European Funds

Construction of the mini hydroelectric plant in valmayor

The aim of the project is to enable the flowing water from the Valmayor reservoir to be used to produce electricity through the execution of a mini hydroelectric plant next to the channel that carries the water from the reservoir to the Valmayor drinking water treatment plant.

This would enable 3 m3/s from the Valmayor reservoir to flow through a turbine and the building to be prepared for the future installation of two more turbines to enable 12 m3/s to be reached.

Total investment: 6.575.978,46 €
Expected ERDF Funds: 3.287.989,23 €

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Plan Solar

This plan encourages the production of energy using renewable generation sources to reduce grid consumption and thus contribute to mitigating climate change and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Its main characteristics in the initial phases (0, 1 and 2) are:

• 27 photovoltaic plants.
• An installed capacity greater than 35 MW.
• Around 55 million euros in investments.

Co-financed through the REACT-EU Programme and ERDF 2021-2027.

Plan Red

Through this plan, resilience and modernisation actions are being carried out in the water distribution system in 163 municipalities in the Community of Madrid, which will significantly reduce leaks and increase available resources. The work consists of replacing the obsolete pipes with others made of more advanced and modern materials.

• More than 350 million euros in investments.
• 1,200 kilometres of pipes replaced in the first phase.

Co-financed through the ERDF Programme 2021-2027. 

Digitalisation of the water cycle

Through the Mechanism for Recovery and Resilience (MRR), Canal de Isabel II is a beneficiary of the PERTE for the digitalisation of the water cycle to promote the use of new information technologies in the following projects:

• Project to digitalise the water cycle in the Alberche basin, with an investment of 5.2 million euros and 3 million in subsidies. 
• DREINCAM project: Intelligent urban drainage management system for the Community of Madrid, with an investment of 25 million euros and a 10 million subsidy. 

Moreover, through the Sectoral Conference on the Environment, two additional allocations of 3 million euros have been granted to digitalise the urban water cycle in 60 small and medium-sized municipalities. 
 

Green Hydrogen Plant

This project is committed to a new field of renewable energies using state-of-the-art technologies. At the Arroyo Culebro Cuenca Media-Alta WWTP we will produce green hydrogen from reclaimed water by means of electrolysis.

For this purpose, we will use photovoltaic solar panels as a source of energy, which in the future can be combined with the cogeneration of biogas from the use of waste from the WWTP itself.

The planned investment for this first pilot plant exceeds 7 million euros, which will be co-financed with funds from the ERDF Programme 2021-2027.

Generation of renewable energy

To promote energy from renewable sources, Canal de Isabel II is developing actions to implement clean energies in synergy with the management of the integral water cycle.

Among others, the cogeneration installation project at the Arroyo de la Reguera WWTP, for the use of the energy available in the biogas generated in the anaerobic digestion of the WWTP by means of a 501 KW motor-generator. This action, which has a budget of approximately 1.2 million euros and is due to be completed by 2027, will be co-financed with funds from the ERDF Programme 2021-2027.