THE local energy community (CEL) All Energy Navarra presented this Thursday in Villafranca the chargers for electric vehicles which now They will be activated in all 25 locations who make up this local energy community.
The event took place in the presence of the mayor of Villafranca and president of CEL Todo Energía Navarra, Mª Carmen Segurathe government delegate in Navarre, Alicia Echeverría, and the president of the Navarre Chamber of Commerce, Javier Taberna.
Segura highlighted the importance of this act “which demonstrates the success of this project“. “It is a demonstration of the commitment and commitment of all mayors, citizens, businesses and SMEs that make up this community for environmental sustainability and energy transition and, in addition, it represents substantial economic savings ” he said.
He also explained that the Villafranca Town Hall He is “fully convinced” of the Todo Energía Navarra model and also supported the creation of a CEL for companies located in the industrial zone of this city.
For his part, Taberna emphasized that “andThis community is an example of public-private collaboration which united municipalities of all political tendencies.” “From the beginning, we considered that this was a project serving citizens and businesses and which contributes to the economic development of our region”, he said. -he declared.
Taberna explained that CEL All Energy Navarre “it offers economic, social and environmental benefits, but it has also become a vector for the common development of new projects.” “This can be the case of the Villafranca Business CEL, which, in the industrial zone, can create new autonomous spaces capable of integrating advanced technologies (data management and development of artificial intelligence),” he said. explain.
Echeverría, for his part, highlighted that the implementation of this pilot project was possible thanks to the help of the Institute for Diversification and energy savings (IDAE) and “it is an example that other entities and territories can follow.”
In Villafranca, a demonstration of the charging process was carried out with an electric vehicle that this city acquired to provide different services to citizens “in an efficient and sustainable way”.
These are chargers 50KW fast charging the price of which is 0.35 euro/kWh for members of this local energy community and 0.45 euro/kWh for the rest of the users. The estimated average charging time (30 kWh) is 35 minutes and the price is between 13 and 15 euros.
In this way, these localities “also respect the provincial law of Climate change and energy transitionwhich stipulates that all local authorities with more than 500 inhabitants must have at least one 22 kW charging point for cars and commercial vehicles in their municipality.
A PROJECT “IN OPERATION”
The 40 photovoltaic installations that cover the roofs of the buildings provided by the town halls that make up this community “already benefit SMEs and citizens who consume energy km 0, cheaper, cleaner and closer.”
In total, they are more than 1,200 families, companies and SMEs that use this energy, but any person or company in these municipalities can join the energy community.
All energy I is composed of more than 40 photovoltaic installations which involve the installation of 5,922 solar panels. In total, 17,767 m2 cover the roofs of the buildings offered by the 25 municipalities that make up this energy community. The community has 2,664 kW of installed power.
All Energy is a project that obtained 2.5 million euros in aid of the Institute for Diversification and Energy Saving (IDAE) and is promoted by the Chamber of Commerce of Navarra, the Federation of Municipalities and Communes of Navarra and CENER, and has the support of the Department of Industry and the Government’s Ecological and Commercial Digital Transition. from Navarre.
The cities that are part of it All Energy Navarre These are Ablitas, Andosilla, Arguedas, Armañanzas, Azagra, Cadreita, Cascante, Fitero, Fustiñana, Jaurrieta, Lekunberri, Marcilla, Mendavia, Milagro, Mues, Olite, Orkoien, Oteiza, Peralta, San Martín de Unx, Torralba del Río, Ujué. , Valtierra, Villafranca and Villava.
