Energia Barcelona

Barcelona has two centralised urban air-conditioning networks: the Llevant network, covering the Fòrum-22@ area, and the network covering the western Zona Franca and La Marina del Prat Vermell areas. The networks supply buildings with hot and cold water for central heating and air-conditioning and sanitary hot water.

Centralisation in production enables better energy efficiency in relation to individual solutions with boilers and air-conditioning equipment. Buildings that need to be supplied are connected to the supply station through a network of pipes carrying hot or cold water produced in the station.

Energy generation is carried out by making the most of waste energy resources, such as those from the El Besòs revaluation plant, or by exploiting the residual cold generated in the regasification process of liquefied natural gas in Barcelona Port.

The two existing heating and cooling networks are currently over 24 km long. Between them, they supply thermal energy totalling 105 GWh/year and the goal is to continue expanding them.

For further information:

• Llevant Fòrum-22@ hot and cold network
• Zona Franca-la Marina western cooling and heating networks

The system planned for La Sagrera Station and the surrounding area is still in the design stage. Work is also underway on a climate control micro-network for La Model.