Valenciaport awards the photovoltaic plant at the Príncipe Felipe dock
This solar park will generate 2,353 MWh/year, that is, 3% of the electrical energy consumed by the Port of Valencia
The Port Authority of Valencia (PAV) has awarded the PAVASAL-PAVENER joint venture the contract for the installation and maintenance of the solar energy plant to be located on the Príncipe Felipe dock in the Port of Valencia.
The amount awarded for the construction and maintenance of this initiative was 3,032,469.33 euros, VAT included, and the infrastructure, once awarded, will have to be built within 10 months, while maintenance will be granted for 50 months.
This installation will generate 2,353 MWh/year, that is, 3% of the electrical energy consumed by the Port of Valencia. The solar panels will occupy a surface area of 6,420 square metres and will have a 30% slope for optimum use. This project is financed by the Next Generation funds of the European Union and the Spanish Government’s Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan.
This is the first of the photovoltaic plants being developed in the Valencian precinct and which will enable progress to be made in the self-supply of green energy to the Port of Valencia. In fact, the PAV has also put out to tender another solar park on the roof of the Valencia Terminal Europa vehicle warehouse, which is currently in the process of evaluating the bids and which will involve an investment of 17 million euros. Between the two, 14% of the electrical energy required by the site will be produced.
The PAV is studying the site for the location of a third plant in the Port of Valencia. In this sense, the use of green energies is a priority in the infrastructures that Valenciaport is executing and which are embodied in projects such as the new passenger terminal or the north container terminal. These initiatives will contribute to the strategic objective designed by the PAV to be an emission neutral port by 2030, twenty years ahead of the objectives set by the European Green Pact.
It should also be remembered that the company Electromur S.A. has also been awarded the contract for the installation and maintenance of the solar energy plant to be in shed 4 of the Port of Gandia.
