The Spanish Association of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Companies (Anefryc) applauded the financial aid program for evaporative cooling towers and condensers announced by the Catalan Energy Institute (ICAEN) and the Energy Diversity and Savings Institute (IDAE).

According to Anefryc, the water cooling towers and evaporative condensers offer an excellent return on investment compared to similar solutions, as they offer both economic and energy savings to the Spanish productive system of up to 25,000 euro annually per installation. Thus, during a recent meeting of Anefryc and ICAEN representatives of the association highlighted the need to offset the false but widespread image of the dangerousness associated with water cooling towers. The Catalan Energy Institute also agrees with this need and has commited itself to launching a financial aid program, with an estimated duration of one year, aiming at promoting the use of all equipments and systems designed for the production of heat and cold which favour energy efficiency and include evaporative cooling towers and condensers.

On the other hand, the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Commerce, through IDAE, has developed 28 energy saving and efficiency measures to ensure minimum performance levels in all sectors. Two of these measures establish financial aid lines for the use of heating and cooling equipment which favour energy efficiency, among which are evaporative cooling towers and condensers. The financial aids cover up to 22% of the renovation costs, reveals the association’s press release.