Country: Spain
Project name: Guardian
Asset Type: Ground mounted
Power: 37,1 MW
Total area: 60 Ha
Power purchase type of contracts: PPA
COD date: Operating
ECHO Program Launch date: 2023
Local Expert Ecologist
Creation of natural vegetation islands
Creation of perimeter rush hedge
Planting fruit trees
Stried of plant cover
Installations of nest boxes and perch posts for rapators
Construction of rainwater collection ponds
Construction of calling with soil-protec for correction of caves
The plants used are indigenous to the region. The local community told us about their need for native plants, and we asked a local ecologist to integrate them into the project. To ensure social integration, we always look for a local ecologist.
Above ground (fauna and/or flora) biodiversity evolution and/or below ground biodiversity evolution.
Water infiltration/retention evolution.
Carbon sequestration helps mitigate climate change by storing carbon in trees (micro-forests, hedgerows) and in soil (SOC evolution).
Maintain a vegetal cover and/or monitor evolution of above ground vegetal biomass productivity.
Soil and/or groundwater contamination evolution, whenever relevant.
Impact of the regeneration program on the local community.
* Periodic review of ECHO programs’ KPIs will be conducted throughout the asset’s life cycle.
** This score is down due to the construction phase of the plant but will be largely positive after a few months of soil regeneration.
Our exclusive partner in charge of analysing the health of our soils before and for the duration of all our regeneration programmes.
As a result of climate change and human activities, mainly agriculture, soil quality on this site has deteriorated considerably. Our aim is to revegetate an area where there is little or no diversity of plant species, and thereby encourage the return and facilitate the protection of the surrounding fauna.