Iberdrola España's first solar community in Extremadura to incorporate a battery storage system will be in Cáceres
- The new facility will be located on the roof of the Licenciados Reunidos School and will benefit up to 270 families in Cáceres
- This improvement optimises the use of the power generated, adapting to the times of day when domestic use is highest
- Thanks to more efficient use of solar energy, families can save more using a local and sustainable source
Iberdrola España and the Licenciados Reunidos School in Cáceres are coming together to promote a pioneering solar community in the capital of Cáceres as part of their commitment to innovation and energy efficiency. The new facility is Iberdrola España's first solar community in Extremadura to incorporate a battery storage system and is also the first in Spain to be built on an existing solar community.
This improvement optimises the use of the power generated, adapting to the times of day when domestic use is highest. Thanks to more efficient use of solar energy, families can save more using a local and sustainable source.
It will be located on the roof of the school and will prevent the release of around 1,518 tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere over the next 30 years.
Besides cutting down on the school's electricity bill, residents within a 2-kilometre radius will be able to benefit from the advantages of 100% renewable self-consumption, without the need for their own infrastructure or investment.
Iberdrola España will be in charge of the investment needed for this facility, which will consist of 393 solar panels with a total power of 181 kilowatts (kW), enough to produce around 253 megawatt hours (MWh) annually. Thanks to this solar community, around 270 families will be able to participate and save on their electricity bills by locally using part of the power produced by this facility.
Borja Cañas, Iberdrola España's sales representative in Extremadura, highlights that this project ‘allows us to continue advancing in supplying local renewable energy through an innovative solution that will help promote sustainability while enabling our customers to save money. Thanks to this storage system, we will be able to continue using solar energy when there’s no sunlight, he concludes.
Leader in self-consumption in Spain
As part of its commitment to accelerating the energy transition, Iberdrola España not only promotes collective photovoltaic self-consumption by facilitating its incorporation into the energy system through its grids, but also leads the market for managing this kind of customer in the country.
The collective self-consumption solutions developed by Iberdrola España have made self-consumption available to any customer, whether they have their own roof or not. Customers in this segment can also sign up for the Solar Plan, a competitive electricity tariff for times of the day when there’s no sunlight, which is when they need to consume energy off the grid, as during the day they are self-sufficient using their own installation.
Solar self-consumption systems can mean savings of 30% on annual bills for apartment buildings, 50% for companies and businesses, and up to 70% for single-family homes. These savings come in three ways: the power produced by the installation that the user does not have to purchase, compensation for surplus energy not used and which is fed into the grid, and savings from lower taxes.
As for the possibility of offsetting the energy fed into the grid, Iberdrola España customers can use the Solar Cloud service, which allows them to offset surpluses over the power price, and even divert them for use at another residence.
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