Spain Barcelona Energy Storage Solar Photovoltaic

MES Barcelona also installs photovoltaic panels for residents' associations. The funders of the photovoltaic installation sell the energy to the building's owners, and at the end of the energy sale contract, ownership of the panels is transferred to the building owners at zero cost.

The Barcelona City Council has been promoting all housing roof terraces as a local resource for installing photovoltaic solar energy panels, where solar radiation is caught and turned into direct-current electricity. Related article: Do You Know About Barcelona's Green Points?

Energy storage systems in Spain are a key element in the fight against climate change, as they help us to address the challenge of the energy transition. These systems make renewable energy production more flexible; and therefore help us to guarantee its integration into the Spanish electricity system.

Legally speaking, building owners must install systems for collecting solar energy to produce clean water and electricity in new or renovated buildings whose uses, residential or commercial, have undergone major changes. Barcelona has the opportunity to turn homes into small clean-energy generation plants to offset the energy consumed daily.

Spain's solar energy plants are located in the southwest of the country, but Barcelona can produce their own energy from here in the northeast. The city is committed to developing new, eco-friendly sources of energy at home and has pushed forward with their green energy plan.

If you own a home on Spain's Mediterranean coast (or on the islands), solar energy is a viable option and the authorities (regional and national governments) offer grants and interest-free finance to encourage homeowners to install solar-energy systems.