Cancun, Qroo.- Grupo Lomas announced the installation of solar panels and lithium batteries in its hotels in the Riviera Maya to reduce its carbon footprint and save up to 14% in its monthly billing for electricity consumption before the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE).
The investment amounts to 230 million pesos for the installation of 2,479 solar panels that allow them to supply their corporate offices and 1,900 hotel rooms.
The project is financed through the firm Real energy And technology is contributed by Kiin Energyunder a zero cost scheme for the hotel, with 15 -year amortization from the savings achieved on the monthly bill of the lodging center before the CFE.
The solar panels and the 45 batteries will allow the group savings of up to 14 % on their monthly bill, it will also avoid the emission of more than 1000 tons of carbon dioxide (CO₂) to the atmosphere per year, equivalent to stop consuming 2,347 barrels of oil or, 437,265 liters of gasoline, Dolores López Lira, President of the Lomas Group Council, reported, president of the Lomas Group Council: President of the Lomas Group Council:
“We have several destinations, in fact there are 1900 rooms; we have a hotel Dorado Infinity, Hidden Beachnear Tulum, we have here The Dorado Royal Generation; Golden Ropeincluding the Navy and the Hotel de Palafitos; In all there are panels and batteries. ”
The 2,479 solar panels and 45 batteries They will generate a total of 190,143 kilowatts clean energy time per month, which is just a first stage of a plan that will include the construction of roofs in parking lots to expand the installation of solar panels, as well as the acquisition of electric vehicles for personnel transportation.
Óscar García, director of Real Energy Projects Growth, explained that energy microcorts have doubled throughout the country and in the peninsula the increase is even greater, so this type of solutions, allow to have important savings for users and depend to a lesser extent on energy fluctuations.
The batteries allow energy to be stored in the lowest cost hours and enter into operation during the peak hours of more consumption in which the cost increases, so savings apply when the rate is most increased for hotels, he explained.
