Health will install solar panels in seven health centers in Aragon in 2023

Specifically, these facilities will reach health centers in Parque Goya and Picarral, both of which are in Zaragozaas well as Alhama de Aragón, Tauste, Binéfar, Calanda and Ejea. For these seven projects, as identified by sources from the Ministry of Health of the Government of Aragon for this newspaper, sAnd he will add the eighth in TarazonaThe installation of these materials in the primary care center was already written after this project.

The dramatic increase in energy costs has caused public administrations to take measures to Reducing the current energy consumption and the economic cost involved.

Assignments to three ministries

In the case of this investment in renewable energy in health centers, the initiative Part of the order of the Minister of Industry From the Government of Aragon, Arturo Aliaga, issued last April in which it was agreed on the destination of part of the funds associated with renewable energy sources under a subsidy program for self-consumption.

specific, The allocated amount is up to 1.5 million (included in the 2022 budget) and distributed among the departments of the Presidency and Institutional Relations (in the amount of €285,000), from Health (710,000 euros)) and education (155,000 euros).

In the case of health, at the moment, only a solar panel installation project at a cost of about 15,000 euros has been bid. for this contest Three companies appeared: See Qualitas, Nervia Consultores, and ERH Consult. Finally, the first entity that gave the best offer and demonstrated the ability of technicians with professional skills for the work to be carried out was selected.

Therefore, the health It still has around €695,000 of the total allocated by the industry to complete the rest of the competitions To finally finish awarding the photovoltaic panel business.

In the decision of the Director of Health in which the start-up expenditures for this project were approved, it was clarified that the rise in energy prices was “another incentive” to increase efforts to implement measures in this area.

Health infrastructure with solar energy

“It is becoming increasingly important for citizens and institutions Reduce energy consumption and waste. Energy efficiency measures are increasingly seen as a way not only to achieve sustainable energy supply, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but also to improve supply security and reduce costs,” says Arnal.

The use of renewable energy in public buildings is becoming more and more common, especially in newly constructed buildings. For example, new hospitals have been established in Alcañiz and Teruel, which are currently under construction Designed with sustainability and energy efficiency standards There will be photovoltaic panels in both to take advantage of the solar energy. The same will happen with the new health center in the Jesus neighborhood, in Zaragoza, where passive and active measures will be implemented to reduce energy consumption.

Overall, the $1.5 million subsidy granted by the Aragonese Government’s Ministry of Industry for Health, Education and Presidency comes from incentive programs linked to self-consumption and storage, with renewables, under the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience plan.