Andorra’s future will be renewable, industrial and social
ENDESA has filed for Andorra a plan that still new renewable energy capacity with a unique hybridization of technologies, projects with green hydrogen your synchronous compensator, and which is accompanied by measures and actions for the real socio-economic development of the area. Initiatives that will make it possible to create more than 6,300 jobscoming to generate more than 370 stalls direct permanent jobs in Andorra and its surroundings.
“Endesa has historically been linked to Andorra, and through this plan we wanted to show that we want to continue being protagonists of his story», points out the General Director of Generation of Endesa, rafael gonzalez. “It is a real project that will continue worth in the area and in which Endesa has acquired the commitment to invest more than €1.5 billion for the development of these projects.
The general director of Sustainability of Endesa, Maria Malaxechevarriawho points out that the Endesa project «goes further of an industrial and technological project, is a complete development plan socioeconomic with initiatives covering three productive sectors and whose objective is to promote the training and employment of the local population in the area. It is a plan that has been designed for almost three years through a process participatoryof immerse Y active listening with the local community, carried out with and for the people of Andorra».
renewable projects
Through this plan, Endesa will replace energy production with Coal of the old thermal power plant, for renewable energy projects solar, windof green hydrogen and storage, with a total installed capacity of more than 1,800 MW.
In total, Endesa will build 14 renewable projects with 7 hybridizationsan approach so far unique in Spain that allows a greater efficiency of the facilities and a production much greater than the capacity of the knot itself. The new plants The renewables will be located in Albalate del Arzobispo, Híjar, Samper de Calanda-Castelnou, Andorra, Calanda, Alcañiz, La Puebla de Híjar, Jatiel, and Alcorisa.
This hybridization of projects is accompanied by the development of two plants storage of batteries whose purpose is to take advantage of the maximum renewable production, reducing energy loss and optimizing its use. Additionally, a electrolyser that would allow to manage the surplus of renewable energy for the production of green hydrogen, and a synchronous compensator that will allow this renewable energy to be poured with higher quality and stability favoring the proper functioning of the electric transport network.
Together with all this, Endesa has also proposed the development of energy communities in nine of the municipalities of the just transition agreement where the renewable projects will be located. In these localities, plants will be installed self-consumption in different municipal conditions favoring their autonomy and energy efficiency. Additionally, Endesa undertakes to reach a total number of self-consumption beneficiaries of more than 3,000 beneficiaries.
industrial plans
Endesa has also contemplated a ambitious Y diversified industrial plan with companies in the area with which it has reached different agreements. It is the case of Soltecwith whom the commitment to build a factory of solar trackers for which the warehouses and facilities of the old thermal power stationcreating some 40 permanent jobs. An agreement has also been reached with Pretender for the expansion of the factory precast concrete located in La Puebla de Híjar that will generate other 80 jobs.
Endesa also works in the developing from a electrolyzer manufacturing center and a center of second life of wind turbinesthus responding to a need in the renewable sector and contributing to the circularity of these industrial elements.
Another of the industrial projects will be Smart Rural Andorraan initiative based on the development of a digital platforms that optimizes the logistics chain of companies in the sector agri-food in Andorra and its region for connect production centers, with urban consumption centers, through transport solutions no CO2 emissions.
In addition, in one of the thermal power station buildings, the development of a chip processing for heating with biomassfor which an agreement has been reached with Mastership Els Ports, company that occupies the warehouse as a logistics warehouse for materials from the clearing and forest cleaning from Endesa’s own renewable plants. All an example of circular economy zero kilometer
Clear commitment: 300,000 hours of training
Endesa completes its socioeconomic development plan with a clear commitment to training and will carry out more than 300,000 hours of training related to the activity generated by the renewable plants, favoring the most vulnerable groups in rural environments such as young people, women, unemployed and people with disabilities.
Endesa’s training plan plans to benefit 1,300 unemployed people in the region, and for this purpose agreements have been reached with leading entities such as Afammer (Association of Families and Women in Rural Environments), Asaja (Association of Young Farmers), CFP San Blas and the Juan XXIII and Atadi Foundation for people with disabilities. Under the name of ‘Rural School of Sustainable Energy’ and in collaboration with these entities, training is presented in renewable matters and in activities of the primary sector.
Endesa partners with more than 30 entities in the area
The plan socioeconomic designed by Endesa through its subsidiary Enel Green Power Spainencompasses alliances with more than 30 entities in the area to develop different projects that aim to create jobs and population fixation through the development of economic activity in the primary and tertiary sectors.
It is the case of ariño spa for which a proposed extension that will add value to the municipality and promote the local economy by creating 27 jobs and serving as a tourist attraction.
Other eg of action in the primary sector is the rural apitourisminstalling apiaries solar that, in addition to supporting beekeeping, due to the importance that bees have for the conservation of biodiversitycontributes to sustainable development from the local community. In addition, they will be taught beekeeping courses aimed at entrepreneurs, and activities of api-tourism by local agents. To this end, agreements have been reached with beekeepers. local Luas Honey and La Cerrada.
This initiative is joined by agrovoltaiccultivation of different species of plants under solar panelsthat will be raised in the parks of calanda, Santa Maria (in Samper de Calanda) and Saint Macarius (in Andorra). will be facilities naturalizedbiodiversity reservoirs, with shared land use with local agents, which will integrate agricultural activities between panels such as the cultivation of aromatics, cereals or biocultures.
Also for the land adjacent to the Andorra plant, an agreement has been reached with nature nature for him crop of plants aromaticwhat fruits, under a circular economy approach, will be they will distill for the production of essential oils and its future commercialization by a local company producing a new economic activity in the area.
Likewise, the shepherds of the area will take their cattle to carry out tasks of clear in the facilities in order to make compatible industrial and rural activity, a practice that Enel Green Power Spain It has been applying for several years with success. These sheep will live with one microreserve of flora protected from 20 hectareswhich aims to protect botanical species rare, endemic either threatenedthrough the reintroduction or destruction of one or several of these species.
Likewise, Endesa has committed to the construction of the Avifauna Research and Dissemination Center from the area.
recovering the olive grove
The protection of 150 olives located in the vicinity of the Andorra thermal power plant will also be the subject of a performance concrete. To this end, Endesa has signed an agreement with atadi to develop the Olive Grove Project and Inclusive Nursery, which aims not only to maintain these species, but also to plant quince trees in the adjoining arable land. The products obtained may be traded by the association itself.
This project is joined by another one with a greater scope: From the Solar Farm to the Table, to be carried out in collaboration with the association Sponsor an Olive Tree. This is the most relevant initiative within the plan socioeconomic in terms of employment generation, with almost a hundred jobs with different degrees of temporary employment. The project consists of the development of an activity of production and sale of oil through the recovery of more than 50,000 abandoned olive trees in the mining basins and in the elaboration of preserves of garden products with the oil produced.
Endesa has also proposed turning Andorra into the third pictotown inclusive of Spain. This initiative, which will be carried out in collaboration with the andorra town hall and will count as direct beneficiaries atadi and others Gloria Fuertes Special Education Collegecombines the part of tourism and economic development with the social part and consists of the installation of a series of pictograms in the urban nucleus, positioning it as well as disability sensitive municipality, and providing visibility and attraction of a booming type of tourism such as inclusive tourism.
Also to promote the sightseeing Endesa will develop two initiatives plus The green Mile of the energy transition, a cartelized route to hikers on the perimeter of the plant that connects the renewable facilities and the initiatives of the primary sector of the socioeconomic plan, incorporating tastings of local trade products, and The Val de Zafán Routein collaboration with the Town Hall of Puebla de Híjar, consisting of the improvements and conditioning as a greenway for the Val de Zafán railway line through the installation of a photovoltaic kit over the Puente de la Torica to get a illumination efficient throughout mine tunnel.