Pascual starts up a Photovoltaic Self-consumption plant with more than 3,000 rooftop solar panels at its factory in Gurb (Barcelona)

Edison Next has completed the installation of the solar project, which has an installed capacity of 1,409.59 kWp

Pascual has entrusted Edison Next, a specialist in energy efficiency and photovoltaic self-consumption solutions in the industrial sector, with the installation and start-up of its photovoltaic self-consumption plant, located in the factory that the company has in the town of Gurb (Barcelona). ).

The dairy company’s self-consumption solar installation has more than 3,000 photovoltaic panels on the roof with a power of 455 Wp each, which add up to an installed power of 1,409.59 kWp.

The facility, which was approved in 2021 and is already operational, has the most advanced technology, both at the level of solar panels and auxiliary components and a monitoring system for the energy generated and self-consumed.

With this, a solar production of 1,872 MWh per year is estimated, which will allow direct self-consumption of all that energy, which is equivalent to 598t CO2 of emissions avoided into the atmosphere and 1,914 trees planted per year. Some estimates that can be improved by adapting the consumption of the Pascual plant to solar time.

“This photovoltaic project represents the ratification of Pascual’s commitment to decarbonise its activities. For this reason, Edison Next is proud to be able to continue accompanying the company, once again, on its journey towards climate neutrality, to become a company every ever greener and more sustainable”, explains Íñigo Bertrand, CEO of Edison Next.

A commitment to photovoltaic self-consumption that has been developed through the “without surplus dumping” self-consumption modality, incorporating an intelligent anti-dumping device, which instantly regulates the power generated by the solar panels between the two connection points and that consumed by the entire plant, with the aim of not injecting energy into the network.

“With the start-up of this large-scale energy project, not only because of its size but also because of the cutting-edge technology that has been used, we ratify our commitment to sustainability and the use of green energy as a fundamental pillar for the future of the company. ”, explains Roberto Zapata, Director of Operations at Pascual.

With this project, Pascual, as a leader in the preparation and packaging of milk and other derived products, has added 27 energy initiatives together with Edison Next since 2015, reaffirming its commitment to the objectives of sustainable development and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

A whole series of energy projects that endorse Pascual’s commitment to sustainability and new renewable energy sources and that are framed within an ambitious strategic decarbonisation plan with which the company has set itself the goal of achieving neutrality climate between now and 2030.