CER - Pias II

Direct

• Contribution to the decarbonization of Portugal, avoiding CO2 emissions: by replacing the current combustion engines, the project’s implementation avoids the use of 3000 liters of diesel per year. The new irrigation system will avoid the emission of over 8 tonnes of CO2 every year, and this is equivalent to the absorption of CO2 from around 365 trees.
• Improvement in the use of resources: with the rehabilitated system, there will be a 30% improvement in efficiency in water transportation for irrigation.

Indirect

• Promotion of sustainable and modernized agriculture: by replacing the combustion engine and rehabilitating a structure from the 18^th century through the gravity irrigation system, the production reduces its impact on natural resources exploration and becomes more adaptable to climate changes. Five small-holder producers will be supplied by the system, whose production provides mostly local consumption. They grow grain in the winter and corn in the summer and Vinho Verde in the demarcated region.
• Reduction of energy poverty in Portugal: through community energy production, the project will have 84 energy points belonging to 53 associates in a rural area, contributing to the generation of renewable solar energy.

Direct

• Contribution to the decarbonization of Portugal, avoiding CO2 emissions: by replacing the current combustion engines, the project’s implementation avoids the use of 3000 liters of diesel per year. The new irrigation system will avoid the emission of over 8 tonnes of CO2 every year, and this is equivalent to the absorption of CO2 from around 365 trees.
• Improvement in the use of resources: with the rehabilitated system, there will be a 30% improvement in efficiency in water transportation for irrigation.

Indirect

• Promotion of sustainable and modernized agriculture: by replacing the combustion engine and rehabilitating a structure from the 18^th century through the gravity irrigation system, the production reduces its impact on natural resources exploration and becomes more adaptable to climate changes. Five small-holder producers will be supplied by the system, whose production provides mostly local consumption. They grow grain in the winter and corn in the summer and Vinho Verde in the demarcated region.
• Reduction of energy poverty in Portugal: through community energy production, the project will have 84 energy points belonging to 53 associates in a rural area, contributing to the generation of renewable solar energy.