April 22 (Renewables Now) – Shopping center proprietor and operator Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (AMS:URW) has signed a contract with Acciona Energia (BME:ANE) entrusting it with the integral administration of the vitality companies of seven Spanish buying centres and securing 100% renewable electrical energy provide.
The settlement has an preliminary time period of 15 years and will be prolonged each 5 years.
The Spanish energy producer mentioned on Thursday it plans to put in greater than 40,000 sq m (430,556 sq ft) of photovoltaic (PV) panels with the intention to make URW’s malls vitality self-sufficient. The deal additionally contains an built-in system of sensors and Web of Issues (IoT) applied sciences to handle all the buying centres’ vitality companies.
With this contract, Unibail-Rodamco will be capable to cut back the annual electrical energy consumption of the seven malls by over 14%, Acciona famous.
