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Lorca is home to the large investment project 'Solar City', an industrial space that will accommodate manufacturers, installers, maintenance, engineering firms or consulting

The regional government is studying measures for energy efficiency in the reconstruction of buildings, which will allow Lorca be at the forefront efficient European cities

The Minister for Universities and Research Company, José Ballesta, today hosted along with Lorca's mayor, Francisco Jodar, the Bureau for the Standardization of Trade Facilitation and the municipality, which includes a central executive responsible, regional and local Chambers of Commerce, the Regional Confederation of Business Organizations (Ceclor), and representatives of professional associations, with the aim of promoting activities that generate wealth and employment in the municipality.

Among the main measures highlights the presentation by the vice president of Strategic Programs of the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism, Ramon Herrero Arbizu, a package of aid established by the Central Government for the re-industrialization of Lorca for a total amount of 13 million euros for the year 2012, with the possibility of continuity for 2013.

Of this amount, one million will be distributed in grants and the remaining 12 as repayable loans, covering in some cases up to 100 percent of fundable budget, with an interest rate of 0 percent and a maximum of 15 years and five-year grace period, providing that you should not pay anything for the first five years.

It also supports concurrency with other public support local, regional, national or community, while not exceeding the amount of the subsidized activity.

According to the Minister Jose Ballesta, "the ultimate goal of these grants is to reactivate the economy, ie, without abandoning the initial phase of rehabilitation, move into a recovery phase of the business of the municipality."

Hence the importance of "joint efforts among all public administrations to accelerating the early recovery of the business of the municipality."

The result of this joint collaboration between governments, the total count of Lorca trade aid amounting to more than 50 million euros.

This figure includes credits designed by the ICO to trade Lorca, assistance from the State Plan for Improving Productivity and Competitiveness for Trade and regional government incentives for the hospitality industry and trade and property tax bonuses and business tax cuts to the homeless, among other measures.

In this line, to date, the deadline for submitting grant applications to the rehabilitation and reconstruction of the premises affected by earthquakes, are a total of 276 applications received between commercial, industrial or service sector.

The bureau also reported about enabling new spaces on the campus of Lorca to house students from IES 'Ramón Arcas Mecca'.

Currently there are over 500 students at this center who have adapted the three floors of the library building on campus, with a total of 16 classrooms as well as some parking areas that have become sports courts for students .

For the next academic year 2012-2013 have been enabled on the old Police Headquarters Local Lorca other seven classrooms for about 250 students, with the aim of providing quality education as they complete the repair center, and In order to make room on campus for two new academic titles of Human Nutrition and Dietetics and Nursing degree.

Energy Projects

The Board discussed the status of major investment projects will be developed in the town of Lorca.

This is the construction of the largest photovoltaic solar plant in the world, under the name 'Solar Lorca' and over 400 MW of installed capacity, will be able to supply power to more than 200,000 homes.

This project goes hand in hand with the construction of Solar City, an industrial space that will accommodate the manufacturers of solar panels and components, as well as companies of installers, maintenance, engineering and consulting, "which will make the city Lorca national benchmark of solar energy, "said Jose Ballesta.

Also, following in the wake energy, the Bureau also studied the incorporation of energy efficiency measures in the reconstruction of buildings, "that will allow Lorca be at the forefront efficient European cities," said the counselor.

The regional government offers a program of investment through public-private partnership in which highlights, among other measures, proper land use planning taking into account the implementation of renewable energy projects in both housing and transportation, and a total reform lighting by low-energy technologies.

Source: CARM