E.ON starts piloting 500-metre "solar circles" on Spanish island

• German electric utility E.ON SE (ETR: EOAN) claimed that it has actually partnered with the town of Adeje, on the Spanish island of Tenerife, on a pilot project to develop solar PV-based energy recreation center around rooftop-mounted systems.

The idea behind the campaign, called Adeje Verde, is to link around 200 consumers within a 500-metre (1,640 feet) radius to roof solar production units that are run by prosumers. The systems would certainly after that create power that can be shared and utilized by the bordering neighbours, developing a "solar circle", as E.ON puts it.

The first solar circle has actually currently been developed, with a PV system remaining on the rooftop of the town's music college. The system can produce around 149,200 kWh per year, and by August, some 200 households will draw power from it. According to E.ON, these households will represent a market share of 14% in the solar circle.

The pilot is based upon the Electricity Market Instruction of the 2019 EU Clean Energy Package, which states that excess solar no longer needs to be published back to the grid, however can rather be passed on to the neighbors at a decreased rate, E.ON claimed.

The firm prepares to take its experiences from Germany, the Netherlands and also Sweden to inform the Adeje project, as it functions to establish a number of solar circles in the island town. The objective of the pilot is to enable all residents of Adeje to get to neighborhood solar.