The new system will provide 1.3 GWh thermal per year, which allows reduce to around 28 % The current contribution of biomass boilers to this network. The electricity generated by the hybrid modules is used entirely for the plant's self-consumption, powering the heat pump and improving the overall efficiency of the system.
The solar field is made up of 543 hybrid modules, capable of producing 800 kW thermal and 200 kW electrical. The panels operate at low temperatures —around 35 °C— thanks to the support of a high temperature heat pump, which prevents overheating and maximizes performance. The thermal power delivered to the network reaches 1,000 kW, the result of the sum of solar production and the electrical conversion of the heat pump.
The Ólvega heat network supplies heating and hot water to 162 homes and 10 buildings public and private. The plant, equipped with two 4.6 MW biomass boilers Each one maintains the base of the municipality's thermal load.
Following its implementation in Ólvega, Rebi This hybridization scheme has already been replicated in the Cuenca district heating network, where a flue gas recovery system has also been integrated. The investment in the Soria facility exceeds one million euros.