ENERGY PLANNING PROGRAMME OF THE REGION OF MADRID

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With a surface area of over 8,000 km2, sited in the centre of the Iberian peninsular, Spain's capital city has more than 4.9 million inhabitants. It is pre-eminently an "urban" city, with a population density eight times higher than the national average .
It is within this context that the PECAM (energy planning programme of the region of Madrid) programme was launched, with the support of the EC. It is implemented by SERMASA (Madrid region energy company). In addition to fixing long-term objectives for the capital's energy development, the programme also is intended to
promote new RUE solutions that can be rapidly applied to reduce the impact on the environment of energy consumption
Studies by SERMASA within the framework of the PECAM programme have led to a series of concrete proposals for immediate application:

- Energy planning for the city of Madrid. The model built incorporates two particular modules: one takes into account the macro-economic aspects of planning; the other provides a means to measure and translate into cartographic terms the environmental consequences of different consumption forecasts for each type of energy.

- Proposals for the use of gas in public transport. Feasibility studies in terms of prices and performance from an environmental viewpoint were carried out, for comparison with other experiments done in Europe, concerning the utilisation of LPG (Liquid Petroleum Gas) and CNG (Compressed
Natural Gas). The first ,"Technical Meeting on non-pollutant fuels in Transport" took place in Valladollid (E) in September 1990 to this end. Moreover, a cooperation agreement was signed between SERMASA and different Spanish public agencies and private firms, in order to proceed in the near future with a pilot experiment involving an urban bus system using CNG.

- Energy planning for new residential districts. An inventory has been drawn up of requirement specifications for RUE in new housing. This analysis led to the writing of the "Suggestions Handbook for the construction of new residential areas" .

- Utilisation of energy from Urban Solid Waste. Particular attention was paid to this source of renewable energy. which is presently hardly used at all in the Madrid region. The study demonstrated the growing potential represented by USW, in both quantitative and qualitative terms. This solution's practical methods (selective collection, recycling, incineration and cogeneration, degassification) and their effects on energy supply and the environment have been defined.
Madrid is truly situated at the central crossroads for the national transport system; and in energy terms, the transport sector consumes most energy (40.6% of the total consumption), followed by the residential and services sector (31 .6%). Therefore car traffic, the dwellings and services sectors represent the biggest source of energy pollution. Industry accounts for little more than a quarter of the final demand. The Madrid region has few raw materials, and so there are few basic industries. Activities here are more oriented to transformation and high-tech sectors.

Petroleum products make up over half the capital's energy balance; this can be compared to the target of 40% set by the European Community for 1 995.

The PECAM programme has developed different methodological approaches:

- gathering of consumption figures, regrouped by sector of activity and energy vectors, in a computer database;

- surveys of consumption and equipment in the residential sector:

- research and proposals for alternative solutions;

- analysis of their social and environmental impacts;

- comparative study of situations in other European regions;

- formulation of a mathematical model and computerised implementation of a global simulation system;

- identification of companies and regional, national ad international agencies that are involved in energy planning, or which could be important participants.

An important aspect of SERMASA's approach was the development, under the auspices of the CEC, of a close inter-city collaboration with the agencies, "Energiebedrijf," in Amsterdam (NL) and "Miljokontrollem" in Copenhagen (DK).

Program(-y)

ENG-THERMIE 1 - Programme (EEC) for the promotion of energy technology in Europe (THERMIE), 1990-1994

Temat(-y)

2.6 - MISCELLANEOUS

Zaproszenie do składania wniosków

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System finansowania

DEM - Demonstration contracts

Koordynator

SERMASA

Wkład UE

Brak danych

Adres

C/SAN BERNARDO, NR. 64
28015 Madrid
Hiszpania

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