Andorra city energy management

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Andorra and the City Science research group at the MIT Media Lab are taking on the challenge of turning Andorra into an "Internationally Recognized Intelligent Country." The Andorra Living Lab project combines different research topics (tourism, innovation, energy and environment, mobility, dynamic urban planning) for the future urban challenges of the country. We are collaborating on a unique initiative providing Andorrans with the research, knowledge, methods, and tools to carry out such transformation.

Andorra is committed to diversify its economy in areas such as City Science, innovative ways of tourism, education and research, sports and nature, health and wellbeing, and to draw in foreign investment. Moreover, as a micro-European nation with a population of 80,000 people, Andorra is able to expeditiously cut through bureaucratic barriers to resolve regulatory issues, provide public policy, and create incentives.

This is a unique collaborative project between the Media Lab and Andorra Research + Innovation. The overarching paradigm of this work is the application of data science methodologies and spatial analysis on Andorra''s big data, with the goal of enabling an understanding of the country''s dynamics on tourism and commerce, human mobility and transportation systems, and energy and environmental impact—as well as to shed light on technological and systems innovation toward radical improvements in these domains.

The project aims to bring urban innovation in the capital of Andorra with an emphasis on a better knowledge of the pattern of the tourists in the country and how it affects mobility, entrepreneurship, and urban simulation for decision-making and community engagement.

Goals include helping to develop big data platforms for understanding, utilizing, and leveraging big data; developing concepts that have the potential to establish Andorra as an international center for innovation; and designing interventions that can improve the experience of tourists, encouraging them to visit more often, stay longer, and increase spending.

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Endesa will guarantee, starting next year, that 33% of the energy Andorra receives from Spain will be renewable in origin. This was stipulated in the agreement signed today, Tuesday, between Endesa''s general director of Marketing, Javier Uriarte, and the general director of FEDA (the electricity producer, importer and distributor in Andorra), Albert Moles. The contract is underpinned by the will of the two companies to firmly commit to reducing CO2 emissions to the atmosphere.

Specifically, the agreement foresees that 70 GWh of electrical energy will be imported annually with the certification of renewable origin issued by the National Commission for Markets and Competition (CNMC), which is equivalent to approximately one third of the electrical energy that is imported into the Principality from Spain. The remaining energy consumed annually in Andorra, up to 210 Gwh, will continue to be supplied by Endesa, as before, and with the energy mix offered by the market.

Thanks to this commitment, acquired for the next 10 years, Andorra''s citizens will receive cleaner energy and it is expected that, in the future, the proportion of certified renewable energy will continue to increase as the importance of green energy grows, which will gradually displace fossil fuels.

During the signing of the agreement, the general director of FEDA, Albert Moles, stated that the organisation is increasingly committed to renewable energy and reducing CO2 emissions, and that this commitment cannot only relate to its own electricity production, but that it has to be extended to the energy that is imported, since it still represents most of what is consumed.

For his part, Endesa''s general director of Marketing, Javier Uriarte, explained that signing this agreement demonstrates Endesa''s firm commitment to continue leading the energy transition and the fact that it is aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. In addition, he indicated that it reinforces the Company''s commitment to 100% decarbonise the energy mix by 2050, with a roadmap that sets out ambitious objectives for the coming years, while continuing to meet needs customer and improve services.

FEDA and Endesa have maintained a close relationship since 1998 and have wanted to strengthen ties with the signing of this agreement, since the two companies share a commitment to the energy transition with the aim of fighting climate change.

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