The Manacor slaughterhouse will reopen before the summer of 2027 and will have a solar tile system.
According to the mayor of the municipality, the works are scheduled to begin before the end of the year.
PalmAfter being closed and inactive for almost eight years, Manacor will have a slaughterhouse again before the end of this legislative term, in May 2027. This was announced by the mayor, Miquel Oliver, on Wednesday during the presentation of the project to install more than 1,000 solar panels in the energy sector, in order to provide energy to the rural road in the outskirts of the city. The comprehensive improvement works of the municipal facilities, "which also provide a regional service and are the reason why we receive aid from both the Consell and the Conselleria de Agricultura," Mayor Oliver noted, are scheduled to begin before the end of the year.
It's worth remembering that until 2019, when the slaughterhouse was closed due to several problems, mostly related to the lack of compliance with current regulations for the spaces dedicated to the different processes, a total of 200 head of cattle, 9,000 sheep, and 400 pigs were slaughtered every quarter. Or, in other words, 800 cattle per year, 36,000 sheep and goats, 1,600 pigs, and 12,000 piglets per year. Animals that have had to be taken to the slaughterhouses in Palma and Felanitx since then.
"Now everything is agreed upon and the project modifications are complete; only the site survey remains before we can begin," explains Oliver, who points out that the project manager for both the renovation and the installation of the solar panels will be the same, "which will greatly expedite the work in terms of coordination."
Innovative solar panels
On the other hand, the photovoltaic project, promoted by the municipal company Servicios del Medio Ambiente (SAM), has a grant of €1.77 million from the Investment Plan for the Energy Transition (PITEIB), and work is scheduled to begin next week, "a firm step towards sustainability and the energy transition." The goal is to provide the municipal facilities with self-sufficiency in energy, generating 481.525 kW, which will contribute to reducing the use of non-renewable energy sources, while also improving the aesthetics. According to Guillermo Barth and Marc López, the managers of the company Solar360, there will be three locations and two different technologies. 704 solar panels will be installed on the roof of the slaughterhouse, which will be complemented by the placement of another 360 on canopies overlooking the main entrance parking area for customers and employees. Additionally, up to 825 photovoltaic roof tiles will be installed. This relatively new technology (there are six projects underway in the Balearic Islands) consists of panels that maintain the shape of a roof tile, over which a camouflage screen is placed so that it is not visually noticeable.