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As part of its Escuela Rural de Energía Sostenible (Rural Sustainable Energy School) program, Endesa will launch a new series of courses in November aimed at enhancing employability and requalification in high-potential job activities. The courses are intended for various groups in the communities within the Nudo de Transición Justa Mudéjar (Mudéjar Just Transition Knot) area.
The primary benefit of this training is that all students will become part of the Escuela Rural Employment Pool, which will provide priority access to jobs related to Endesa’s projects in Andorra, including those linked to renewable energies and those arising from various socio-economic plan initiatives.
This new training block includes around twenty short, medium, and long-term programs, with certifications issued by reputable educational institutions, such as Fundación CIRCE, Club Español de la Energía, and SEAS Estudios Superiores Abiertos (University of San Jorge certification), preparing students in a wide range of master’s programs and courses related to the renewable value chain: storage, Artificial Intelligence, energy, hydrogen, renewable plant processing, wind energy digitization, etc.
The training is designed to facilitate participation, as it is provided in an asynchronous online format, allowing students to work at their own pace. The training block will be completely free for unemployed individuals who are registered in any of the 34 municipalities in the Nudo de Transición Justa.
Endesa’s training program, conducted under the name Escuela Rural de Energía Sostenible, is one of the core pillars of its socio-economic plan for the Mudéjar Knot. It will benefit the most vulnerable groups in rural areas, such as young people, women, the unemployed, people with disabilities, and those from the Just Transition Pool. The program’s goal is to improve confidence, strengthen ties with the local community, and enhance the employability of local workers. It is also one of the shared value creation measures outlined in Endesa’s Future Plan.
Enhancing Employability
Students who complete the courses will join Endesa’s Employment Pool, which is available to its contractors for building and maintaining the renewable plants planned in the region.
To facilitate the insertion of these students into the job market, associated companies are required to meet minimum local hiring quotas and gender-based employment targets. In this regard, the Employment Pool has been made available to the contractor of the Mudéjar photovoltaic plant, a 69.2 MW facility that Endesa began constructing in Andorra last June.
The training plan is progressing as expected. In just over a year of operation, the school has provided more than 170,000 hours of training, representing more than half of the commitment Endesa made in the Nudo de Transición.
The training blocks completed so far include panel installation, renewable plant operations, electrician assistant, self-consumption, energy communities, preventive resources, and general competencies for photovoltaic plants. Additionally, courses in the primary sector related to the renewable value chain and biodiversity and environmental monitoring for renewables have also been offered.
Renewable Development
The Teruel (Andorra) thermal power plant operated for four decades, forming a strong bond with the area. After Endesa requested the closure of the plant, it began the decommissioning process (now completed) and devised a future plan that includes the establishment of new industries and the development of renewable energy capacity.
The renewable development proposed by Endesa for Andorra involves not only the construction of new wind and solar capacity but also the hybridization of these projects with energy storage through two battery plants. These projects are unique as they maximize the performance of these technologies, ensuring higher quality and energy security, and balancing the service by producing the maximum possible operational hours. The new renewable plants will be located in Albalate del Arzobispo, Híjar, Samper de Calanda, Castelnou, Andorra, Calanda, Alcañiz, La Puebla de Híjar, Jatiel, and Alcorisa.
Additionally, a 15 MW electrolyzer will be built to manage excess renewable energy for green hydrogen production, helping to decarbonize local industries. A hydrogen electrolyzer factory and a synchronous compensator will also be constructed, enabling renewable energy to be injected into the grid with higher quality, promoting better functioning of the electrical transmission network.
To build these facilities, Endesa, through its renewable subsidiary Enel Green Power España, will invest more than €1.8 billion and, along with the socio-economic plan, will generate over 6,300 jobs in total, of which more than 370 will be direct jobs linked to the renewable project. Once the full socio-economic development plan is deployed, additional stable, long-term jobs will be created. This will bring the total to 500 permanent, long-term jobs by 2028, far surpassing the direct and indirect jobs previously generated by the thermal power plant. These renewable initiatives will also be integrated with the primary, secondary, and tertiary sectors through unique projects that will facilitate the installation of new companies and the use of the region’s endogenous resources, under agreements with various local entities.