From 12-16 January, representatives from Polish cities embarked on a study visit to Barcelona, to explore best practices in renewable energy and sustainable urban innovation as part of the Polish National Recovery Plan. Highlights include: 🌱 Presentations on the Barcelona Climate Strategy and decarbonisation of mobility 🏢 Field visits to transformative urban projects like #Glòries-Meridiana, the innovative BIT Habitat Foundation, and state-of-the-art facilities such as Grup TERSA waste-to-energy plant and #DISTRICLIMA district heating network. ⚡Touring of groundbreaking photovoltaic installations and engaged with the #Barcelona Energy Agency. Participating cities included #Warsaw, #Krakow, #Wroclaw, #Lodz, #Rzeszow, #Katowice, #Lublin, #Bialystok, #Gdansk, from the NetZeroCitiesEU programme and other key Polish cities. This visit laid the foundation for further collaboration, including partnerships within the Spanish Platform CitiES 2030. A huge thank to FCKIC Poland and the Barcelona City Council. for the organisation and to all involved: Ewa Pątkiewicz, Anna Krzyżanowska-Orlik, Pawel Kaczkan, Przemyslaw Derwich, and Agnieszka Zadura. On the Spanish side, gratitude to Michael Donaldson, Lluisa Cendon, Neda Kostadinović, Maria Savall Mañó, Montserrat Garcia Martinez María García, and others. Special thanks to Mar Jiménez and Ramon Canal, with out whom this visit wouldn’t have been possible. The visit is part of the project "Implementation of training, advisory and analytical activities in the area of administrative capacity building for green and energy transformation for local administration" funded by the National Recovery Plan in Poland Ministerstwo Funduszy i Polityki Regionalnej.
Grup TERSA
2mo
Thank you for the visit! It's a pleasure to be involved in your project. 🙌
PhD | Climate-Neutral Cities/Ecodistricts | PMP Cert | Dipl.Ing | Past President (2020)AIACE & Board Member (2015-21) | Fmr UN IPCCWGII TSU Director of Ops| EU Climate Pact Ambassador (2021-22).Posts/opinions are my own!
2moAn incredible opportunity for Polish cities to learn from Barcelona’s leadership in renewable energy and sustainable urban innovation! The focus on decarbonising mobility, transformative urban projects and cutting-edge facilities like the waste-to-energy plant and district heating network is inspiring and enlightening to other cities as well.