Viscofan boosts its Sustainability Plan by agreeing with ACCIONA Energía to install one of the largest industrial self-consumption photovoltaic park in Spain
Tajonar 18 September 2024
- Renewable self-consumption: with more than 48 MWp of photovoltaic energy, the park will cover around 30% of the electricity needs of the Group's facilities in Navarre (Spain) through 100% renewable energy.
- This model favours decarbonisation and cost savings from the outset, digitalisation and flexibility in energy consumption.
Viscofan, a leading company in the manufacture and commercialisation of casings for food industria, has chosen ACCIONA Energía to boosts its decarbonisation project through the installation of a photovoltaic self-consumption system at its facilities in Cáseda, Navarre (Spain) for the next 30 years.
The photovoltaic self-consumption system, which has been declared by the Government of Navarre as a project of regional interest, will cover around 30% of the electricity needs of the Viscofan Group's facilities in Navarre (Spain) with 100% renewable energy. Viscofan currently has electric boilers that will consume the energy generated by the photovoltaic plant, reducing CO2 emissions by 50,306 Tn per year, taking into account the emissions avoided by replacing gas boilers and by renewable electricity generation with respect to the previous energy mix from gas combustion in the cogeneration engines.
The agreement provides for a PPA equation on-site on an ‘energy as a service’ basis, where Viscofan contracts for the long-term supply of clean electricity. In addition, the company will be able to monitor in real time and in detail the energy consumption of the plant through an energy management platform of ACCIONA Energía that will communicate 24/7 through a digital panel with its control centre.
It is one of the largest industrial self-consumption photovoltaic plant in Spain, with a capacity of 40.1 MWn at the connection point, 45.045 MW in inverters and 48.114 MWp, to which must be added the development of the infrastructures necessary for its connection to the internal grid at its facilities in Cáseda.
This model enables decarbonisation and cost savings from the outset, digitalisation and flexibility in energy consumption.
Íñigo Martínez, General Manager of Viscofan Spain, says: ‘This self-consumption project will reduce CO2 emissions at the plant in Cáseda by more than 20%. It will be the largest initiative within the Viscofan Group's Sustainability Action Plan, which includes, among others, its commitment to energy efficiency and renewable energies, as well as the development of sustainable products that also have a direct impact on its value chain.’
About Viscofan:
For nearly 50 years, Viscofan has been providing access to food to millions of households around the world through its casings, with its own technological development and an outstanding global presence that allows it to distribute its products to more than 100 countries on all continents.
In addition to casings, a sector in which it is a world leader, Viscofan also develops solutions and products in other areas related to access to nutrition and wellness: tubular plastics, packaging and third parties, new edible casings, functional solutions and nutra-medical-pharma products, in addition to the diversification activity, where Viscofan wants to leverage its know-how as a catalyst for innovations to expand into new markets with attractive growth trends in the area of food, wellness and health.
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