en.Wedoany.com Reported - ENGIE held the groundbreaking ceremony for the Burgos Renewable Energy Thermal Center in the Gamonal district of Burgos, Spain. This infrastructure will be used to develop a future sustainable heating network.

This new infrastructure is granted by the Burgos City Council to ENGIE's subsidiary Burgos Ecoenergías under a 35-year concession, with a total investment of €30.7 million. Once completed, the project will provide efficient and sustainable energy solutions for residential, public, and private facilities.

According to ENGIE, the project will build a 10-kilometer heat distribution network, with a technology mix covering renewable and recovered energy: two 8 MW (total installed capacity 16 MW) biomass boilers, one 4.5 MW biogas boiler, one 500 kW shallow geothermal heat pump, and a 2,800 cubic meter thermal storage tank.

This project exemplifies a public-private partnership model for infrastructure development. The concession granted by the Burgos City Council to ENGIE combines the city's strategic vision with the company's technical, investment, and operational capabilities, supporting urban decarbonization.

The new thermal center is expected to provide approximately 65 GWh of heat supply annually, equivalent to the yearly consumption of about 7,300 households. This sustainable heating network will offer an efficient alternative for heat production and help reduce emissions related to urban energy consumption.

The infrastructure is designed as an expandable network, with the capacity to increase coverage and capacity in the future. ENGIE currently operates similar infrastructure in Ávila, Barcelona, Pamplona, Palencia, Zamora, and Zaragoza, Spain.

Burgos Mayor Cristina Ayala stated: "Today we have taken a decisive step toward our ideal future city model. This heating network will transform how we consume energy and prove that collaboration between government and businesses can result in projects that improve citizens' quality of life, reduce emissions, and enhance urban competitiveness." Janis Rey, Director of Local Energy Infrastructure at ENGIE Spain, noted: "This project reflects ENGIE's commitment to developing local, efficient, and sustainable energy solutions that improve citizens' quality of life and accompany cities in their transition to low-carbon models." Xavier Puyal, Director of Heating and Cooling Networks at ENGIE Spain, added: "The Burgos heating network was designed with the future in mind and has the capacity to grow alongside the city, helping to reduce emissions and transform how Burgos produces and consumes thermal energy."

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