As informed by the councilors of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energies and Agriculture and Environment of Cehegín City Council, Ismael Abellán and María José Martínez, together with the Sustainable Development Foundation, a guided tour of the irrigation facility Photovoltaic, located in Villena.
It is planned to be held on June 8, at 10:30 am.
The trip will be free for all attendees.
Councilors have explained that the main objective of this visit, aimed mainly at farmers, irrigation communities and companies linked to renewable energy, is to be able to see, on the spot, a project that has introduced a highly efficient new ecological solution to the market And economic.
The installation consists of pumping the water to a raised raft, all of it running solely with photovoltaic energy.
The demonstrator is installed, as we mentioned, in Villena, in a well of the General Community of Users of Alto Vinalopó.
The installation has a photovoltaic generator of 360 kWp.
"This project, as explained in the project, consists in the use of photovoltaic pumping systems for agricultural irrigation that do not consume conventional electricity and save 30% of water. It arises from the price increase that energy is having The fixed part of the invoice is 60-70%, when irrigators only use electricity for some months, not for the whole year. Energy costs account for a large part of production costs, hence A clean alternative has been proposed to generate electricity at a lower cost. "
To register and receive more information, you can call 9687400 (Extension 214) or at ecoliente@cehegin.es
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cehegín