| Summary: | [EN] During the months of May and June of 2011, electricity for pumping sector D (644 irrigated ha) of the Pisuerga Channel Irrigation Area (hereinafter ZR), in Palencia and Burgos, Spain, was supplied with generators (hereinafter GE) due to theft of the pumping station transformers. During the operation with GE, readings of energy consumed by pumps, energy consumed by the auxiliary circuits, pumped water, hours of operation and refueling volumes for each GE, and surfaces, volumes supplied and crops for hydrants operated, were taken during the period. With these data, total consumption, specific consumption and GE performance were determined; consumption per pumped cubic meter and per watered hectare; fixed and variable costs of operation with GE; and fixed and variable costs of operation with utility power. The main problem during the operation was limited autonomy of GE. The final cost of irrigation water for the analyzed period was 0.165 € m-3, compared with 0.026 € m-3 with utility power for that campaign.
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