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Article

Agrivoltaics in Tropical Climates: Distributed Generation Proposal for CO2 Reduction in Luxury Hotels

by
Luis Martin Dibene Arriola
1,
Fátima Maciel Carrillo González
1,*,
Néstor Daniel Galán Hernández
2,
Eber Enrique Orozco Guillen
2,*,
Juan Francisco Mercado Arias
1 and
César Paul Paredes Vázquez
3
1
Centro Universitario de la Costa, Departamento de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad de Guadalajara, Puerto Vallarta 48280, Mexico
2
Programa Educativo de Ingeniería en Energía y Desarrollo Sostenible, Universidad Politécnica de Sinaloa, Mazatlán 82199, Mexico
3
División Ingenierías Energías Renovables y Mantenimiento Industrial, Universidad Tecnológica de Bahía de Banderas, Nuevo Vallarta 63732, Mexico
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Energies 2025, 18(11), 2788; https://doi.org/10.3390/en18112788
Submission received: 5 April 2025 / Revised: 23 May 2025 / Accepted: 24 May 2025 / Published: 27 May 2025
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Abstract

Luxury beach hotels in tropical climates are large consumers of electricity, negatively impacting the environment and their profit margins. Energy efficiency and the incorporation of clean energy are among the main actions contributing to reducing this problem, but the implementation of this second solution is minimal among these types of hotels. A case study was conducted, and it was found that this is primarily due to a lack of space in their facilities. Solutions are proposed by implementing agrivoltaics farms in the areas adjacent to the destination studied. The project is technically, economically, and legally feasible, and the proposed agrivoltaics farms could supply nearly 580 million kWh annually, mitigating emissions of just over 390,000 tCO2e/year and making Puerto Vallarta and Nuevo Vallarta a “Green Destination”, thus contributing to meeting international GHG mitigation targets.
Keywords: sustainable hotels; agrivoltaics; energy efficiency; energy transition sustainable hotels; agrivoltaics; energy efficiency; energy transition

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Dibene Arriola, L.M.; Carrillo González, F.M.; Galán Hernández, N.D.; Orozco Guillen, E.E.; Mercado Arias, J.F.; Paredes Vázquez, C.P. Agrivoltaics in Tropical Climates: Distributed Generation Proposal for CO2 Reduction in Luxury Hotels. Energies 2025, 18, 2788. https://doi.org/10.3390/en18112788

AMA Style

Dibene Arriola LM, Carrillo González FM, Galán Hernández ND, Orozco Guillen EE, Mercado Arias JF, Paredes Vázquez CP. Agrivoltaics in Tropical Climates: Distributed Generation Proposal for CO2 Reduction in Luxury Hotels. Energies. 2025; 18(11):2788. https://doi.org/10.3390/en18112788

Chicago/Turabian Style

Dibene Arriola, Luis Martin, Fátima Maciel Carrillo González, Néstor Daniel Galán Hernández, Eber Enrique Orozco Guillen, Juan Francisco Mercado Arias, and César Paul Paredes Vázquez. 2025. "Agrivoltaics in Tropical Climates: Distributed Generation Proposal for CO2 Reduction in Luxury Hotels" Energies 18, no. 11: 2788. https://doi.org/10.3390/en18112788

APA Style

Dibene Arriola, L. M., Carrillo González, F. M., Galán Hernández, N. D., Orozco Guillen, E. E., Mercado Arias, J. F., & Paredes Vázquez, C. P. (2025). Agrivoltaics in Tropical Climates: Distributed Generation Proposal for CO2 Reduction in Luxury Hotels. Energies, 18(11), 2788. https://doi.org/10.3390/en18112788

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