Experiences on sustainability of El Hierro island and other parts of the world based on renewable energy, organic food, sustainable mobility and Blue Economy

2. We have all we need
If we use what we already have.

3. 1. Who we are
1. What have we done?
1. What can we contribute?
1. How can we work together?

4. Outermost region and y double
insularity

5. We are in an Outermost Region of
UE and on an small Island where
size problems on our economy
are a very important factor that
afect feasibility.
Population:
10.500
inhabitants

6. Landscape diversity and
Sustaianble development

10. 1. Who we are
1. What have we done?
1. What can we contribute?
1. How can we work together?

11. Propuesta
Proposal
Biosphere Reserve

13. BIOSPHERE RESERVE – UNESCO - JANUARY 2.000
Sustainable Development Program
SDP

14. “El Hierro, Energía Sostenible”
Programa ahorro energético
▪ Saving Energy and Rational Use of
Water Campaign
❑ Responsible Schools Campaign

15. “El Hierro, Energía Sostenible”
Programa ahorro energético
▪ Wise Use and Energy Conservation
Campaign
❑ Awareness Campaign to Population

16. The Island is a System
System Approach

17. The world does not work like a machine. The world is a living being. The
world works as a system with nodes, flows, networks, links…

18. Sustainable Development Program
Arquitecture
Tourism
Agriculture
Employment
Fisheries
Energy
Water
Culture
Transportation
Comercialization
Wastes
Start 1995
Updated
2006

19. Sustainable Development Program
6 CRITERIA
1.- People as the Main Target
2.- Clean Production and Technologies
3.- Systems Design
4.- Creating Cycles
5.- Economical System / Local Economy
6.- Social Development and Citizens
Participation

20. Organic Agriculture
Waste Recycling
Marine Reserve
El Hierro, UNESCO Biosphere Reserve
Primary Sector Products Processing
Sustainable Water Management
Sustainable Tourism
Renewable Energies
Nos planteamos: si en determinados sitios se recicla bien,
se obtienen productos ecológicos, se construye de
modo integrado, se obtienen Energías limpias, etc.
¿por qué no traducir todas esas experiencias a nuestras
condiciones y hacerlo todo aquí?

21. Organic Bananas
Agricultura Ecológica
Goal: 100% biological
Livestock and Agriculture
in 8 years

22. Average Yield 41 Kg./plant
Max Production: 73 kg./plant

23. Average Weight and Banana Breeds

24. Organic forages
Maralfalfa (Pennisetum violaceum)

25. Yield: 440.000 Kg/Ha year

26. Fast regrowth

28. Yogurt made with ecological sheep milk
Milk price to farmer: 2 €/liter

30. Recycling and Cleaning
Recycling at El Hierro:
Paper 28,10 Kg./hab. año 299,4 Ton
Glass 15,15 kg./hab. año 161,9 Ton
Plástics and Tins 3,90 kg./hab. año 42,7 Ton
Leader Program UE

31. Methane Biodigester

32. 1/3 H
2/3 H
METHANE GAS
MANURE INPUT
X M3/day
LIQUID FERTILIZER
H
TOT VOLUME = 21 X

35. BENEFITS:
- clean water
- not odors
- no flies
- no energy consumtion
- fertilizer
- cooking gas
- produces energy
- forages
- wildlife
- tourism
- low investment
- simple management
A problem becomes an opportunity

36. Straw
Mushrooms
Employment
Free
Straw Income
Goats
Financing
Organic transition
Cost
Serbia and ZERI Assistance

38. Marine Reservation La Restinga –
Mar de Las Calmas
Sustainable Fisheries
Tourism – Fisheries Integration
Submarine photo

39. 14 th

41. At the System of the
island
a waste means a
non used
resource
We implement Proyects
making that wastes of
an activity become
imputs of next Proyect

46. TOSOLI, Colombia
Ingresos
Alimentos
Autosuficiencia
Electricidad
Bio – Movilidad
Gas cocina
Fertilizantes

47. WINDIESENE PROJECT
GÜSSING – CANARY ISLANDS – CEPSA – FIAT – EDF - DLR

83. Existing Diesel Power Plant

92. Loss Eólic / Energy to Grid
Pumps: - 30%
Pipeline: - 10%
TOTAL: - 40%
100 W → 60 W
1

93. 2
Loss Eólic / Energy to Grid
Pumps: - 30%
Pipeline:
TOTAL: - 30%
100 W → 70 W

94. 3
Loss Eólic / Energy to Grid
Pumps:
Pipeline:
TOTAL: aprox. 0%
100 W → 100 W

95. WIND-PUMPED
HIDRO POWER
STATION 100%
WATER PRODUCTION
Water Reservoir 350.L00O0W mE3R ENERGY CONSUMTION 40%
DESALINIZATION
PLANTS
FLYWHEEL
ELECTRICAL
GRID
STABILITY
EFFICIENCY
aprox 100%
UPPER
RESERVOIR 500
System Approach

96. Desalinization Plants consume 40% of
the electricity of the island when operating

97. 1. Who we are
1. What have we done?
1. What can we contribute?
1. How can we work together?

98. What can we contribute?
1. We offer a way for all regions and cities of EU to have
Renewable Energies. Would you work with us on this? BEEING
THE OWNERS OF THE ENERGY
2. We can give a way to find economical resources for
sustainable development and employment. CYCLING EXISITING
LOCAL CAPITAL
3. We are implementing a solution for competitiveness and
quality of life on ORs. Would we work together? INTEGRATED
SYSTEM
4. Harnessing the impact on the media of the Wind Pumped
Hidro Power Station

99. Movilidad y transporte Mix Energético de El Hierro.
100% ELECTRICITY FROM RE
WHAT ABOUT CARS?

104. Coste de Energía:
0,24 €/ 100 Km

105. “El Hierro, Energía Sostenible”
Sustainable Mobility Plan

106. a) THERE ARE HUGE AMOUNTS OF RENEWABLE AND ACCESSIBLE
ENERGY AROUND US
For years we have been wondering "What will happen when the oil runs
out?" and the answer was "nothing to do”. When the oil runs out there will
be a great collapse. Above suited those who sell oil. That statement is
false. Examples:
a) In the island with an area of 275 km2, a small strip of 0.1 km2
for the use of wind and storage facility produces 10 MW, while our average
consumption is 4.5 MW.
b) The solar energy falling on the roads in Spain is 22 times
the consumption of the national vehicles fleet, if exploited with current
commercial technology of photovoltaic panels with a efficiency of 13%,
obtaining 100 W/m2, and calculating only 4 effective working hours per day.

107. DATA: Total vehicles fleet of El Hierro is 7.723 vehicles
3.998 private cars; ; 765 vans; 735 pickups and 499 4x4 vehicles = 5.997 Cars
328 ciclomotores; 313 motobikes; 139 vehículos especiales; 83 remolques y semirremolques; 31 buses; 38
tractocamiones ; 782 lorries
CONVENTIONAL
CAR
Expense (€) Km Nº days Km/day
30 480 7 69
Consumption
Kwh/100 Km
Battery
Storage (Kwh)
Range Km Dayly Km
Kwh
used/day
Recharge
needed each
(days)
14 25 160 69 9,6 2,6
Qty Recharge /
week
3,00
Cost/
Recharge
10
1.
2.

108. ◉
◉
◉
◉
Amount of
cas
Weekly gas
cost / car
Paid / year by
Island
Número of
years
Total Income
that years
5.997 30 9.355.320 7 65.487.240
3.
Investment
on Clean
Energy
Generation
4 MW
6.000.000
TOT Support
to owner
17.991.000
Investment
on Recharge
Facilities
4.000.000
Amount for
Batteries
Purchase
37.496.240
Available
amount / battery
Quantity of batteries on
cars
5.997 3.756 22.527.728
Quantity of batteries on
Recharge Facilities
2.303 6.500 14.968.512
Cost of each
car(€)
11.000 +
6.500
Paid by
owner
8.000
Support to
owner
3.000
This is what we
are already
paying

109. 1. WE (ALL COMMUNITIES) HAVE CAPITAL TO BE OWNERS OF THE
ENERGY.
It is essential to be aware of the money currently spent on each island, in
every city, every county, in fuels for mobility. This money leaves the local
economy and we will not recover it.
a) In the case of El Hierro, with a fleet of 5,997 vehicles and an
average weekly expenditure of € 30 per vehicle each year 9.3 M€ are
extracted from the island's economy. This means that in seven years we can
pay an investment of 65.4 M €, of which we can allocate the following items to
the actions shown below:
1. RE Generation 6 M €
2. Batteries and RE Accumulation 37.5 M €
3. Electric Cars purchase support 17.9 M €
4. Recharging Infrastructure 4 M €
b) We have the capital for the investment in energy generation and
accumulation as we are now spending such amount. We need to design, in
addition, a temporary investment strategy and changing actions that take into
account the capital interests and local institutions that will manage the system.
In El Hierro, the public company that manages the energy generation is Gorona
del Viento SA, and we will create another one to be in charge of managing the
accumulation and selling of Energy.

110. Number of
Recharging
Centers
Nº cars /
center & day
4 576
Total qty of
Batteries at
Recharging
Centers
2.303
STORAGE
CAPACITY AT
EACH
RECHARGEM
ENT FACILITY
Kwh
TOTAL
ISLAND
CAPACITY(M
Wh)
Rendimiento
Producción /
Recarga
Needed
Power at
Clean Energy
Generation
(MW)
14.393 57,6 0,80 4,00
This Energy
HELPS GRID
STABILITY
◉
◉
◉
ADITIONAL
FREE
BENEFITS
◉
2. BEEING THE OWNERS OF THE ENERGY ALLOWS US TO DYNAMIZE THE
LOCAL ECONOMY AND CREATE JOBS. CYCLING LOCAL CAPITAL. Once
elapsed the first 7 years to amortize the investment, we have 9.3M €/year for a
population of 10,500, to implement Sustainable Development Proyects and
create Employment, or to reduce the cost of the energy for users in an extent to
be determined.

111. CENTRAL
HIDROEÓLICA
100%
VEHÍCULOS
ELÉCTRICOS
100%
Depósito agua
350.000 m3
Producción de
Control de la
demanda 40%
horas pico
Recursos locales y
empleo 7,3 M€ /año
AGUA
DESALADORAS
TURISMO
Tecnológico y de
Sostenibilidad
64,2 MWh
BATERÍAS VEH.
ELÉCTRICO
Red Eléctrica
VOLANTES
INERCIA
ESTABILIDAD
EFICIENCIA
aprox 100%
Eólica a la
Red
COHERENCIA
Programa
Desarrollo
Sostenible
RESPUESTA A
LA CRISIS
E. POTENCIAL
AGUA DEPO.
SUPERIOR
RESPALDO
CENTRAL DIESEL

112. Desalinization Plants consume 40% of
the electricity of the island when operating

113. 4 .- TO CONCEIVE THE QUESTION AS A SYSTEM
ALLOWS THE PROCUREMENT OF IMPORTANT
FREE BENEFITS: In the case of El Hierro these are:
- 57.6 MW of energy stored in the Batteries
Recharge Centres, which can be used promptly to bring
stability to the network and improve service quality
- A large water storage of 350,000 m3 for the
Hydraulic System – Desalination plants of the island,
which allows to stop the desalination activity in times of
high demand and little wind (the desalination plants
consume 40% of electricity in the island).
- 9.3 M € / year for investment and improving
the quality of life for 10,500 people.
- Generation of employment due to mobility
system change and innovation.
- Technological and sustainability tourism
that visits the island interested on this experience

114. In short:
- We have abundant energy, clean and accessible in large quantities around us
under different forms.
- We have enough capital to invest on:
- Renewable energy generation
- To build the infrastructure for recharging batteries of electric cars
- To buy rechargeable batteries
- To pay the user part of the cost of electric cars
- To pay part of the leasing or the cost of the batteries of electric cars
That capital is the money we already spend daily in fossil fuels
- Beeing the owners of the energy. In order to generate sustainable progress
and create the appropriate cycles in the economy of each area is essential that local
governments are the owners of the renewable energy of their territory. That is an
important funding source for Sustainable Development Projects
- The systems approach shows important advantages. When we conceive our
territories as systems and we talk not only about energy but also about water,
mobility, food, education, business, sustainability, etc.. we will find better solutions
and more profitability as a whole and in each of the actions

115. COMPETITIVENESS AND QUALITY OF LIFE ON OUTERMOST
REGIONS. INTEGRATED SYSTEM
HOW CAN WE BE THE CENTER?
- Seen benefits of integration of energy, water, clean cars,
tourism
- El Hierro implementing Zero Emissions Strategy from 1993
- Hundreds of examples around the world
Money is on
WASTES
Processing and
ADDED VALUE
SYSTEM
Approach,
SYSTEM
benefits
- ZERI Foundation. BLUE ECONOMY

116. • methane gas energy
• fertilizer
• forage
• vegetables
• clean water
Cascade of production,
added value and System
Approach
EXAMPLE

117. Straw
Mushrooms
Employment
Free
Straw Income
Goats
Financing
Organic transition
Cost
Yogurt made with ecological sheep milk
Milk price to farmer: 2 €/liter

118. Los ciudadanos y empresas canarias pagan cada año
3.675 M € en intereses financieros
Gastamos anualmente 1.800 M € en combustibles
para la movilidad
Canarias se autoabastece en alimentos en menos de
un 9% de sus necesidades y gastamos 1.040 M € en
alimentos
La electricidad que consumimos en Canarias supone un
gasto del orden de 1.000 M € anuales
Tenemos una juventud formada que tiene dificultades
para conseguir empleo en su campo profesional y
estamos a menos de 100 Km del continente africano
ESTOS PROBLEMAS SON
NUESTRA OPORTUNIDAD

119. ENERGÍA MOVILIDAD
RECURSOS
FINANCIE-ROS
ALIMENTOS
NECESIDAD
CONSTANTE
DE BÚSQUEDA
DE FONDOS
RECURSOS
QUE SALEN
DEL SISTEMA
PERMANENTE-MENTE

120. MEJOR USO
DE LOS
RECURSOS
EXTERIORES
RECURSOS QUE
SE REINVIERTEN
EN EL SISTEMA
EN BENEFICIO
DEL EMPLEO
ENERGÍA MOVILIDAD ALIMENTOS
REC.
FINANCIEROS

123. You may not change the world. But you can change yourself. And when
you do, everyone around has to respond.
Thank you very much
jmorales001@telefonica.net