Planta de generación de energía Solar fotovoltaica - “EIA Solar 1"
Vol. 18 No. 35 (2021)

Photovoltaic Solar Power Generation Plant - "EIA Solar 1"

The "EIA Solar 1" plant is the first photovoltaic solar generation plant developed within the EIA University facilities. This plant was built and operated by CELSIA as part of an energy supply contract to the EIA. This plant has the capacity to serve approximately 20% of the current campus demand at full load. Due to the type of contract developed with CELSIA, savings close to 25% are expected compared to the current average cost.

EIA Solar 1 was developed within the framework of the 2030 energy project, an initiative derived from the Colombia Científica strategy, which consists of 10 projects that seek to explore the emerging future for the Colombian electricity sector; which faces an unprecedented transformation of account of the need for the progressive decarbonization of the energy industry, the accelerated decrease in the prices of emerging technologies, digitization and the progressive incorporation of a user participating in the sector's productive chain.

The "EIA Solar 1" plant is part of the long-term commitment of the EIA University consistent with its strategy of having a living campus, useful for knowledge and enjoyment, and aligned with the pillars of sustainability and convergence of knowledge.

In line with the above, this installation will join other equally important components such as the BESS (Battery Energy Storage System) smart storage system with 18.8 kW capacity batteries, electric vehicle chargers, weather stations and smart metering ( Smart metering), distributed on campus. This last element of bidirectional measurement will allow the EIA University to act as a prosumer (consumer - producer), and eventually sell surplus energy to the grid in periods of low demand.

Subsequently, the supervision center with its control and monitoring systems will be integrated into the system, which will make it possible to have continuous and real-time information for academic purposes in all schools, and the development of strategies to increase the resilience and sustainability of the campus.

In the long term, it is expected to have other energy generation technologies, and strategies for the efficient use of resources, in addition to monitoring water, waste, climatic variables and air quality, which aim to have a campus with the minimum CO2 emissions, supported by digital tools such as the internet of things and artificial intelligence. This combination of strategies would serve, to aim at having a campus, not only sustainable, but comfortable for human activities, through systemic guidelines such as those proposed by international labels such as LEED or WELL.

Text: Andrés Jaramillo Vélez, Director Special Projects, Universidad EIA.

Pictures: Feliciano Ricardo Escobar Pulgarín, Spokesman,  Universidad EIA.

Diagramming: Marcela Londoño Gómez, Colombia.

Published: 2020-12-31

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