Oviedo (EFE).- Asturias reduced carbon dioxide emissions by 42 percent between 2015 and 2019, a decline that will be even more intense in the coming years, according to the vice president and counselor for Regional Administration, Environment and Climate Change, Juan cofiño
“The data show that the intensity of emissions has been reduced by 42 percent, going from a value in 2015 of 1.40 (thousands of tons of CO2 equivalent per million euros of GDP) to 0.81 in 2019, showing a clear downward trend, “said the vice president in the regional parliament in response to several questions from Podemos.
According to the counselor, Asturias “is going very well and the process will accelerate in the coming years in this area”, something to which Arcelor’s decarbonisation plan and the green steel manufacturing project with the intensive use of hydrogen and renewable energy.
The multinational’s commitment is “clear, evident and will be reflected in the investments made in the coming years” so that the steel industry continues to have a future in Asturias “in a green key” and quality jobs can be maintained for years.
circular economy
Cofiño has also announced that the Government will announce this week the Circular Economy Strategy and soon the Climate Action Strategy, a roadmap to the year 2030 with which to move towards a decarbonised, digitized and sustainable energy model.
This strategy also incorporates measures to neutralize emissions that cannot be reduced, such as those related to the decarbonation (carbon dioxide removal process) of raw materials in activities such as the steel industry or cement production.
In line with the circular economy strategy, Cofiño has ensured that the plastic waste recycling plant that is planned to be installed in the port of El Musel must meet all the environmental requirements and has guaranteed that the facility “will not affect health of people”.
The Preco Group plans to invest 74 million euros in a plant that will produce advanced second-generation biofuel from solid plastic waste in the port of El Musel and that will generate 70 direct and 300 indirect jobs.
According to Cofiño, it is a project aligned with the circular economy that the Government intends to promote and that must pass “absolutely rigorous processes from an environmental point of view.”
Likewise, it has justified its location in El Musel because a port must accommodate companies and industries and cannot become a theme park. EFE