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Just Transition in Compostilla
The energy transition plan for Compostilla includes promoting the site to attract new business initiatives to El Bierzo, while vocational training courses have also been organised for workers in the region and priority has been given to local labour for the plant dismantling work.
Plant dismantling
The Compostilla power plant, located between the municipalities of Cubillos del Sil and Ponferrada in León, is in its final dismantling phase. 156 people are working on the process, 76% of whom are residents of the El Bierzo region, as Endesa has given priority to local residents in its hiring.
Energy transition plans
The plan, launched in the area surrounding the Compostilla power plant, reflects our commitment to a just transition that enables progress towards the decarbonisation of the economy in accordance with sustainability criteria. The objective is to mitigate the potential social and economic consequences of the plant’s closure and to create shared value with all local stakeholders.
Among other actions, the plan encompasses:
Promoting training in renewables in the surrounding area, as well as in power plant dismantling and in sectors with development potential to improve employability. This training, consisting of 8 courses, has allowed almost 300 local workers to take advantage of employment opportunities in the dismantling of the thermal power plant – which began in 2021 and will end in 2027 – and in other promising sectors that may develop alongside the new business projects.
Seeking projects. The facilities and the Endesa site in Compostilla, which has been out of service since late June 2020, offer ideal characteristics for the development of new business projects.
New industrial projects
Among the projects that emerged following the international call for projects under the Compostilla process, Novolitio's industrial-scale lithium battery recycling plant is particularly noteworthy. This plant, capable of recycling all types of (lithium-based) battery chemistries, has already begun construction, with the aim of starting operations in mid-2027.
The plant, which will create 49 jobs, is being built in the El Bayo Industrial Estate (El Bierzo, León) and will cover an area of 15,000 square metres, where it will recycle up to 25,000 tonnes of batteries per year.
Another initiative resulting from the project search is the eSAF plant, producing 60,000 tonnes/year of green kerosene from renewable hydrogen and biogenic CO₂, by the developer RIC Energy. The project, which has ultimately been located in the El Bayo industrial estate, has received almost €80m in public funding from the IDAE (Institute for the Diversification and Saving of Energy), and is estimated to create 250 direct jobs for the operation of the plant.
In addition, work continues on the implementation of other industrial projects at the site.