RE: Here we go….15 Sep 2021 18:56
The Evaluation Committee for the development of projects related to the closure of the Compostilla thermal power plant, in which the Ministry of Ecological Transition, the Junta de Castilla y León, the municipalities of Ponferrada and Cubillos del Sil, the University of León and Endesa, approved this Wednesday the first seven projects of the Futur-e Plan that Endesa promotes in the area and has given the green light to the use of equipment that was used in the plant for an additional project. These initiatives that accompany the closure of the plant could directly generate around 160 new jobs and mobilize an investment that exceeds 260 million euros.
The initiatives to which the Evaluation Committee gives its support to settle in the surroundings of the old Compostilla plant are: the first electric vehicle battery recycling factory, in which Endesa is associated with the technologist Northvolt and the company of Urbaser environmental services to carry out an investment of 14 million euros; a wind blade recycling plant, in which Endesa also participates and which will require an investment of 8 million euros; a hydromagnesite factory, promoted by the Viloria Group, in collaboration with Magnesitas de Rubián, which will provide an investment of 6 million to the area; a wind power logistics warehouse promoted by Endesa through its renewable energy subsidiary, Enel Green Power España, with an initial investment of 100,000 euros; a hydrogen plant powered by photovoltaic solar energy, driven by Endesa with the capacity to produce 200 tons of green hydrogen per year and an investment of approximately 6 million euros; an electric energy storage battery plant, with 380 MW of capacity and an investment of 228 million euros, which Endesa trusts will fall within the regulation established in the National Storage Plan, currently in the definition phase; and an insulating materials factory, an initiative of the Viloria Group with an estimated investment of 8.2 million euros.