Director of Stellantis Vigo, Ignacio buenoused the framework of the Assembly of the Galician Cluster of Automotive Companies (Ceaga) to put on the table the keys to the automotive industry of the future. Through an analysis of the industry’s shift towards the electric vehicle, the engineer highlighted the keys to tightening workforce flexibility, optimizing costs by “smashing every opportunity for improvement” and, above all, increasing the competitiveness of companies in the region. bets on “improving energy autonomy”. On this last point, the Balaídos factory wants to set an example. In addition to the solar panels announced last year, the management’s goal is to incorporate energy from the many wind farms installed in the community so that 100% of your consumption renewable resources. And as this environment can learn, negotiations are already quite advanced with at least three companies and I only Ok by the group.
As Bueno quoted in a speech at CTAG headquarters on Wednesday, Auto companies have to bet on lighting bills austerity measures as well as “self-supply through renewable energy” have become “a competitive factor between countries and between Stellantis plants”. Without going any further, producing a car in the Kénitra factory (Morocco) costs 50 euros less in terms of energy consumption than in Vigo.
HE model member of the group, Carlos Tavares, continues to press to cut all possible costs, and the energy issue has become the current battleground for Balaídos. In September of last year, The plant announced that 27,000 photovoltaic modules have been installed to meet 14% of the plant’s needs. With an investment of over 12 million euros with Prosolia Energy to produce 23.7 GWh/year of decarbonized electricity. Now it’s wind energy.
Stellantis Vigo is in advanced talks to reach a PPA agreement (abbreviation power purchase agreement, electricity purchase contract) with a company in the sector. With this, the factory will purchase the energy of an established (or to be built) mill park for a certain period of time. Something similar to what the factory in Figueruelas (Zaragoza) is doing, but four mills will be built on its own land, its management will be the responsibility of Prosolia Energy, it will undertake the investment and the company has been using the energy for at least 15 years.
At a “hot market” time, according to industry sources consulted, The horizon taken into account in the negotiated PPAs is 10 years., although Stellantis usually lasts between 5 and 15 years, as in the state achieved in the Aragon plant. Regarding prices, everything will depend on the energy’s guarantee of origin, that is, whether there is a guarantee of origin. green area (confirms 100% renewable) or not. In the first case, its value is higher by the order of 50 Euros per megawatt (MW) for a 10-year contract; in the second, on the contrary, it is around 60 euro/MW.
According to the same sources, offers in recent days range from 40.2 euros to 64 euros.. However, the final deal will depend on whether there is an intermediary.
Having a renewable energy source is vital to Stellantis through its plan. Dare Forward 2030 It has already set goals to reduce the carbon footprint of its value chain by 50% by 2030 and to reduce its net CO2 emissions to zero by 2038. seven years.
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While these talks between the companies and Stellantis Vigo are at an advanced stage, the multinational’s approval is crucial for their continuation. Tavares presses to cut costs and specifically urged Vigo to lower their energy billstherefore they are also struggling to access the aid package for the gas-intensive industry for consumption in the dyehouse.
The Balaídos administration continues to pressure the Government to come up with a formula that will give access to the 450 million points approved by the end of 2022. Reyes Maroto, Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism, recently announced changes to expand the possible sectors. to receive this assistance based on the CNAE (national classification of economic activities), where automobile manufacturing is still not included. “It’s getting tough,” Stellantis Vigo sources said, “but we won’t stop persisting because it’s important.”
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