Project: RURENER Contract Number: EIE/07/547/SI D02 Case Study and SWOT analysis

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1 Project: RURENER Contract Number: EIE/07/547/SI D2 Case Study and SWOT analysis Atzeneta del Maestrat (CS) Spain D02 Case Study and SWOT analysis June 2009

2 TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1Adzeneta del Maestrazgo 1.1 Territory Population Energy Legislation and political initiatives in Energy SWOT - Analysis...

3 Adzeneta del Maestrazgo

4 Territory Geographic situation Adzeneta is a small population placed to the East of Spain, in the north of Comunidad Valenciana region and in the Castellon province. It is at 47 km from the province capital, Castellón de la Plana ( inhabitants in 2007) The municipal territory it s extended along 71 millions kms2. It limits with Les Useres, Vistabella, Benafigos, La Vall d Alba. Adzeneta is placed in a valley to 4 m of altitude surrounded of medium level mountains, like La Nevera (1.194 m) or Peñagolosa (1.800 m). Along the municipality passes the Monlleó River with seasonal water only in winter with prolonged rainfall. Adzaneta has inhabitants, so 20,5 inhabitants/km2.

5 Natural surroundings Adzeneta it is placed in a valley at the foot of the Iberian System Mountains with the Peñagolosa peak like highest regional peak and near from a Natural Park with ha. La Cueva Oscura has one ha. and it is qualified like a SCI (Site of Community Importante) Near Adzaneta we have a Municipal Interest Area regarding his cultural and landscape value: the fortified convent knew like El Castell (the Castle, in valencian language). The uses of space (urbanization, forest, agriculture, tourism, protected areas ) The region is composed for several municipalities The new constructions from 2005 have been increased by the city-planning growth. Most of its land is forest (69%) and 20% of the agrarian land is unirrigated. The irrigation areas dos not reach to 0,4%. The plot size is very low in the two types of culture which makes them difficult to viability. Regarding livestock, important element to define the population, there is a significant livestock unit from pig farms with pieces in small holdings and closed-loop generally. Tourism is another economic activity in the area since Adzaneta has four houses of rural tourism with thirty-four places and six restaurants with 372 places together. Natural resources for Energy The lack of viability of actual corps and the prolonged effects of light and solar heat have made the energy solar an attractive and interesting resource for this area.

6 In this moment, it s only a project, but Adzaneta population wants to use the manures and slurries to produce biogas after burning process to generate electricity. In both cases it is energy to sell to general network electricity companies because they aren t, at the moment, the intention to consume it in the area. Only there is some small installations in several small farms and isolated familiar houses to use the solar heat like energy to own consume, Population Inhabitants Actually, the population of Adzaneta is inhabitants The active population works generally in the services sector (35%), agriculture (23%) and construction (11%). There is an important part of this population that must goto work in ceramic industries placed in L Alcora, 28 km far from Adzaneta or to Sant Joan de Moro, 32 km. far. Unemployment rate is 5,75% (6 th June 2009). Active population rate is: 46,18% (2001) The industry locates in the territory: one slaughterhouse, one flour mill, one olive oil mill, one plywood factory and five construction companies. Evolució demogràfica d'atzeneta del Maestrat

7 22,61% 35,37% agricultura industria construcción servicios,77% 31,24% Production and consumption of electrical energy There are four photovoltaic plants placed in Adzaneta area: three with 1,5Mw and one with 2Mw. The power of the Adzaneta s transformer, which offer the urban consumption, are maximum from 400Kva each one. The medium daily consumption in Adzaneta is about kw daily and the medium production plants are kw. So, Adzaneta area is a self-sufficient territory with the advantage of being connected to the network and overcome the deficiencies that will produce in cloudy days. Services and Infrastructure Adzaneta accumulates several regional services The Obligatory School The Health Ambulatory Day Centre for Senior People The Agrarian Cooperative Cooperative Supermarket (400 m 2 ) Energy Local political initiatives from rural area energy They aren t, at the moment, defined political strategies in relation with the Energy. This is one of the subjects raised in the Agenda 21 but it only a statement of intents. The global economical interest to energy production with a photovoltaic system had generated

8 that the Town Council think about it like economical resource for the community. Only during the last year in the province of Castellón it has gone from producing kw. to produce kw. in Electrical Energy Production and Consumption Legislation and political initiatives in Energy Public Initiatives The Regional Government has a saving energy plan to decrease yearly by 1,1% the energy intensity from Comunidad Valenciana Region Decreasing the consumption Improving the efficiency Producing clean energy and lowering the dependence on fossil fuels. Reduce the fossil fuels impact on the climate change. Legislation It is very difficult to be producers of energy in our rural areas not only for the high level investment that is necessary but by the bureaucratic difficulties. The general facilities to connect with the electrical network to evacuate the energy produced in this area are very poor. Actually there is a project to extend the power facilities so that, it is possible, to have more possibilities to connect in the near future. Since 2009 we have a low quota of support for photovoltaic soils facilities and, also, it has lowed the KW price that have to review the feasibility studies Public bonus to obtain electrical energy The system established by their viability is selling network to 0.32 kw euros and buy to consumption for 0,14 kw in emerging photovoltaic. Communitarian Support There are not clear support for the new strategies to collective energy production and consumption. The Public Valencian Energy Agency has a plan of support to enterprises and productive sectors.

9 Project: RURENER Contract Number: EIE/07/547/SI D2 Case Study and SWOT analysis Atzeneta del Maestrat (CS) Spain D02 Case Study and SWOT analysis June 2009

10 POSITIVE NEGATIVE SWOT Analysis Municipality of Atzeneta - Spain INTERNAL Strengths 8. Potential RES: sun shining 9. Potential: pig farms, biogas Project. Knowledge of data on production/consumption 11. High value of natural patrimony 12. Current policy for sustainable development (Agenda 21) 13. Enterprise specialized in solar installations in the village 14. Production energy solar power 15. Installation for energy solar power participated by several local enterprises Weaknesses 8. No local policy energy sustainable 9. No people sensitivity for energy consume. No conditional criteria for buildings energetic performance 11. No integrated action local plan 12. Difficulties to get subsidies at the local level 13. No close relation with research centres 14. No connection to gas network 15. No local energy agency to support public policies Opportunities 1. High environmental value 2. Fixed and interesting price for selling electricity 3. Low cost for soil 4. No another one uses for soil 5. Suitable climate for bioclimatic applications 6. Positive demographic development 7. Autonomic Plan for development sustainable energy Threats 1. Bureaucracy heavy procedures to build project 2. Strong dependency to fossil energy for transport (from home to office) 3. National policy stopping subventions for solar orchards 4. High cost for inversions 5. Law knowledge of existing programmers (EU, French) 6. Law investment capacity of the community 7. Far form decision center EXTERNAL