ACCIONA Green Energy Developments, the ACCIONA Energía subsidiary that markets energy, has been awarded the high-voltage electric power supply to all the facilities of the Ministry of Defense in Spain.
For the first time, these will be supplied by electricity of 100% renewable origin and completely free of greenhouse gas emissions.
ACCIONA has been awarded the high-voltage supply to all the barracks, naval bases, air bases, and other facilities of the Spanish Armed Forces. The total energy value of the contract is estimated at around 180 GWh.
Under the contract, which was won by ACCIONA in a public tender, renewable electricity is to be supplied to all the facilities of the Defense Ministry (and officially began in November of this year). This includes to the General Headquarters, the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force, plus other entities that report to the Ministry.
Among the facilities covered are the naval bases at Rota, Cartagena, San Fernando and Ferrol and the air bases at Torrejón and Morón, plus other offices and installations, to reach a total of 380 supply points.
The volume of power delivered in the six months of the contract’s duration – it will end on April 30, 2016 – is calculated at around 180 GWh, with a maximum contract sum of around 25 million Euros.
If this power had been generated by coal-fired power plants it would have meant the emission to the atmosphere of some 173,000 metric tons of CO2, the main cause of climate change.
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