annually.
Furthermore, as a result of its commitment to self-consumption, Iberdrola España has improved the remuneration of its customers' surpluses and, thanks to innovation in energy products, self-consumers with Iberdrola España plans can value their surpluses beyond the energy term, making it possible to have a bill of zero euros.
"This pioneering initiative is a very important milestone that marks Iberdrola España's commitment to innovation in energy solutions, sustainability and commitment to the areas in which we operate by making self-consumption available, in this case, to 170 families in Valladolid", said Celiano García, Iberdrola España's Commercial Director in Castilla y León.
For his part, the school’s principal, Mariano García Ruano, stressed that "promoting solutions such as the solar community is a very satisfactory collaboration with Iberdrola España for the school as it is a further and very important step as it is integrated into the school's environmental policy, which, for over 16 years, has held the ISO 14001 environmental management best practices certification and is one of the first to register its carbon footprint and be officially recognised as a sustainable educational centre. In addition, this solution brings the benefits of photovoltaic energy to Valladolid citizens".
Leader in self-consumption
Iberdrola España leads the photovoltaic self-consumption market in Spain, managing 40% of the country's self-consumption customers. As part of its commitment to accelerating the energy transition and developing new products to improve efficiency and energy savings, in 2015 the company became the first company in its sector to integrate self-consumption solutions into its range of services.
The collective self-consumption solutions developed by Iberdrola España have made self-consumption available to any customer – whether or not they have their own roof. Customers in this segment also benefit from the Solar Plan, a competitive electricity tariff during the hours when there is no sun, which is when they need to consume energy from the grid, as during the day they self-supply from their own installation.
Self-consumption solar systems can save 30% on annual bills in the case of residents' associations; 50% for companies and businesses; and up to 70% in single-family homes. These savings are produced in three ways: the energy produced by the installation that the user does not have to buy, the compensation for the surplus energy not consumed, which is fed into the grid, and savings due to lower taxes.