In October 1989, the head office of EPIDOR S.A. was inaugurated, which is now part of the company's EPI INDUSTRIES Group family of companies.
Antoni G. Cammany chose a young architect, Pere Mariages, to materialize what was to become an important part of his legacy. Among the premises for the design of the building, there was one that stood out at the time: he wanted the roofs to be flat so that new technologies could be installed in the future to take advantage of solar energy.
From that moment until today, our group of companies has always been loyal and committed to our customers. corporate valuesand sustainability has been and is one of them.
This sensitivity has led us, 31 years later, in this exceptional year 2020, to make our father's dream come true. The approval of the 2030 Agenda by the United Nations, the legislative impulse in the Spanish state of renewable energies, the evolution of solar technologies and the current firm commitment of the European Union in the Green Deal, have been the triggers to launch our first EPIfoc Photovoltaic Park.
This investment is fully aligned with SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, and SDG 13: Climate Action, as self-consumption of solar energy reduces our CO2 emissions, improving our carbon footprint.
In the coming years we will continue to expand and improve our photovoltaic park - sustainability is in our DNA!
Technical project of the photovoltaic park
The photovoltaic installation for self-consumption at EPI Industries' headquarters consists of 244 340 W modules, distributed in two fields, one located on the roof of the first floor with 128 modules, and the other located on the canopies of the parking lot. The total installed power is 82,960 W.
Two 36 kW inverters have been installed, which convert the direct current coming from the modules into alternating current, which will be largely consumed in the installations and, to a lesser extent, injected into the power distribution network.
The most important feature of this installation is that in the roof field the modules have been installed in an east-west orientation to optimize the space occupied on the roof. This type of installation has the advantage of avoiding shadows between modules; it lengthens solar production; its design is more aerodynamic, reducing wind pressure; the counterweights for fastening the modules are reduced, reducing the weight on the roof; and it has greater energy density in less space.
22% of the building's annual electricity consumption is expected to come from photovoltaic generation. Of the 100% of energy produced at the facility, 82% will be harnessed and 18% will be fed into the grid. The surplus will be compensated in the electricity bill.
