RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS / SUCCESS STORIES
National and
International projects
Learn about some of the Genia Global Energy projects, developed by each of the business lines: Genia Bioenergy, Genia Solar Energy and Genia Energy Solutions.
Projects with the highest quality standards
We must decarbonise the energy model and utilise both available resources—natural and urban resources, waste from industry—as well as advances originating from the current technological revolution, so we can work within a smart model of sustainable development.
At Genia Global Energy, we bring technology and people together to develop sustainable energy.
How do we do it?
- With the experienced gained from working in all areas of the energy, renewables and financial sectors.
- With a multi-disciplinary team, which makes us a comprehensive energy company
- By selecting the best technology to provide value to our clients.
- With passion and commitment, giving our best with intensity and enthusiasm.
Genia bioenergy
Industrial Biogas Plant
Sugar industry.
Project: ASTARTA
Technical Specifications
- Biogas produced: 7.000 m3/hour
- Demand covered: 75% of energy required for the sugar production process.
- Thermal energy: 39 MW (8000 h/year)
Tank size:
- 4 x 6.200 m3 digester
- 2 x 3.100 m3 Post-digester
Inputs
- Substrate: Sugar beet pulp
- Feeding system: 1.000 ton/day, constant
Outputs
- Energy produced: 313.6 GWht/year
- Methane yield: 56 Mm3/year
- Digestate utilised in own fields as fertiliser
Status
Operational
Industrial Biogas Plant
Agri-food industry.
Project: SELF-SUPPLY
Technical Specifications
- Agri-food waste: 32,850 T/year
- Biogas produced: 400 m3/hour
- Average CH4 content: 53 %
Tank size:
3,436 m3 Digester
Inputs
- Substrate: Commercial waste, industrial biowaste and sludge.
- Feeding system:
40,000 ton/year, constant
Outputs
- Energy produced: 313.6 GWht/year
- Digestate: 25,500 Tn/year
Status
Operational and in expansion phase
Industrial Biogas Plant
3rd Generation
Project: Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Technical Specifications
- Biogas produced: 800 m3/hour
- Power: Electric motor: 1.100 kWe (8400 h/year)
- Digestion in 4 different stages
- Capable of digesting lignin and lignocellulose on an industrial level
Inputs
Cattle slurry with straw (30%), lignocellulose waste and trimmings (70%)
Outputs
- Electric energy produced: 9,1 GWhe/año
- Thermal energy produced: 10,4 GWht/año
- Digestate transformed into organic fertiliser
Status
Operational
Waste to Energy Concept
Liquid Digestate Treatment and Management
Project: Evercreech, United Kingdom
Technical Specifications
- Biogas produced: 2.700m3 de biogas/hour
- Tank size:
- 2 digesters 24m diameter 10 height
- 3 digesters 20m diameter 10 height
- 2 turbotanks 12m diameter 9m height
Inputs
- Substrate: agricultural and industrial waste from various origins
- Feeding system:
500 t/day agricultural waste
380 t/day municipal waste
Outputs
Energy produced:
- 830 m3/hour = 77.6 GWh/year biomethane injected into the grid
- 3 x 1 MWe motors, 25.5 GWhe/year each
- Treatment and Management of 70,000 m3/year of liquid digestate with disposal into water source
Status
Engineering completed. Construction start date 2021.
Energy valorisation from OFMSW
Project: Emaya,
Palma de Mallorca
Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid Waste from waste from the city of Palma de Mallorca. The proposed model allows for €8 million in savings annually compared to current management.
Treatment
MSW treatment plant with anaerobic digestion of the organic fraction and recovery of inorganics with the following characteristics:
- Raw material input: 219 t/day MSW
- Produces electricity with CHP engines.
- Project category: Green electricity derived from the organic fraction of MSW. Utilisation and recovery of 90% of inorganic waste from the plant.
Biogas purification
Biogas purification plant with the following characteristics:
- 340 m3/hour biomethane produced
- Technology used: Amines
- Biomethane usage: Vehicular use / virtual pipeline
Status
2017 – 2019
2nd phase / Energy valorisation from OFMSW
MSW treatment plant and biogas purification plant design
Project: Emaya, Palma de Mallorca
Technical Specifications
- Biogas produced: 630 m3/hour
- Average CH4 content: 54%
- Tanks: 6 digesters
Inputs
- Raw material: 219 t/day MSW
- Utilisation and recovery of 90% of inorganic waste from the plant
Outputs
Energy produced: 340 m3/h biomethane
Status
Proposal for tender: finalised December 2019
Small biogas plant start-up on dairy farm
Project: HEBRÓN – PALESTINE
The plants are installed in containers, and they replicate large biogas plant operations on a small scale. This was a custom project for a cattle farm in Palestine that produces a high volume of milk. The biogas plant functions with slurry from the cattle, as well as straw and green waste. This allows the owners to reduce energy and gas costs, as biogas-produced energy is self-supplied on the farm itself.
Technical Specifications
- Biogas produced: 300 m3/hour
- Power: Electric motor: 375 kWe (8400h/year)
- Tank size:
2 x 3,000 m3 Digester
Innovative aspects
Organic load rate: OLR – 4´S
Inputs
- Raw material: Cattle slurry with straw and green waste
- Feeding system: 70 t/year, daily
Outputs
- Electric energy produced: 3.1 GWhe/year
- Thermal energy produced: 3 GWht/year
- Methane yield: 1.5 Mm3/year
- Digestate utilised in own fields, reducing fertiliser costs
Status
Operational
Promotion and construction of Talayuela Solar 300 MW
Project: Talayuela Solar
300 Mwp-250Mwn
Technical Specifications
Talayuela Solar is a benchmark in innovation that will lead the path towards the new era of solar energy and environmental sustainability.
It lays the foundation of electric generation for the future and opens a door to hope for a world without pollution.
The project is the only of its kind in the world, producing zero CO2 emissions during production, construction and energy generation.
Genia Global Energy is a developer and engineering company that creates new models and technologies to generate renewables on the spot market.
Talayuela Solar is distinguished by the Excellence in Sustainability and Biodiversity Preservation Certification.
Project: Talayuela Solar
300 Mwp-250Mwn
This plant is capable of predicting, managing, and even storing the energy produced, identifying strategies for its sale and participating in the balancing market.
Technical Specifications
The area of the project covers 809.28 hectares divided into:
- Photovoltaic facility: 500.7 ha
- Infrastructure protection: 150 ha
- Oak protection: 113.58 ha
- Aquifer protection: 45 ha
Inputs
The CERRO VERDE NORTE parcels include:
- Nominal power: 136.5 MWn
- Peak power: 161.1 MWp
Outputs
The CERRO VERDE SUR parcels include:
- Nominal power: 113.5 MWn
- Peak power: 138.5 MWn
Status
Operational
Promotion and construction of Valle Solar 300 MW
Project: Valle Solar
300 Mw
Project description
Genia Solar Energy has begun the promotion of Valle Solar, the 218 MW Renewable Generation Project with connection to the transport grid in the Spanish Electricity Grid (REE by its Spanish initials), the largest in the Region of Valencia. The 300 MW sustainable photovoltaic plant with positive balance is the largest PV project to date in the Region of Valencia.
Valle Solar is a participatory model, economically and environmentally sustainable, democratic, equitable, and technically secure. In this project, self-supply and renewable energy generation plants that are connected to the transport grid coexist.
This project is evidence that electricity can be produced and consumed in a more environmentally friendly and sustainable way, beyond the large energy oligopolies.
Generating clean renewable energy like solar power is a key factor in decarbonising the Spanish economy and fulfilling European objectives regarding energy and environmental issues. A leader in sustainability, based on the circular economy model.
Genia promotes, constructs and conects the Saint Leger 12MW photovoltaic plant in France
Project: Saint Leger
300 Mwp-250Mwn
Genia Solar inaugurated a new photovoltaic plant in Saint Léger (Charente-Maritime), with a surface area of 17 ha and an installed capacity of 10,726 MW.
Technical Specifications
- Surface area: 17ha.
- Panels: <46.000 Yingli and Canadian Solar
- Polycrystalline panels
Inputs
- Nominal power: 10.080 MWn
- Peak power: 11.726 MWp
- Annual production: 12,550 MWh
Outputs
- 16 SMA inverters, 630 kVA
- 8 TMC transformers, 6,250 kVA
Status
Operational
Photovoltaic Plant in France with storage
Project: Martinica
2,47 Mwp-1Mwn
Genia Solar Energy designed and promoted the 2.47 MW photovoltaic plant with 1 MW Saft lithium-ion battery storage on the island of Martinique (France).
Technical Specifications
- Year constructed: 2013 / 2015
- Technology: Fixed structure with polycrystalline panels + Saft lithium-ion battery storage.
- Surface area:
76-813 m2
Inputs
Peak power: 2,47MWp
Genia Energy Solutions
Comprehensive energy efficiency
Project: CELESTICA
- Implementation of an advanced energy monitoring system integrated with SCADA software.
- Installation of Digital Lumens intelligent lighting system.
- Analysis and energy improvement in the plant’s cooling system.
- Installation of frequency variation for the ventilation system and harmonic output filters.
- Design and improvement of the automatic control system of the ventilation and air conditioning installation.
- Implementation of a Free Cooling system in the installation.
- Design and improvement of the boiler control system. Monitoring and optimisation of gas and thermal consumption.
The largest industrial smart lighting installation in Spain
Project: Coca cola
In their sustainability strategy “Avanzamos” (Moving Forward), CocaCola European Partners established a series of environmental commitments and objectives with a timeline until 2025, one of which is efficiency in energy consumption. They therefore have decided to replace the lighting in their facilities in Martorelles, Barcelona.
The change in the lighting system aims to reduce energy consumption by more than 90% to achieve minimal consumption whilst improving lighting conditions (3-year project).
Technical Specifications
Surface area: 72.630 m2
Inputs
- 1,265 t CO2 emissions reduced
- Emissions reduction: related to the decrease in electricity consumption
- Energy cost reduction 93.30%
- Energy cost reduction: against consumption before renovation
- Power reduction 474.60 (kW)
- Reduction of light fixtures 3,685
- Reduction of power and light fixtures: difference between installed power and future power. Same for light fixtures
Outputs
Savings in energy consumption higher than 90%, in some cases exceeding 97%. This represents 3.8 million kWh/year and 1,265 t of CO2/year.
- Energy savings 3,833,689 (kWh/year)
- Energy savings: in lighting that no longer consumes
Status
Operational
Disalfarm achieves 79% energy savings by increasing lighting
Project: Disalfarm
Disalfarm is a leading logistics company in the pharmaceutical distribution sector and was created by the Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim and Novartis laboratories to concentrate on their warehouse and pharmaceutical distribution in Spain. This logistical centre is located in Rubí, Barcelona.
The company sought to substitute the lighting with LED, and it was then that they learned about the capabilities that Digital Lumens offers compared to traditional LED.
Technical Specifications
Surface area: 39,027 m2
Inputs
- Power reduction (kW): 55% [despite increase in light sources]
- 68 light fixtures installed
Outputs
Energy savings: 79%
Status
Operational
Consumption reduced by more than 90% with IoT smart lighting.
Project: Murviedro
Bodegas Murviedro is a multination wine company located in Requena, Valencia, that combines traditional wine production with constant innovation in its management and commitment to sustainability.
The Digital Lumens Intelligent Lighting System supplies high quality light when necessary and reduces the kWh used, whilst the LightRules light management software provides the necessary flexibility to satisfy the unique needs of each plant, offering reports with key metrics to perform simple measurements and verifications.
In addition to achieving the best lighting, with white light and at an adequate level of illumination, the system enables the company to attain interesting savings, thanks to the Digital Lumens smart sensors technology.
Technical Specifications
Surface area: 2300 m2
Inputs
- Hours: 3640h / year
Outputs
Temperature range: Room temperature
Status
Operational
Incorporating smart RLE LED light fixtures and smart lighting control.
Project: Bayer Cropscience.
Turnkey project supplying and installing smart LED lighting in the Bayer Cropscience plant in Valencia. The project achieves 70% energy consumption savings in targeted areas, where the light fixtures have been replaced with smart LED lighting.
Technical Specifications
Surface area: 2683,80 m2
Inputs
- Provision of equipment to be installed during construction
- Removal and recycling of equipment that is being replaced
- Installation of different elements
- Installed equipment start-up, previous layout planning
- This layout may be modified a posteriori with Site Worx management software
- Training courses taught by company technicians to personnel responsible for operating the new management software
Outputs
- Energy savings: 70%
- Light quality and comfort for adequate work conditions that encourage productivity
Status
Operational
Platos Tradicionales with the most advanced IoT smart lighting
Project: Platos Tradicionales
In the first phase of the project, 5 refrigerated spaces were installed, replacing 40 2×58 W fluorescents for 10 ILE (IP 65); with a payback period of approximately 2 years.
Satisfied with the result, the company initiated the second phase: expansion in different areas to complete the wireless mesh network capable of managing lighting and even third-party sensors.
Storage, production and loading dock areas [51 DLE – 19 ILE]
Packaging and oven [23 DLE – 8 ILE]
Storage and production [104 DLE – 6 ILE]
Technical Specifications
Surface area: 2380 m2
Inputs
- Number of light fixtures: 110
Emergency light batteries over light fixtures
Outputs
Additional energy savings associated with cooling systems. Estimated 157% total savings
Status
Operational
