The Taboada feed mill’s commitment to renewable alternatives will allow it to save 18,000 euros per year.
The Aira de Taboada cooperative has just put into operation a photovoltaic plant in its feed factory that will allow it to generate energy to supply ten percent of the electricity demand of this industry, with an estimated annual saving of 18,000 euros. The panels cover almost the entire factory.
This is the first major commitment of this agri-food cooperative for clean energy, sustainability and reducing energy dependence, for which it has relied on Voltfer, a company of the Alvariño Group specialized in renewable energy solutions for individuals and companies.
The installation that has just come into operation consists of a total of 616 solar panels, with 166 kilowatts of power and an output of 207,500 kilowatts per year.
The director of the taboadesa firm announced that they will continue to bet on energy efficiency with new projects
With this generation capacity, the cooperative will be able to amortize the investment made within four years, after which the energy produced will have zero cost for the taboadesa cooperative.
The general manager of Aira, Daniel Ferreiro, explained that this installation, which is added to another of 100 kilowatts in the delegation that the cooperative has in Chantada, “is an example of Aira’s commitment to energy efficiency and renewables, a commitment in which we continue to move forward with new projects”. In this sense, he stressed the importance of the lines of aid launched by Inega to finance energy efficiency projects in companies in the primary sector.
For his part, the director of Voltfer, José María Fariña, said that the photovoltaic self-consumption systems are “the best option to optimize the possibilities of energy savings in companies in the agri-food sector and farms” to be more profitable and efficient when generating energy in the same place of use.
Energy experts point out that, given the constant increase in the price of electricity in recent years, self-consumption based on photovoltaic generation is the key to a new energy model for rural areas, something that is working in more and more countries.
