Ponferrada is the Spanish municipality selected in the European environmental demonstration Project LOCAL GoGREEN to carry out a series of initiatives aimed at accelerating the energy transition of EU municipalities
A3E is the Spanish partner of the project in charge of developing and delivering a series of trainings in the municipality, participating in turn in the creation of a transnational ecosystem of knowledge exchange to promote sustainable energy communities
On the 22 May, the first in-person meeting of the European LOCAL GoGREEN project was held in the City Council of Ponferrada, with the aim of laying the foundations for collaboration in the development of the Spanish pilot in Ponferrada, in order to accelerate the clean energy transition (CET) and energy efficiency in this municipality located in Leon (Spain).
The meeting was attended by representatives of the City Council, led by Lidia Pilar Coca García, Councillor for Projects, Presidency, Institutional Relations, European Funds, Transparency and Development; Victoria Álvarez López and Francisco Jordán Benavente, environmental technicians from the Department of Mobility and Environment of the City Council. In addition, María Puy Domíngez, Project Manager at the Regional Energy Agency of Castilla y León (EREN), and from the A3E team, Antonio López - Nava, Managing director, and Beatriz Soler, Director of European Projects, also participated in the meeting.
First of all, the meeting served to provide an update on the progress achieved in the first seven months of the project, including the presentation of the project website, where the results, milestones and related documentation can be found: https://localgogreen.eu/.
The meeting also agreed on the main lines of activity in accordance with the priority areas identified in the project and the interest of the authorities of the municipality of Ponferrada itself:
- e-mobility,
- Energy efficiency of buildings,
- Renewable energy generation,
- Landscape planning for increased carbon absorption, and
- Waste-to-energy
Finally, next steps and collaborative actions were agreed upon to facilitate the dissemination of the project in order to reach as many beneficiaries as possible.
About LOCAL Go GREEN
The LIFE22 - CET - LOCAL GoGREEN project enables local authorities to accelerate their Clean Energy Transition (CET). The project will use an innovative approach that will provide local authorities in pilot municipalities in Slovenia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Italy and Spain with specific training for integrated climate and energy planning. The guidance and exchange of good practices will enhance synergies between public and private stakeholders in the 6 pilot projects in the implementation of integrated measures at local level.
The project started in November 2023 and will run until the end of October 2026. The project includes specific training plans in strategic areas and the creation of a transnational knowledge-sharing ecosystem that will pave the way towards sustainable energy communities, through capacity building, participatory decision-making and collaborative actions for the design and implementation of integrated climate and energy plans.
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