Solar Energy on the O'Higgins Coast: How Hotel TAKA Matanzas Reduced Its Footprint and Electricity Bill
Success story: turnkey 25.16 kWp photovoltaic installation at Hotel TAKA Matanzas, Navidad. Net Billing, energy savings, and emission reduction on the O'Higgins coast.
Co-Founder AHORRO ENERGÍA & IoT-MONITOR
A Custom Solar Project on the O'Higgins Coast
At AHORRO-ENERGÍA SpA we design and install photovoltaic systems tailored to each client. One of the projects we are most proud of is the one we developed for Hotel TAKA Matanzas, in Navidad, O'Higgins Region: a solar system that today generates a significant portion of the energy the hotel consumes, with measurable economic and environmental benefits.
The Context: A Hotel on the Coastal Edge
Hotel TAKA is located on Camino Centinela S/N, Navidad, on the coast of the O'Higgins Region. It is known not only as a hotel but also for weddings, corporate events, and various tourism experiences. It is an area with high solar radiation availability throughout the year and, at the same time, a natural environment worth caring for: forests, coastal edge, and an ecosystem that directly benefits when the energy we consume pollutes less.
For a hotel, electricity consumption is high and constant: climate control, hot water, lighting, kitchen, and all services required by hotel operations. This also means that the potential for savings with solar energy is especially relevant in this type of installation.
How the Installed System Works
The project consisted of a turnkey photovoltaic installation, which included 43 solar panels of 585 Wp each, totaling 25.16 kWp of installed capacity; a 20 kVA three-phase inverter with AFCI protection (arc fault detection); a three-phase consumption meter for real-time monitoring; electrical protections, wiring, and materials certified according to current regulations; and online system monitoring with operation and maintenance (O&M) training for the hotel team.
The monitoring system allows optimizing operation and maintenance, as well as analyzing and detecting potential energy efficiency measures for the hotel.
The system operates under the Net Billing modality (Law 21.118): the solar energy generated is consumed directly at the hotel, and surpluses that are not used are injected into the CGE distribution grid, generating a discount on the electricity bill.
The Benefits, in Numbers
- ~35 MWh of clean energy generated per year: This equals approximately 30% of the hotel's total electricity consumption.
- ~$4.5 million CLP in annual savings on energy costs.
- ~14,000 kg of CO₂ avoided each year, equivalent to taking several vehicles off the road for a year.
These results show something we see project after project at AHORRO-ENERGÍA SpA: solar energy is not just an environmental decision, it is a financial investment that pays for itself over time and generates economic savings for the next 30 years.
A Project Made Possible by Several Stakeholders
This project would not have been possible without the collaboration of various institutions and people:
- Regional Government (GORE) of O'Higgins, for the regional funding that made it possible to execute this project.
- INCUBATEC-UFRO (Universidad de La Frontera), for managing the agreement that made the award possible.
- Hotel TAKA, for trusting AHORRO-ENERGÍA SpA and committing to the energy sustainability of its operations.
- AHORRO-ENERGÍA SpA team, for the technical work on site that made this project a reality.
Interested in a Similar Project?
If you have a hotel, business, or facility with significant electricity consumption and want to evaluate how much you could save with solar energy, let's talk. At AHORRO-ENERGÍA SpA we support the entire process: from technical design to SEC processing and coordination with the electrical distributor.
Write to us at info@ahorro-energia.cl or contact us and discover how much you could save with solar energy on the O'Higgins coast. Think global, act local.