5 MWp photovoltaic solar installation + 5 MWh storage in the Arico municipality
The project, co-financed by the MEDI-FDCAN Program 2016-2025, proposes a pilot model to verify the technical and economic feasibility of undertaking medium-to-large-scale grid-connected solar installations without specific incentivized remuneration, according to the current legislative framework.
In this regard, it is necessary to design and execute an installation model that prioritizes technological and management efficiency, but in which execution and operation costs are significantly reduced in order to obtain a minimum guaranteed profitability that makes the project attractive to future potential investors.
Therefore, the energy production cost criterion will be fundamental when offering a competitive selling price with reasonable margins that allow for obtaining an adequate profitability.
To guarantee the established objectives, both the support structures and the grid-connection inverters will be manufactured by ITER. Furthermore, part of the photovoltaic modules necessary for this project will be produced in the photovoltaic module factory that ITER has and that became operational in 2008.
Likewise, an action plan will be developed to execute the installation in an efficient manner, minimizing times and costs, and optimizing the available human and material resources.
The entire platform will be installed on land located in the municipality of Arico and will be composed of 50 photovoltaic solar plants of 100 kW nominal power each, which represents a total platform power of 5 MW nominal, and 7 MW peak.
Thus, electrically, the platform will be configured in 2 groups: one of 20 solar plants and another of 30. Each of them will be connected to a prefabricated transformation center (of 2,000 kVA and 3,000 kVA capacity, respectively).
This action is aimed at the development of a more sustainable energy model that favors the creation of a local economy with high added value. This will result in a diversified economy, based on technology, innovation, and knowledge, generating employment, and in the reduction of external energy dependence, forming a more efficient electrical system with the consequent economic savings and environmental benefit.
The proposed actions will be carried out guaranteeing the technical and economic efficiency of the whole, and always seeking the creation of a replicable model that helps to boost local economic development.
This action is co-financed by the MEDI-FDCAN Programme 2016-2025 and is included in the Strategic Framework for Island Development (MEDI) 2016-2025 of the Island Council of Tenerife.
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