BONNYSA double production after the summer WITH HELP two cogeneration plants.

Bonnysa company is the largest producer and exporter of tomatoes in Spain. His intention is to stay ahead, so the alternative chosen to improve competitiveness goes through the modernization of its production structures to offer a good product at the best price.
Cogeneration is the bet you have chosen Bonnysa in order to cope with competition that grips the north, Holland and Belgium have a highly technical industry, and south, Morocco where the cost of labor is ten times lower than in Spain.

The project has involved an investment of eleven million euros to plan long-term return. The cessation of public aid to renewable energy projects could have dissuaded those responsible for Bonnysa. However, the fact of Mercadona be twelve years, a chain for supplying a 30.000 tons of tomatoes per year, It has allowed seasonally adjusted production.

The commitment to modernization double production in greenhouses. Currently, on their holding a consechan 25 kilos of tomatoes per square meter. With the introduction of the new cogeneration system may reach 40 and 50 kilograms per square meter, lowering operating costs on a 20 percent, according to explain the technical.

Each plant has three combustion engines natural gas power 2 megawatts each will serve to heat water and generate CO2 (carbon dioxide) to be used as heating and fertilization, respectively. Both water and gas, once released by particle filters debug, They are introduced into the greenhouses by a pipeline network to accelerate the natural process of photosynthesis, so the plant will improve its growth while oxygen release.

Thus, the growth of the plant is increased, product quality is guaranteed and gas emissions to the environment are avoided. The choice of natural gas for combustion is because it is more efficient than other energy sources such as wind or solar and clean because CO2 is released into plantations.

In addition, in this process electrical energy that farms will be produced and autoabastecerán, in case of obtaining surplus Predictably, It will be downloaded to the network making the horticultural company in electric generator included in the register of the Ministry of Industry.

Bonnysa exploits in the province of Alicante, in lands located mainly in Mutxamel and San Vicente, about 300 hectares of greenhouses in which produces four varieties of tomato. In addition, has other 400 hectares of crops distributed between Almeria, Murcia and the Canary Islands.

commercializes a 80.000 tons a year between national and European market in 40% It was cultivated in the province where production continues for eleven months of the year. It employs between fixed and fixed discontinuous about 1.800 workers distributed between the crop, collection and storage.