Armada Plans Solar Plant for Cartagena Arsenal to Achieve 100% Renewable Energy

CARTAGENA. The Armada decided an ambitious plan for the self-supply of the Cartagena Arsenal with electric energy by building a solar plant which will be located in the Casco Branch car park -on which some canopies will be installed where the solar panels will be located -, which is in the same military installation. The army has predicted an annual consumption at Arsenal of 2.4 megawatts of power, with a monthly average of 0.2 megawatt per month, so the installation will be according to the data provided.

The budget for the construction and start-up of the solar plant is 1,799,899.41 and the execution time is 4 months. The area to be worked on is 3,270 square meters.

Photovoltaic plant said tIts aim is to improve the production of electrical energy of 100% renewable origin and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. To achieve these goals, activities have focused on installation photovoltaic plant; installation of a Transformer Center and a management, monitoring and control system for the installation.

Project installation items It will convert the energy provided by the sun through solar radiation into 400V alternating electrical energy which will be fed directly into Arsenal’s medium voltage ring.. It will consist of a range of photovoltaic modules that generate electrical energy from solar radiation, protection panels and systems, junction boxes, interconnection wiring and inverter equipment, which will convert the direct current thus generated into current other under the conditions necessary to join it. the distribution network.

The The location of the photovoltaic modules will be on the south-facing roof of the new sheds that have been installedand will be mounted on an anchored metal structure with a 10º inclination in which the frame is designed and tested to ssupport the weight of the modules and excessive wind and snow loads. The the placement of the panels must guarantee the necessary thermal expansionso that loads are not transferred that could affect the integrity of the modules.

Installation It will have an anti-dump system integrated with the inverter to control the excess production and guarantee that it is zero, so that it is not dumped into the grid.. The arrangement of the photovoltaic modules will consist of 1092 monocrystalline modules, with a unit power per panel of 545 Wp, so the total peak power installed in the generator is 595.14 kWp.

Lose models They are arranged electronically in 14 rows or branches, of 26 modules each, with a 10º inclination and an azimuth direction of 14º (right).

With this step some of the words he spoke just two months ago are fulfilled, Alejandro Cuerda, the new Admiral of Arsenal Cartagena. He was committed to turning the Navy’s resources into a modelefficient, effective, sustainable and modern, resources permitting” so you don’t get left behind”of the great technological acceleration”. “There is a lot of infrastructure and a lot that needs to be done, but we will proceed gradually and with great enthusiasm.”