to contribute fight against climate change Increasing the volume of renewable energy in Spain is the goal of an ambitious initiative backed by Seville-based company Totobiegosode. The company has just introduced 50 projects to seven hydrographic confederations for installation in reservoirs of 2,500 MWp (highest megawatt). In the first phase, production will be carried out with an estimated investment of 300 million Euros. photovoltaic panelshowever, the project is also open to wind, hydraulic and solar energy tower technologies.
Photovoltaic panels will be placed on it. horizontal fixed platformsis supported and sustained on piles or piles; It is installed at the bottom of the reservoirs and is located above the maximum filling level.
They will cover an area of about 100 hectares In each of the projects that are in the state public domain and whose construction and operation will not be subject to changes in the water level of the reservoirs.
Named after a Paraguayan people who were the last indigenous people to live in voluntary isolation outside the Amazon, Totobiegosode is a limited company supported by biologists, engineers, economists and lawyers. design, construction and operation of renewable electricity generation plant projects and energy storage systems.
The platforms designed by Totobiegosode support the necessary equipment and systems for this. generating renewable energy via solar photovoltaic and wind technologies, heliostats for tower solar power generation. And also for the energy storage systems mentioned above.
The company has a ‘utility model’ registered with the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office for the development of these fixed platforms in reservoirs.
Supply to homes, businesses and industries
Among the advantages of this technical and innovative option, Fully compatible with the use of water, hydraulics and hydropower and the different uses of reservoirs in Spain, such as sports and leisure navigation, fishing and swimming.
Similarly, entrepreneurs positive effect on conservation of reservoir water in shaded areas that the platforms are reflected in the water layer, Thus reducing evaporation and eutrophication of water resources.
Totobiegosode projects aim to increase the volume of renewable energy in Spain and thus fight against climate change.
It is a technically advanced, innovative project that integrates Sustainability and social projectionby encouraging Some 15% to 20% of the renewable energy produced will go to local energy communities in towns near reservoirs to supply homes, businesses and industries in the area.. Because one of the main goals of the enterprise “social profitability».
The idea is to bring energy to 320 towns with a population of less than 2,500, located less than 15 kilometers from the reservoirs. When this energy is consumed in a local cycle, environmental and social benefits will be generated and will contribute to the development of the so-called ’emptied Spain’.
Totobiegosode’s developments based on the patented utility model and its technical and commercial capabilities, open to cooperation with other companies to promote similar projects both in Spain and in other countries.
Pioneer system in Spain
Andrés Barros Borrero and Fernando Martínez Salcedo, directors of the company, said that the Totobiegosode projects are “a part of Radical transformation of techniques used for renewable energy generation in reservoirs and a significant qualitative leap in environmental and social compatibility”.
The system developed by these entrepreneurs, pioneer in spain. Abroad, similar systems are being developed only in Switzerland and the United States, but in the case of the American country, in water channels.
The financing model of the Spanish venture includes an agreement with a development engineering company and a civil engineering construction company to develop execution projects. The business model includes a preliminary agreement with a mutual fund with an initial contribution of 300 million..
However, a progressive model: the financing system “feeds” as permits are obtained. No limits: “There is a lot of desire to develop renewable energy projects in the current context,” says Martínez Salcedo.
Supporters of the initiative include people with more than two decades of experience in the design, construction and operation of solar technology and energy storage.