Analysis
Analysis
Analysis
Lérida
Ciment Catala
Economic Elements
Energy Production Green Hydrogen
Mine Federico
In the past, one of the economic engines of the town were its coal mines. The large-scale exploitation of lignite
Green hydrogen utilises renewable electricity from the Mequinenza Carboniferous Basin began precisely in this municipality, when Ignacio Girona y Agrafel
and the hydrogen could potentially be used as installed a cement factory that used coal and marls from their mines. Cement production began in 1876. A part
a combustion fuel in the cement kiln without of the facilities are still preserved, representing an important heritage for the mining and industrial history of the
the resultant CO2 emissions associated with area. After the invention of coal in 1824.
traditional fuels and biomass.
Section
Scale 1 ; 200