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FCC Ámbito’s glass plant, the material used to manufacture the fibers that make up the wind bla-des. The wind industry stimulates local investment and makes Spain the fourth largest exporter of wind turbines The initiative could create more than 400 direct jobs per year -according to data from the Spanish National Integrated Plan for Energy and Cli- mate (PNIEC)-, connected with an investment in the supply chain by national suppliers, with an essential participation of local companies, es- pecially SMEs, in activities such as collection, treatment, management and operation of the plants, as well as in the marketing of MPS and the development of associated markets. It will also generate induced em- ployment, favouring the economic revitalisation of many Spanish com- munities, many of them with a major demographic challenge. Aligned with the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs With 26,835 MW of accumulated installed power in 2020, Spain is the fifth country in the world in terms of installed wind power capacity, after China, the United States, Germany and India. Wind energy was the second largest source of peninsu- lar electricity generation in Spain last year, employing around 30,000 people and helping to reduce CO2 emissions, avoiding the emission of 29 million tonnes per year into the atmosphere. This industry stimula- tes local investment and is the four- th largest exporter of wind turbines in the world. The project is designed to have an impact on the entire value chain, aligned with the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals, as it is oriented towards the ecological transition (SDG 13); the creation of a circular economy (SDG 12) around composite materials that form the blades of wind turbines of existing wind farms and that reach the end of their useful life; and di- gital transformation (SDG 9). It will also allow the Spanish wind energy sector, as well as the other sectors that use these materials, to anticipa- te the possible EU regulatory chan- ge, which will forbid the deposit of blades in landfills, by collaborating in their recycling. I N N O V A T I O N 48 I N N O V A T I O N