The DUS 5000 Program, i.e. the Sustainable Urban Development Program, was created to help communities achieve an energy transition while combating rural depopulation in these areas.

The Sustainable Urban Development Program 5000 is a new line of aid for the implementation of clean energy projects in municipalities with demographic challenges.
The grants will go to municipalities defined as "demographic challenge municipalities". These are those with less than 5,000 inhabitants and non-urban municipalities with up to 20,000 in-habitants in which all their singular population entities have up to 5,000 inhabitants.

This aid aims to promote the sustainable urban development of these municipalities with ac-tions related to energy efficiency in public buildings and infrastructures, the promotion of green investments, self-consumption and sustainable mobility.

The municipality of Ohanes will be the first in the province of Almería to carry out the installa-tion of renewable energies to promote self-consumption through the DUS 5000 Plan.
The Ohanes project consists of the installation of photovoltaic solar energy systems for self-consumption in nine municipal buildings or infrastructures. This includes the Town Hall, the wa-ter treatment plant, the Sports Pavilion, the Multipurpose Hall 'Los Depósitos', the Multipurpose Hall 'Matadero', the New House, the school, the future Interpretation Center and the Medical House.

For a project to be eligible under the DUS 5000 program, it must implement a measure that achieves a reduction in the expected CO2 emissions. The measures from which they can choose are as follows:

•    Reduction of energy demand and consumption in public buildings and infrastructure.
•    Renewable electricity generation facilities for self-consumption.
•    Renewable thermal generation facilities and heating and/or cooling networks.
•    Fight against light pollution, efficient and intelligent lighting, Smart Rural and ICT.
•    Promotion of Sustainable Mobility.

Municipal policymakers highlight the importance of this investment program to promote sus-tainability and renewable energies in rural areas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnR0ejadmn0
https://www.idae.es/sites/default/files/documentos/ayudas_y_financiacion/EL-PROGRAMA-DUS5000-EN-5-CLAVES.pdf
https://www.diariodesevilla.es/andalucia/Ohanes-municipio-renovables-Plan-DUS_0_1862814148.html
https://www.ohanes.es/
https://elperiodicodelaenergia.com/llegan-las-renovables-a-la-espana-vaciada/

DIRECT SDGs:

• (SDG 7) Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all

INDIRECT SDGs:

• (SDG 9) Industry, innovation and infrastructure
• (SDG 11) Sustainable cities and communities
• (SDG 13) Climate action

Justification:

• (SDG 7) Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all:  The program facilitates the implementation of sustainable energy efficiency projects, the generation of renewable energies and the promotion of electric mobility. In the case of the town of Ohanes, the entire community will benefit from the first measures in public services and buildings.
• (SDG 9) Industry, innovation and infrastructure: The town's infrastructure will benefit from the installation of solar panels to supply the energy needs of public buildings.
• (SDG 11) Sustainable cities and communities:  The objective of the program is sustainable urban development.
  The availability of electricity in any rural environment allows us to improve our quality of life, access technology and be connected to work. Therefore, an increase in electrification can help to solve the problem of empty Spain, because we are talking about an activity that has a presence throughout the territory, thanks to network infrastructures that reach all the Spanish small towns
• (SDG 13) Climate action:  The promotion of renewable energies, sustainability and energy efficiency in small and resource-poor municipalities will have a clear impact on CO2 reduction and the fight against climate change.

1. What was the DUS 5000 program designed for?
2. What are some of the actions funded by the program?
3. What measures related to sustainable energy will be implemented by the town of Ohanes?
    

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