The general director of Energy presents to the businessmen of San Javier the helps to the energetic efficiency and renewable energies

The General Director of Energy and Industrial and Mining Activity, Esther Marín presented the new entrepreneurs to San Javier call for aid launched by the Ministry of Employment, Universities, Business and the Environment for the promotion of energy efficiency and the use of renewable energies that can get up to 70 percent of the investment needed in the case of small businesses.

The convocation of the subsidy that occurs for the third consecutive year, and that will be renewed until 2020, aims to help improve the competitiveness of companies, through energy savings to the time it seeks to contribute to the fight against climate change, framed in the regional Energy Plan, explained the director general that was accompanied by the mayor of San Javier, José Miguel Luengo in the presentation held this morning in the lounge of acts of the City council of San Javier.

José Miguel Luengo highlighted the importance of this type of action and pointed to the example of City of San Javier where on May 4 the term of offers for the award of "the most of its history in energy matters "with an investment 5 million euros for the renovation of the public lighting of the municipality. Luengo explained that this action will achieve a saving more than 400,000 euros per yearyle = "margin-bottom: 0cm; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%" align = "justify">

In the current call it expects to receive some 1,500 requests for aid, of which Some 800 companies will be able to benefit. The general director Esther Marín explained that with the subsidized investments in the last year's call was achieved energy savings equivalent to the approximate annual consumption of 4,555 homes and a C02 emissions savings of 14,712 tons equivalent to C02 captured by 485,000 trees during a year.