14 March 2025
Faced with the challenge of the energy crisis, the search for sustainable and cost-effective solutions has become a priority to ensure business viability. In this context, solar energy emerges as a key alternative, allowing the generation of clean electricity on a constant basis and at a stable cost. Aspro Parks has been able to anticipate this need and has opted for photovoltaic self-consumption in several of its centres in Spain, including Aqualand Bahía de Cádiz.
This initiative is part of the sustainability strategy of Aspro Parks, one of the leading operators of parks and leisure centres in Europe, with the aim of reducing its carbon footprint and moving towards a more efficient and environmentally friendly business model.
Emission reductions and environmental benefits
At Aqualand Bahía de Cádiz, this project represents a major step forward in the commitment to sustainability, optimising the park’s energy consumption and significantly reducing its carbon footprint. The installation, which came into operation in August 2022, has a nominal power of 100 kW and an annual production of 190,000 kWh. Of this generation, 90,000 kWh will be used for self-consumption, which represents 25% of the park’s total consumption.
Through this initiative, 345.80 tonnes of CO₂ per year have been reduced, a figure equivalent to the planting of 18,881 trees, making a significant contribution to environmental protection.
EU support for a greener park
This project has been possible thanks to European Union funding from the NextGenerationEU Fund, within the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan, for the AQUALAND BAHÍA DE CÁDIZ SELF CONSUMPTION INSTALLATION PROJECT within the programme of incentives linked to self-consumption and storage, with renewable energy sources, as well as the implementation of renewable thermal systems in the residential sector of the Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, managed by the Regional Government of Andalusia, through the Andalusian Energy Agency.
