Photovoltaic Potential in a City like Elche: Solar Plants and Agriculture
D. López, S. Valero, C. Senabre and Francisco José Sánchez-Sutil
Congreso: VIII Ibero-American Congress of Smart Cities (ICSC-CITIES 2025). https://icsc-cities.com/  (Noviembre de 2025)
Ed. Centro de Innovación e Integración de Tecnologías Avanzadas and the Centro de Investigación en Computación of the Instituto Politécnico Nacional.

Resumen:

This article presents a study and analysis of the possibility of generating all the electrical energy we consume as a society through photovoltaic solar energy. A case study is presented, applied to the city of Elche and a portion of its municipal area, also known as “Camp d’Elx.” As a first step, it is necessary to determine the region's electrical consumption, as well as the potential for solar generation in the area. In this proposed example, no energy source other than solar has been considered; resources such as wind, hydroelectric, geothermal, or any other type of energy generation have not been taken into account. Only the incident solar irradiation in this region has been analyzed as the primary source of renewable energy. As will be detailed and explained later, generating the electrical energy consumed using photovoltaic solar power installations is initially feasible. However, while it is easy to question this type of analysis from a technical perspective, the article describes how such a solution would indeed be possible.