Sustainable greenhouse with renewable energies

Sustainable greenhouse with renewable energies

Primaflor group, is an important company which develops its activity within the field of the cultivation of different varieties of lettuce, amongst other vegetables. In one of its main plants located in Almeria, which is fully automated and following current legislation, it has installed a plant which generates renewable energy, known to be a benchmark and a model to follow.

The installation consists of 15 kW in wind power and 40 kW in photovoltaic connected to a three-phase network, in self consumption. This type of connection allows savings directly onto the electricity bill which the company is paying and has been legalised through distributor of Energy Endesa.

Para la legalización de  esta instalación fue necesario un permiso especial de medio ambiente ya que tenía como novedad la hibridación del sistema por medio de los aerogeneradores y las placas solares. Este permiso otorgado por la junta de Andalucía estableció que los Aerogeneradores no tenían afecciones de impacto paisajístico ni medioambiental alguno, de forma que se acogían perfectamente la legalidad.

Furthermore, the installation has an customised monitoring system so that both solar and mini-wind turbine production are visible and managed by a specific software which allows one to visualise at a glance the solar and wind production even in mobile terminals.

To carry out this installation the Andalucian board required that, above all, the wind turbines complied with the most demanding certifications in terms of reliability, generation and above all noise, as an indispensable  requirement is that they be silent.