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My name is Sonia Bielsa, I’m 36 years old.

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I’ve always lived in Andorra,

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except for the years I studied

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Technical Engineering in Industrial Design
in Zaragoza.

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My family has always lived off the coal in this area.

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My great-grandfather was a coal miner,

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my grandfather was a clerk at Endesa
(energy company).

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And my father, at the age of 18,

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went to work in the Andorra
coal-fired power station.

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I remember my father once
took me to the plant.

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I remember the first time I walked
into the control room,

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I was struck by all the lights and alarms,

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and I said at that moment,

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“Wow, what a cool job my dad has!”

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That's when I got interested
in power plants and in energy.

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Most families in this area

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have always made a living from coal.

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So when the plant closed,

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we were worried and uncertain

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because we didn't know what
was going to happen to our future

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and how this was going to affect the area.

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We didn't know if we were going
to be able to stay in Andorra

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or if we’d have to relocate to another city.

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In the end they did give us all a chance,

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all of us who were in the company

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were able to be re-employed,

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and I was lucky enough to be able
to be re-employed here,

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close to home.

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- Look, Dad! Over there, that’s my wind farm!

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I worked for ten years
in the [coal] plant in my town

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and now I’m the supervisor of the wind farms

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in Muniesa Farlan and San Pedro Alacón.

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I’d worked at the plant for ten years,

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so I already had some experience in operation,

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maintenance, safety and the environment,

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which has been very useful for this new job.

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We were also given training in wind technology,

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working at heights and specific courses

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to be able to manage

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a wind power plant perfectly ourselves,

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such as the work applications we needed,

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availability, efficiency, waste management, etc.

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Here we have three wind farms.

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In total, there are 38 wind turbines

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with a total capacity of 130 megawatts.

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Now we’re going to climb a turbine:

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San Pedro Alacón 10.

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I’m very happy because I love this job!

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It’s very, very versatile and motivating.

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I also love wind power technology,

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which is now in full expansion.

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Climate change is a reality.

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We see how the poles are melting,

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the sea level is rising.

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There are more and more extreme phenomena,

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such as floods, droughts, etc.

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This is why the energy transition is necessary.

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The coal power plant is on the right.

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You can see the three boilers, there.

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This plant was built more than 40 years ago.

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It’s been in operation all this time,

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until three years ago, when we started

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the closure and decommissioning process.

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My name is Rafael González Sánchez

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and I’m Head of Iberia at Enel Green Power.

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- 3... 2... 1... 0!

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In order to meet our goals of reducing

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the increase in global warming temperatures,

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it’s clear that we have to move towards

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the closure of CO2-emitting power plants

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and towards this new generation
of sustainable energy,

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with renewable energy that at the same time

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is integrated with community development.

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We’re very proud of the work

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we’ve done so far,

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how we’ve shaped this project

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for the future of this region.

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It’s work that we’ve done with
a lot of commitment.

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Commitment to make a just transition
with the territory,

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to ensure that the territory participates
in this future.

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- Grandad! How are you?

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So, we think that how
we’ve organized the project,

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how we’ve structured it
from the technical point

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of view of energy generation,

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and from the point of view of social

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and economic development
with the local community

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– we’ve made a fantastic project.

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The initiative of joint collaboration

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with Apadrina Un Olivo

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came about quite some time ago,

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when we started to think about what projects

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we could do in the future here in this region,

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by listening to the different entities
in the local community.

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- Hi girls, how are you doing?

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- Well!

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Most of the olive trees,
more than 100,000 in this region,

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were exploited for many years

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and began to be abandoned in the 1960s.

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That’s why we approached
Apadrina Un Olivo [Adopt an Olive Tree].

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It’s a very broad project
that includes the whole process:

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all the activities in the field
to recover the olive trees;

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the harvesting of the olives;

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then the pressing in the oil mill

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to produce olive oil.

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And there’s also the promotion of an initiative

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to package agricultural products
from the area's market gardens,

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natural local products,

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taking advantage of the bounty of this oil.

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What Apadrina Un Olivo does

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is restore traditional activities and production

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and generate employment associated
with the recovery,

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harvesting, pressing of the oil

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and manufacture of products.

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From my point of view,
we only have one planet

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and I think it has certain limits

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that we have to keep in mind
in order to live well,

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to meet our needs,

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but also without compromising

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the needs of our children

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and future generations.

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So I think the energy transition is necessary.

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I’m proud to be able to contribute

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in a small way through my work.

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We’re on the right track
with the energy transition,

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but I believe that there’s still a long way to go,

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but that little by little it will be achieved.

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