Buena Práctica / Bonne Pratique / Boa Prática |
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NOMBRE NOM NAME |
Serra Municipality |
Localización Localisation Localização |
Serra is a municipality of the Valencian Community, Spain. Belonging to the province of Valencia, in the region of Campo de Turia in the Natural Park of the Sierra Calderona. |
Tipología – Naturaleza Typologie – Nature Tipologia – Natureza |
Forest management, logistics center, use for boilers and commercialization. |
Periodo de aplicación Période d’application Período de aplicação |
2010-2017 |
Principales objetivos Principaux objectifs Período de aplicação |
• Use of green energies • Forest mangament • Economic savings by the City Council • Employment creation |
Descripción detallada de la práctica o proyecto Description détaillée de la pratique ou du projet Descrição detalhada da prática ou projeto |
The city council collects forest wastes from its area (they are an important danger to fires) and converts them into pellets in their own facilities. Part of the production is dedicated to the municipality´s own facilities, part for the neighbors and what is left over for the foreign market. |
Agentes involucrados Agents impliqués Agentes envolvidos |
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Evaluación de resultados y lecciones aprendidas Évaluation des résultats et les leçons apprises Avaliação de resultados e lições aprendidas |
• Average annual savings in green waste management: € 25,000. • Average annual energy savings: € 22,000. • Total pellet production capacity the first year: 300 tons. • Total pellet production capacity: 800-1,000 tons. • Total reduction of CO2 emissions per year: 350 tons. • Protected hectares p through forest fire prevention work: 130 ha. • Employment created in wood pellet production plant and biomass extraction: 5 people. Good forest harvesting practices Short circuit Entrepreneurship giving added value to the pellet with its commercialization Promotion of the creation of local employment. Currently, the Serra project wants to participate in a LIFE project in order to improve certification, increase production and marketing of the pellet. They produce 300 tons, in a design for 800 tons. The city council uses more or less half and the rest is commercialized. To market the pellet the city council works with legal instruments. In this case it uses the payment by fees, as if they were municipal services. Later this implies a declaration of income to the city council in the documents of the Treasury. |
Fotografías Photos Fotos |
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Solución a los retos territoriales Solution aux défis territoriaux Solução para os desafios territoriais |
• Local project planning • Economic project management |
Solución a un mayor nº de retos territoriales (a completar más adelante) Solution à un plus grand nombre de défis territoriaux (à compléter plus tard) Solução para um maior número de desafios territoriais (a ser completado depois) |
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Información de contacto Information de contact Informação de contato |
Juan José Mayans Diaz, Agronomist, Diputación de Valencia Pilar, Agronomist, Serra Municipality
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Project funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).