And photovoltaic park becomes public domain. It floats on the water and offers ample possibilities. It represents a milestone as important for the energy sector as this other photovoltaic park, which is home to bees and controlled by livestock. Renewable energy is constantly being reinvented to protect the environment.
That is why technologies that previously seemed unthinkable or unusual are taking on much greater relevance today. Innovation in green and compassionate energies Tierra It is crucial to stop the advance of climate change.
In this context, a region has fully committed to floating solar energy. He floating photovoltaic park It works in a similar way to conventional photovoltaic installations. Solar panels use radiation from the Sol to produce electricity with photovoltaic modules, inverters and transformers. The main difference is that the plates are not located on land, but float on the water of reservoirs, artificial lakes, swamps or float on the sea.
One of the main advantages of installing solar farms on water bodies is the ability to increase their cooling. Solar panels lose efficiency as they heat up, so they need cooling. When the panels are above the water It’s easier to promote it. In addition, a problem with these facilities can be alleviated if they are located in dams, reservoirs or warehouses. Water losses due to evaporation within these infrastructures can be reduced if the panels are placed above them.
Spain is making an important change to its photovoltaic park: now it’s yours
Spain has had solar panels floating in reservoirs in the public domain. He Government approved the requirements for floating solar permitting. The facilities will be able to occupy up to 15% of the usable area. The maximum grant period is also 25 years. He Official Government Gazette grab the Royal decree which regulates the requirements for granting the associated permits. Floating photovoltaic installations are assessed and approved in reservoirs in the public hydraulic domain, owned by the hydrographic conferences.
Teresa Ribera, third vice president and minister of ecological transitionclarifies that the facilities can occupy between 5 and 15% of the usable surface of the water concentrations, depending on their biological productivity. The regulations will also allow hydrographic confederations to be the initiators of public tenders for approving projects in state reservoirs, for a period of up to 25 years.
Last year, Spain was ranked 6th in the solar photovoltaic market Solar energy Europe. It registered an installed capacity of 8.9 gigawatts (GW). However, Ribera said at the press conference after the Council of Ministers which revealed a “growing interest” in the use of water. An initiative that is already working satisfactorily Portugalwhere one of the largest parks is located Europe of this category.
The photovoltaic park in Europe changes forever: citizens can say it is theirs
The regulations subject the solar installation to its compatibility with the Hydrological Plan determined, in addition to the operating needs of each reservoir, the pre-existing rights and jobs, the environmental objectives of the water bodies and the environmental assessment process.
In addition, a simplified and common procedure will be established in which water management and energy management are solved simultaneously, according to the words of Ribera.
At the same time, the owners of the photovoltaic installations will be dependent on the compensation for the use of assets in the public hydraulic domain and, in the case of state reservoirs, on the concession fee and the regulation fee.
This is how the photovoltaic park becomes ‘everyone’ Spain. A scenario that, although promising in some parts of the country, has caused serious problems in other parts of the country.