The Council of Tenerifethrough the Insular Water Council (Ciatf), draws up a strategic plan to supply 59% of the electricity consumption of the island’s treatment plants with renewables. It is expected that some of the seven large hydraulic complexes such as Noreste (162%) or Abona (226%) generate more than one hundred percent of the energy they need.
The objective is to reduce the energy cost of treatment facilities through the implementation of resources based on renewable energies, specifically photovoltaic solar, wind, biogas, from sewage and hydraulic sludge, with base on the different heights between system elements to start up waterfalls.
The insular president, Pedro Martín, assesses: “A door is opened to reduce dependence on electricity which greatly burdens the costs of these processes so necessary for the sustainability of Tenerife. Martín adds that “the medium and long-term planning of these solutions will unload the cost that these facilities generate, and will also comply with the sustainable development objectives.”
To complete this proposal, an investment of about 84 million euros would be necessary. 21 actions for 10 million are underway and when they are finished self-sufficiency with clean energy will be achieved for 11% of CIATF’s total consumption. It is explained by the Minister of Sustainable Development and the Fight Against Climate Change, Javier Rodríguez Medina.
The document was reported to the Governing Board of the Tenerife Island Water Council. It reviews the current situation of energy consumption in the seven large purification systems of the Island and considers the possibility of generating clean energy up to 59%.
