railway operators Renfe, Oigo And Iryo able to install self consumption to reduce electricity bill Number of trains, according to the update to the infrastructure manager’s Network Notification, adif. Until now the railway manager was responsible for contracting and reselling electrical power to companies; Only then will companies have the autonomy to install solar panels (or other forms of self-consumption) to reduce their energy. electricity bill.
Railway companies are one of them. main electricity consumers By needing electric current to move the trains. For example, last year, Renfe Due to the increase in electricity prices due to the war in Ukraine, the bill increased by 133 million euros than expected.
The railway network is divided into sections and each has a section. transformer center connecting to electrical network and provides traction current. In this way, the change suggested by Adif, companies railway Renfe, Ouigo and Iryo produce energy for you self consumption Establishing a production facility near Adif substations.
The process will be very similar to that of any user with solar panels on their roof: electricity consumption 50% of the substation covered by the installed base will be considered self-consumption and excess energy will have to be managed directly by the railway company. There may also be situations such as: multiple connected production facilities to the same substation or a production facility Many companies participated Railways collectively. In these cases participation percentages of each installation in the substation consumption.
Regarding billing, Adif is often a half price According to the regulation published in the administrator’s network declaration regarding the electricity used by companies, companies that prefer self-consumption will now be billed for their consumption by deducting self-consumption. The energy consumed by a railway company itself cannot exceed the total energy consumed by that company’s trains on each network (high-speed, conventional or metric). If more energy is injected extreme would be appointed total economic balance of the networkIt reduces costs for all railway companies.
The National Markets and Competition Commission (CNMC) evaluated Adif’s offer as “positive” for railway companies. more control and one more capacity “management of traction energy costs” and also provided mechanisms to make self-consumption neutral for companies that continue to purchase energy for their trains through the infrastructure manager.
However, CNMC warns that Adif should have informed the companies about the location. electrical substations and recommends making its consumption available “in a transparent and non-discriminatory manner” to “facilitate investment decisions in renewable energy plants.” nearby unused land of substations which are their property”.