Brussels, February 2017 CATALAN COOPERATION PROJECT

Brussels, February 2017

CATALAN COOPERATION PROJECT

Economy and employment: Promote the economic reactivation and employment creation of the agrarian, food, forestry sectors in the rural areas.

Youth: Establish specific policies for rural youth which promote

their settlement and socioeconomic development. Climate change: Promote actions towards climate change

adaptation and mitigation, and natural resource protection.

Innovation: Encourage innovation and knowledge transfer in the agro-food sector.

RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM OF

CATALONIA (PDR), 2014 - 2020

• 73% of Catalan territory is rural

• ... containing the 10% of the total population of Catalonia

• … representing the 59% of all the Catalan municipalities

• 11 Local Action Groups (GAL) distributed along the rural areas

LOCAL ACTION GROUPS (GAL) IN CATALONIA

LEADER funding management for local development

o Investments for the creation, extension, or improvement of

economic activities

Work in Cooperation projects for territorial dynamism

○ Enfocc “Energy, Forest and Climate Change”

○ Odisseu, Start_up, Gustum,....Ens Mengem les Valls (etc.)

WHAT DO LOCAL GROUPS DO?

Local Development Strategy:

Work in climate change adaptation and mitigation, and promotion of circular economy • Promote renewable energy use focusing in

forest biomass. • Encourage energy efficiency and saving. • Promote local added-value agri-food

products. Promote innovation, business dynamism, and entrepreneurship • Assess the process of growth and

consolidation of micro and medium enterprises (microempreses and PIMES)

• Entrepreneurship promotion and accompaniment

Aim for demographic equilibrium, improvement of life quality and social cohesion

• “Counties”: 2 (27 municipalities)

• Inhabitants: 33.963 inh.

– Ripollès: 25.700 inh.

– Vall Ges, Orís and Bisaura: 8.263 inh.

• Area: 1149,3km2

– Ripollès: 956,6km2

– Vall Ges, Orís and Bisaura: 192,7km2

GAL ASSOCIACIÓ LEADER RIPOLLÈS GES

BISAURA

AC.10. Promotion of a multifunctional forest management

focusing on climate change mitigation

JA.9. Carbon footprint tool for agro-food products

IA.6. Carbon footprint calculation of actions and

conferences

IA.8. Action Plans for Sustainable Energy and the

Climate

IA.5. Promote joining the Voluntary Agreement

Program

CROSS-CUTTING ACTIONS

JA.1 COORDINATION

JA.4. DECLARATION OF ENERGY SOVEREINGTY

3rd PILLAR. CLIMATE CHANGE 1st PILLAR. ENERGY TRANSITION 2nd PILLAR. FOREST MANAGEMENT & BIOMASS

IA.1. Municipal energy managers network

IA.2. Promotion of EneGest tool

IA.3. Mobility with electric vehicle

JA.5. Elaboration of technical guides

JA.6. Clima Program

JA.7. Silvopasture

JA.3. TRAINING, CONFERENCES, VISITS

JA.2. WORK IN SCHOOLS

IA.4. Protocol on Energy poverty

IA: Individual Action

JA: Joint Action

ACTION SCHEME. 2017.

LOCAL ACTION GROUPS COOPERATING WITH

ENFOCC


Development of the Rural Smart Network

Develop the technical, economic, and social basis of Rural Smart projects Implement Rural Smart in Catalonia as a tool to apply circular economy in rural areas. Compare three existing initiatives to define Rural Smart projects, defining their basis, and strengthening their development. • PROJECT COOP2020: COOPERATIVA DE CAMBRILS

• PROJECT SMART RURAL GRIDS: ESTABANELL ENERGIA

• PROJECT TORRES & EARTH : MIGUEL TORRES SA


...carried in 2016 Courses to promote the use of biomass. Courses of energy management for technicians Participation in conferences aiming for the promotion of energy management. Visits to renewable energy plants. Conferences for climate change awareness. Conferences about “no-wooden” forest values

... planned for 2017 Conference about SmartGrid and Energy Transition in the Rural Areas. Conference for the promotion of electric vehicles. New tools to promote renewable energies in rural territories. (self-consumption and collaborative economy) Promotion of the technical guides on the 5th Fair of Biomass of Catalonia. Initiatives for Climate change adaptation and mitigation in Catalonia. Dissemination of Energy Transition “Transition Flashes”.

Trainings and Conferences

1st PILLAR. ENERGY TRANSITION

Main objectives

Foster the entrance of new town councils into the network. Promote Energy Agencies along rural areas lacking of this service.

Visualize and promote the benefits of energy managements for the town

councils.

Network of municipal energy managers


Main results

Energy management of 47 Town Halls and 4 “County” Councils

1024 policies in total. Street lightning geopositioning

for three town halls of Ripollès. Potential aggregated saving of

254.000 € Monitoring and proposing saving

proposals


Example from a cooperating GAL

Consumptio

n (kWh/year)

Cost

(€/year)

Nº

Policies

Nº

proposals

Savings

(€/year)

Savings

(%)

Municipality of Montellà i Martinet 187.800 40.253 22 8 3.7747 9%

Municipality of Oliana 454.536 92.490 19 12 13.369 15%

Municipality of Organyà 255.381 45705 11 4 3.026 7%

Municipality of Bellver de Cerdanya 942.371 175.505 60 30 26.330 15%

TOTAL 1631317 353.953 112 54 46.499 13%

Potential results obtained by “Consorci Gal Alt Urgell – Cerdanya”


Vallfogona de Ripollès as an example on energy savings and

efficiency in rural towns

• Total population, 215

inhabitants.

• Municipal electricity

consumption in 2011; 548

kWh/inh.

• Municipal electricity


kWh/inh.

• Average catalan municipal


kWh/inh. (Gemweb).

• After 5 years of continuum

work, electricity

consumption has reduced

over the 59%.

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20000

40000

60000

80000

100000

120000

140000

160000

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Annual Electricity Consumption (kWh)

Consum anual en kWh Power (Consum anual en kWh)


• Municipal electricity expense

in 2011; 21.435€ representing

99,70 €/hab.


in 2015; 12.370€ representing

57,53 €/hab.


in 2015 (without

implementing saving

measures); 30.500 € mainly

because of the increase of

the electrical power in 2013) 0,00 €

5.000,00 €

10.000,00 €

15.000,00 €

20.000,00 €

25.000,00 €

30.000,00 €

35.000,00 €

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Electricity expense (€)

Sense canvis Amb canvis

Linear (Sense canvis) Linear (Amb canvis )

Vallfogona de Ripollès as an example on energy savings and

efficiency in rural towns

https://enegest.energiaibosc.com/

Free tool for energy management for individuals and companies. Main functions:

o Energy accounting o Carbon footprint calculation o Consumption ratio calculation, cost and carbon footprint

74 managed companies through GAL during 2016. 100 managed companies as a prevision for 2017.


Promotion of the ENEGEST tool



Microbrewery

Detection of “misleading” rates

The price, including discount, was higher than the average electricity

market price

Potential saving:

693,14€


Low capacity Turnery Contracted Power under the real demand

Power (contracted) 25 kW. Power (demanded) 69 kW.

Maximum Power (invoiced) 156kW.

Potential annual saving: 7.964,04€



Energy work at schools

DESCRIPTION Energy management at schools in rural areas Electricity consumption optimization of the centers (monitoring). Foster the educational engagement with the project by incorporating it into curricular sphere

OBJECTIVES

Reinvest savings into improving the energy system of the school (as the project “Desendolla’t – Unplug” of the “Agència Energia d’Osona”)


11 public schools

managed during the scholar

period 2016/17 along all

Catalan rural area.


Mobility with electric vehicle

Inculcate the importance of shifting to electric vehicles

GAL as a promoter of the electric vehicle in rural areas

Elaborate 2 pilot projects on the viability in shifting from current fleet of vehicles, of a certain public agency, to electric vehicles. • Selection and comparison of different vehicles. • Selection and comparison of charging stations. • Access to funds on electric vehicle purchase. • Scenario simulation according to different implementation plans. • Estimate the costs and benefits of implementing electric vehicles.


Protocol on Energy poverty

Elaborate a guidance document in order to train local social actors of each territory.

Aim to be a central training spot for both administration & social welfare and individuals.

Create awareness on energy efficiency and saving in vulnerable households.

Training energy professionals (by “Agència d’Energia del Ripollès).

Transfer training to other GALs cooperating with the project.

2nd PILLAR. FOREST MANAGEMENT & BIOMASS

Elaboration of technical guides

Guide of biomass boilers emissions

Guide to promote wood for construction

Promotion of 2 guides at the 5th Biomass Fair of Catalonia


CLIMA Program

Promoted through FES-CO2 (MAPAMA).

Establish a transition path from the current productive Spanish sector to a low carbon model.

Purchase verified CO2 credits from emission reduction.

To join Clima project implies receiving 9,7 euros per ton of CO2 that is not emitted compared to the former fossil fuel boiler emission.


Country house with biomass boiler (Ripollès), 35kW: annual woodchip consumption, 20,58 tons. Saved emissions= 14,62 tCO2 implying the reception of 103,80 €

Farm with biomass boiler (Pla de l’Estany), 130kW: annual pellet consumption, 92,91 tons. Saved emissions = 126,25 tCO2 implying the reception of 896,38 €

Hotel with biomass boiler (Berguedà), 580kW: annual woodchip consumption, 253,88 tons. Saved emissions = 251,88 tCO2 implying the reception of 1.788,35 €

Camping site with biomass boiler (Berguedà), 950kW: annual woodchip (2015) consumption, 503,23 tones. Saved emissions = 493,14 tCO2 implying the reception of 3.501,29 €


Verified biomass boilers during 2015


New CLIMA project on a Catalonia scale

BM-CAT program has recently included 55 biomass boilers which will allow saving up to 70.364 tCO2.


Transference of experiences in biomass installations in public

buildings

Conference “Biomass & Administration” including the assistance of the 4 councils (“diputacions”) of Catalonia.

Foster the use of biomass for the different administrations. Expose the experience of successful cases on public biomass installations. Visit the heating network in an industrial zone in Berga.


Transference of the LIDAR methodology for forest

inventories

Promote the use of LIDAR to implement more precise and cheaper forest inventories.

Organization of a course for forest

engineers and technicians (21h).

Silvopasture

During 2016: Elaboration of 3 viability plans for silvopasture exploitations: 2 public in “Ripollès”, and 1 private in “la Vall del Ges, Orís i Bisaura”.

Prevision for 2017: transfer of the methodology to the project “Parc Natural dels Ports”.

3rd PILLAR . CLIMATE CHANGE

Action Plans for Sustainable Energy and the Climate (PAESC)

Climate change mitigation is not enough anymore. It is necessary to implement adaptation actions against climate

change. Elaboration of the “county” PAESC based on the methodology

proposed by the Catalan Office of Climate Change (OCCC): • Emissions evaluation. • Diagnosis and strategy of the Action Plan • Participation Plan • Monitoring Plan • Synthesis document

Transference of the methodology to other interested GALs.


Promote the “Voluntary Agreement program” aiming

for new incorporations

Calculation of the carbon footprint for the headquarters of each Local Action Group using ENEGEST tool.

Foster the incorporation to the program of GALs headquarters and companies distributed along the territory.

Carbon footprint calculation of actions and conferences

Protocol to calculate the carbon footprint of actions and conferences based on the current normative.

Each GAL calculates the carbon footprint of each conference that organizes in order to create awareness between the assistants.


Carbon footprint tool on agro-food products

Calculate the carbon footprint through an EURENER3 tool created fot Teder GAL.

During 2016, there has been conducted the carbon footprint calculation for 6 products of the rural territories: kg of matured cheese (Mas el Lladré) 1 liter of olive oil (Rius d’Or) 1 kg of beans “fesols” (D.O. Fesols de Santa Pau).

During 2017, there will be calculated two more products of the rural

territories.

THANK YOU

Brussels, February 2017 CATALAN COOPERATION PROJECT

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