Last July 5th, in the course on A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE IN THE WORLD OF WINE organized by the University of the Basque Country in Laguardia, capital of the Rioja Alavesa, the VINEYARDS4HEAT project was presented as a reality that makes the world of wine more sustainable.
The presentation was given by the project Coordinator, Jordi Cuyàs, […]
The Plenary session of the town hall of Vilafranca approved last 28th of March the financial report exercise, through the Municipal Water Company EMAVSA, the business activity to market thermal energy, in accordance with previous agreements that modified the statutes of EMAVSA to be able to exercise this activity. The agreement is now final, once […]
On the 6th of June, once finished and formalized the contract with the LIFE programme, the Project Coordination Committee met to evaluate the work carried out and to prepare the documentation to be submitted to the European Commission in the coming weeks. To the meeting, the Commission’s instructor Mariona Salvatella attended the project, who in […]
On Thursday 25th of May it was held in Cavas Vilarnau a Conference day of the project forming part of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the presence of the LIFE program of the E.U. dedicated to the promotion of good practices in the management of environment and climate, as remarked by the coordinator of VINEYARDS4HEAT, Jordi […]
Since 2015, Covides works in the project “Vineyards4Heat”, an initiative that aims to mitigate the problems arising from climate change by means of the reduction of greenhouse gases, through the use of the remains of pruning (biomass) to generate bio energy. In this way the CO2 emissions are reduced, the energy bill gets cheaper and […]
Last May 17th, they visited the project VINEYARDS4HEAT those responsible for the Research Area of Biomass and Bioproducts of the Scientific and Technological Investigation Center of Extremadura, Luis Royano and Jeronimo González, to know first-hand the functioning of the project. They visited the Heat District of la Girada where they were able to share with […]
On April 27th, a day that was especially cold with the heating going on, was held at the headquarters of the Alt Penedès Regional Archives, which is part of the La Girada Heat District which runs exclusively with biomass of the vineyard, a conference day dedicated to technicians of the Administration and to Companies that […]
On April 21st, the Councillor for International Relations of Vilafranca’s Town Hall, Meritxell Montserrat, and the Head of International Relations, Carme Ribes, presented the project VINEYARDS4HEAT to those responsible for development of the Slovenian town twinned with Vilafranca, Novo Mesto, capital of the wine-growing region of the country, in the region of Dolenjska.
The project was […]
The VINEYARD4HEAT project, promoted by the Town Hall Council, the Cooperatives NOU VERD and COVIDES, and the INNOVI Wine Cluster, was started in 2014 with a significant step to guarantee its continuity: the modification of the Statutes of the municipal society of Waters (EMAVSA) so that it could operate as energy services company. During all […]
On Wednesday, the 22nd of March, the Committee of Governance of “VINEYARDS4HEAT” met to analyze the works realized since it began the extension of the project and to foresee the activities of his final section.
The meeting was presided by the Mayor of Vilafranca, Mr. Pere Regull, and it counted among other assistants with the presence […]
