The Las Rozas City Council has completed its Energy Self-Consumption Plan, installing over 3,000 photovoltaic panels in 30 municipal buildings. The initiative, executed over three years, will allow for a 30% saving in energy expenditure and will prevent 600 tonnes of CO₂ emissions per year.
The Las Rozas City Council has completed the installation of solar panels in all its municipal buildings, a milestone that makes the locality one of the first in Spain to achieve comprehensive solar coverage in public infrastructure. The project, developed by Las Rozas Innova over three years, includes more than 3,000 photovoltaic panels that generate 2.4 gigawatt-hours per year, equivalent to the consumption of 700 homes.
Two phases to cover all public buildings
The plan was executed in two phases. The first, started in the summer of 2023, installed 1,800 panels in 11 public schools and four municipal sports centres. The second phase, recently completed, has added 1,200 more panels in another 15 facilities: the Town Hall, the Municipal Centre El Abajón, the senior centres El Baile and Las Matas, the Civic and Social Centre of Las Matas, the offices of SAMER-Civil Protection and the Local Police, the nursery schools La Cigüeña María and Juan Ramón Jiménez, the Joaquín Rodrigo Auditorium, the libraries León Tolstoi, Ortega y Gasset and Marga Gil Roësset, the Youth Centre and the Cultural Centre Pérez de la Riva.
The mayor José de la Uz visited the installation at the León Tolstoi Library today alongside the Deputy Minister of Environment of the Community of Madrid, Rafael García. De la Uz highlighted that "thanks to Las Rozas Innova we are able to generate clean energy; to apply technology in management and thus reduce costs; decrease emissions and improve the services we provide to the residents."
Economic savings and emission reduction
The results of the plan are already noticeable: municipal buildings save an average of 30% on energy expenditure, resulting from an investment of nearly 2 million euros. Furthermore, approximately 600 tonnes of CO₂ emissions per year will be avoided, which is equivalent to the absorption capacity of about 30,000 trees.
This project is part of the municipality's Energy Efficiency Plan, which includes modernisation of lighting, monitoring of water, gas and electricity consumption, and LED lighting. Together, this will allow municipal finances to save 2 million euros by 2026. For residents, this means a more efficient management of public resources and a reduction in the local carbon footprint.
Real-time smart monitoring
All data from the photovoltaic installations are integrated into the Las Rozas Smart City Platform. This allows Las Rozas Innova to monitor in real time the energy production and consumption of all buildings, conduct audits, detect savings opportunities, and optimise the management of public resources.
The Self-Consumption Plan is part of the Las Rozas Zero Target 2030 strategy, which groups initiatives for sustainable mobility, electric recharging, reforestation, LED lighting, and smart climate control. Thanks to these actions, the municipal carbon footprint has already been reduced by more than 67%. Residents can check energy production data in real time through the municipal website.
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