Benefits for Gipuzkoa

Gipuzkoa is highly dependent on external sources for its energy. A new energy model would mean:

• Reduced dependency on energy imports.
• Reduced economic susceptibility to fluctuations in energy prices.
• Improved energy efficiency.
• Lower carbon emissions.
• New opportunities for companies in the region.
• Local job creation.

Benefits for companies

The main economic benefits of the energy transition, as envisaged, are:

• A positive impact on industrial revitalisation.
• Job creation.
• Business opportunities for SMEs.
• Greater profitability in companies.
• A significant reduction in energy bills and industrial costs.
• Improved competitiveness.
• Reduced dependency on imported energy with an associated reduction in costs.
• Greater energy efficiency.
• Reduced spending on energy in the home.
• Additional source of income in the rural milieu from the installations required.

Environmental benefits

Focusing on the environment, we know that renewable energy sources…

• Are inexhaustible.
• Are clean and do not generate difficult and costly-to-treat waste.
• Help reduce emissions of CO₂ and other pollutant gases, thus contributing to the fight on climate change.
• Lead to an improvement in air quality.
• Foster the sustainable development of communities.

The net result will be a reduction in the climate impact, thus making it possible to meet the government's environmental targets, needed to meet the goals of the Paris Summit.