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INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE
Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
Economic growth, social advancement and action against the climate emergency depend largely on investment in infrastructure, sustainable industrial development and technological progress. Today, about 1 billion people live more than 2 km from a roadway, 940 million live without electricity, and 663 million lack improved drinking water sources.
ACCIONA participates in the entire infrastructure construction value chain, from the identification of opportunity, design and execution, to the operation and maintenance of the constructed works, using the most advanced and innovative techniques.
Performance quality and safety are two of the criteria that maximize the company's value proposal in the development of large infrastructure projects and that differentiate it from other competitors in the construction field.
SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES
Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
Today, cities represent 3 % of the planet's surface and concentrate more than 50 % of the population. A figure that will rise to 70 % by 2050. In addition, cities generate more than 80 % of the world's gross domestic product (GDP).
In addition to facilitating access to essential services for life - such as energy and water - ACCIONA contributes to making cities places of productive well-being in which to live, favouring people's socio-economic development.
The 200 million euro project was a concession contract for the construction and operation of the 1st phase of the irrigation area of the Navarra Canal, with a covered area of 26,233 hectares (gross supply area) in the municipalities of Añorbe, Obanos and Puente la Reina, with a drainage length of 344 kilometres, 980 kilometres of roads and a demand of 90 hm3/year. The total length of the canal is 44 km, which included the construction of 48 km of roads and the installation of an 837 kW pump.
The water that supplies the canal comes from the Itoiz reservoir. This reservoir not only stores water but also generates electricity. The reservoirs that regulate the canal are those located at Villareta, Monreal and Artajona. Given that the canal is generally higher than the land it irrigates, the water moves mainly by gravity, and pumping units are hardly necessary.
The contract for Phase I of the Irrigation Area of the Navarra Canal was developed using the shadow toll system, whereby the Administration paid a monthly fee to the concessionary company for 30 years for the use and availability of the infrastructure, linked to the quality of the irrigation service offered by the latter. The project has been in operation since 2011.
GENERAL INFORMATION
- Location: Navarra, Spain.
- Contract type: Concession.
- Infrastructure: Irrigation area of the Navarra Canal with a covered surface area of 26,233 hectares, a drainage length of 344 kilometres and a demand of 90 hm3/year. The contract also included 980 kilometres of roads.
- Year of project completion: 2010