Innovation Solutions

R&D&I is one of the main tools used by the Company, which it applies to its Business in the quest to reduce CO2 emissions and to improve energy efficiency in its facilities.

Along these lines ACCIONA took part in several research projects in 2016.

• RENEWAT: the “Renewat” project is framed within the European LIFE+ programme, with the aim of reducing energy consumption in a wastewater treatment plan, focusing the optimization in the biological reactor aeration process and introducing a renewable energy input source. During 2015, an innovative hybrid renewable generation system was developed, combining 5kW of wind energy and 100kW of photovoltaic energy together with an energy accumulation system. The novel control system developed regulates and prioritises the renewable hybrid energy generation system. Since it was commissioned, a total of 63,260 kWh of renewable energy has been generated, which has avoided the emission of 41,119 kg of CO2.

• The main aim of the EFIVUE-CV Project (Efficiency and working life of energy production equipment from biomass in variable load operations) is to increase the efficiency and performance of large-scale multi-fuel biomass plants for electricity generation.