Every time we see more renewable energies as a revolutionary alternative to the use of fossil fuels technologies. However, renewables have existed for many years, evolving and generating numerous curiosities about its development and exploitation. Would you like to know where the world's largest photovoltaic plant is located? What is the world's oldest renewable energy? [...]
Biomass is the world's oldest energy. It corresponds to the use of biological material to produce energy as heat or electricity. As we saw in the post Uses of biomass as renewable energy, biomass has different uses and ways of transformation, according to the material used as fuel. Due to the use of natural resources [...]
1. What is Bester's current level of activity in operation and maintenance projects? Bester currently carries out the O&M 93 photovoltaic plants for a total of 300 MW of power peak, mainly in European countries like Italy, United Kingdom, Bulgaria, Romania and Spain. We are constantly growing according to market needs. Other countries where we [...]
In order to carry out the development of a renewable energy project, it is necessary to do prospect work, as well as obtaining permits, authorizations and licenses to legalize everything and provide technical, legal, and economic feasibility to the project in question. That is, a project under development will go through different phases until its [...]
A sustainable city is one that offers a high quality of life to its inhabitants by reducing its environmental impact and is able to sustain its economic growth and carry out its urban functions. This model of city must have 4 dimensions: - Environmental sustainability and climate change: it must primarily address the management of [...]
1. When does Bester incorporate the EPC business line, and why does Bester consider it to be of great importance? Bester was born in 2010 as an EPC company and maintainer of renewable energy projects, specifically solar plants. The EPC business line has been considered the core business of the company since its foundation, although [...]
According to a report of the Spanish Electricity Network, in 2015 clean energy contributed 37.1% of total electricity production to the national electricity mix, higher than resources such as coal and nuclear energy. Does this mean that the future is in renewables? So far, a strong commitment to clean energy is being generated in countries' [...]
1. When and why is Progressum born through Bester? Progressum was born in October 2012 in England, with the intention of arranging and managing our own portfolio of renewable energy projects globally, with the aim of Bester carrying out the EPC and the Operation and Maintenance of these projects. A complete "turnkey", from the birth [...]
Photovoltaic energy is the direct transformation of solar radiation into direct current electricity. Solar radiation is captured by semiconductor devices called photovoltaic cells, which have the ability of absorbing light photons and emitting electrons. When these free electrons are lead, the result is an electric current, otherwise known as electricity. Therefore, photovoltaic energy is a [...]
1. What is the most ambitious solar photovoltaic project that Bester has made? Probably Istres, because of the difficulty of raising the structure of greenhouses with the photovoltaic generator, with a few very tight deadlines. Lift 100,000 m2 of greenhouses with photovoltaic roof in 3 months, including the Christmas period, is not within the reach [...]
