SERVITRIA installs three self-consumption solar power plants in Ávila

These installations will serve three pumping stations of the Adaja River Irrigation Community.

The use of photovoltaic solar energy will reduce both energy costs and CO2 emissions.

Madrid, 23 October 2024. The Agricultural Technology Institute of Castilla y León has awarded SERVITRIA, a leading company in the provision of comprehensive services in the industrial sector, the installation of three solar photovoltaic plants for self-consumption, which will serve three pumping stations of the Irrigation Community of the Adaja River, located in the municipalities of Nava de Arevalo and Gutierre-Muñoz (Ávila).

The main objective of the project is to achieve greater energy efficiency in the area’s irrigation system using renewable energies. The use of photovoltaic solar energy, which is already being implemented in some small-scale irrigation systems, will reduce both energy costs and CO2 emissions, boosting the competitiveness of local farms.

Thanks to photovoltaic plants, farmers will be less dependent on fluctuating electricity prices, contributing to a more sustainable and profitable agriculture. These self-consumption installations work by means of a photovoltaic generator, made up of modules connected to each other, which transforms solar energy into electricity, generating a direct current proportional to the solar irradiance that falls on them.

The project’s inverters transform this current into alternating current, in line with current regulations, which is delivered at the same frequency and voltage as the electricity grid, and after these changes it is available to users. The internal grid connection installation is an energy saving and efficiency option, with distributed generation, which reduces grid transmission losses.

With an eight-month execution period, the project is part of the agreement with the Castile and Leon Agricultural Technology Institute. The installation and commissioning of these solar plants will comply with current regulations, ensuring maximum efficiency and safety in the process.

This project joins others undertaken by SERVITRIA in the field of renewable energies, such as the installation of solar plants on the roof of the headquarters of the Ministry of Ecological Transition MITECO, in the Club de Campo Villa de Madrid, or the installation, assembly and expansion of the power of a solar park at the Ford factory in Almussafes (Valencia).