The multinational
Uriarte Safybox, first private company in Spain to install wind turbines for electricity
production for direct self consumption.
Safybox Uriarte,
electrical equipment manufacturer, inaugurated next February 14 at its
facilities in Lezama (Vizcaya ) - The first wind energy installation of its
kind statewide in partnership with Iberdrola, EVE ( Basque Energy ) and
installation company Haize Delivery Management Fortis
turbines.
With two 5 kW wind
turbines and building wind strength, the facility will have a capacity to
produce 25,000 Kw . / Year of renewable energy, totally clean and efficient that
cater directly to their different production processes helping to reduce
external consumption.
The European Directive
on the Promotion of Renewable Energy, emphasizes the Micro - generation, also
called "distributed generation." Thus arises the approval by the Council of
Ministers on November 11, 2011 Renewable Energy Plan - 2011-2020 which sets a
target in that period of installation of 300 MW in mini wind
turbine.
The advantages of
distributed generation could be summarized in :
-
Encourage citizen
involvement in the fight against climate change.
- Power Generation next
to consumption points.
- Optimize generation
to avoid losses in transport networks.
- Operation with
moderate winds.
- Low cost of operation
and maintenance and high reliability.
- Reduced environmental
impact through integration into humanized
environments.
- Use of native and
free resources, wind .
The Marketing Manager Asier Uriarte said: ''WE are very proud to be the first private company to implement this innovative solution. The consumption is an ecological and efficient alternative that will allow us to reduce our electricity bill and empathize with our interest to protect the environment and contribute to society.
