With more than 2,700 hours of sunshine a year, the Valencian Community is one of the areas with the greatest potential for solar energy generation in Spain. It has 1,200,000 roofs, 82% of which have sufficient space and capacity to set up photovoltaic installations for self-consumption, and for every home and company to start saving by generating their own energy.

If we take into account the installations that could be installed on all the roofs of the Valencian Community, the energy savings would cover the average annual consumption of 10 million homes (36,000 GWh), while at the same time avoiding the emission into the atmosphere of more than 10 million tonnes of CO2, a positive impact on air quality similar to that produced by more than 500 million new trees.

These are some of the data from a study carried out by the energy company EDP, which has just launched the first EDP Solar campaign, 'Pioneers', in the Valencian Community, offering homes and businesses in the community a comprehensive service to benefit from all the advantages of solar energy.

There are more than 700,000 single-family homes in the Valencia region. Each family that decides to install solar panels to produce its own electricity can save more than 600 euros per year, depending on the type of installation, the power installed and the income from surplus energy, which is the electricity that is not consumed and is fed into the grid. EDP Solar would compensate this surplus on your bill. It was also the first company to offer this compensation directly, before the entry into force of the regulations governing it.

In addition, self-consumption favours environmental protection. Each single-family home that installs a photovoltaic system will avoid the annual emission of more than 1,500 kilos of CO2, which would translate into the planting of 100 new trees.

In the specific case of the city of Valencia, which has 41,000 roofs with the capacity for photovoltaic installations, it could reach an installed capacity for self-consumption of 460 MWp, which would generate energy equivalent to the annual consumption of half of the city's households (200,000).

The study also reflects the potential savings for companies in the Valencian Community. There are more than 100,000 roofs on which an average power of 30 kWp per photovoltaic plant could be installed, with which each company would save 45,000 kWh per year and avoid the emission of 12 tonnes of CO2.

All these figures put into context the potential savings from self-consumption and the significant generating capacity of the Valencian Community, where towns and cities, homes and businesses have sufficient space and capacity to produce 100% renewable energy. Each installation contributes significantly to accelerating the implementation and development of clean energy sources.

In the words of Gabriel Nebreda, director of EDP Solar: "Our priority is to pave the way for sustainable energy and we want to accompany people who want to be part of this change. That is why we invite them to be 'Pioneers' of solar energy and we give them all the facilities with our 'turnkey' projects. Valencians will be 'pioneers' in going from seeing energy as a service they receive to considering it as part of their commitment to the environment. They will enjoy 100% renewable energy, cheaper and controlled at all times from the mobile application we offer them. We are living a real solar revolution and the people will be the ones to make it a success".

With the 'Pioneers' campaign, carried out by El Ruso de Rocky, EDP Solar also highlights the challenge of switching to solar energy and has therefore developed a form of self-consumption in which the installation process is simple and guaranteed, takes between one and three days, and once completed, the customer controls the operation of their installation through a mobile application.