The economy of Miajadas relies heavily on the cultivation and processing of tomatoes Residents are so proud of their cash crop that they decided pay tribute by building a giant tomato along the highway Miajadas is a little town located in central Cáceres a province in the autonomous community of Extremadura in Spain the Miajadas city council commissioned the large tomato sculpture artist Miguel Ángel Martín Gallardo curved a fiberglass exterior around steel ribs The tomato is 18 feet (5.5 meters) in diameter and sits atop a base that holds it 40 feet (12 meters) high So that it could be seen well by all the drivers on the A-5 highway it was installed on the side of a roundabout on the highway in 1999 take the exit 294 and then follow the service road for .31 miles (500 meters) Pull off Highway 61 in high summer for fried green tomato BLTs A larger-than-life representation of the humble aloe plant In Tasmania's "Valley of Views," dozens of novelty mailboxes add a quirky element to the landscape This UFO crash-landed on the outskirts of a French town in 2009 This giant two-tier celebration cake serves as a befitting advert for the confectionery college it sits on top of Hundreds of fiberglass structures line the side of the road in the middle of nowhere A charming easy-to-miss sculpture garden filled with whimsical and thought-provoking metal sculptures A 20-foot-tall quarter commemorates George Washington’s ties to Bedford County To continue promoting the use of renewable energy and achieve zero net greenhouse gas emissions with its Spanish factories by 2050, Nestle has partnered with POWEN to launch its third photovoltaic (PV) solar park at the Nestle AQUAREL water bottling plant in Herrera del Duque is comprised of more than 2,100 solar panels with a total power of more than 1,100 kW The power produced from the solar park will be used to power the factory’s operations – generating nearly 20% of the factory’s current electrical consumption this new PV solar park will help Nestle avoid the emissions of more than 4,100 tons of carbon dioxide per year “With this new facility, Nestle continues to support renewable energy in its factories while moving towards the decarbonization of its economic activity,” said Jordi Aycart This new installation joins a network of two other solar parks – one at the Nestle Solis tomato sauce factory in Miajadas and one located at the Nestle roasted coffee factory in Reus – providing more than 30% of the annual electricity used by these facilities Breanna Sandridge is senior editor for EnergyTech and Microgrid Knowledge both part of the energy group at Endeavor Business Media Breanna was managing editor for Machinery Lubrication and Reliable Plant magazines She has two years experience covering the industrial sector She also is a 2021 graduate of Northeastern State University (Oklahoma) with a Bachelor's in English ACCIONA and ACCIONA Energía have carried out an innovation pilot project to reuse biomass slag in the construction works of the A-68 Arrúbal – Navarrete highway The road works are being carried out by ACCIONA’s Construction business commissioned by the Ministry of Transportation and the pilot was led by ACCIONA Energía’s Innovation department The pilot has reused 1,500 tonnes of biomass slag –a common term to refer to boiler bottom ash– generated during the combustion process to produce renewable electricity at the Sangüesa biomass plant to replace natural excavated soil The road section included a subbase of high-quality selected soil and a base of graded aggregates with a simple surface dressing on top Biomass slag has successfully replaced selected soil of the subbase providing a high bearing capacity and rigidity to the road complying with all technical requirements that rules road construction in Spain The pilot includes an environmental monitoring plan This project follows preliminary pilots carried out to build access roads at the Celada Fusión wind farm where ACCIONA Energía reused 352 tonnes of slag from the Briviesca biomass plant where it reused 966 tonnes of slag from the Miajadas plant itself These projects tested the load-bearing and self-cementing capacities of biomass slag and demonstrated its good mechanical and environmental performance The reuse of biomass slag contributes to the goal of ACCIONA and ACCIONA Energía to provide a second life to the waste and by-products derived from its activity while promoting circular economy and reducing CO2 emissions from the construction process in an outstanding example of industrial symbiosis among its businesses All ACCIONA Energía's biomass plants have the Bureau Veritas certification "Zero Waste Management (Minimization of waste to landfill)" which promotes committed and appropriate management of waste to avoid landfill I accept Information on data protection In compliance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 on Data Protection and with other Data Protection regulations in force you are hereby informed that your personal data shall be processed by Acciona whose identification data are as follows: Tax ID No (NIF): A08001851; Address: Avenida de la Gran Vía de Hortaleza No.: +34 91 663 28 50; email: protecciondedatos@acciona.com Your data shall be processed in order to send you information through the subscription to our Newsletter through electronic means activities and news pertinent to our activity sectors The consent given by the data subject by indicating that they have read and accept this data protection information comprises the lawfulness of processing the subscription Request cannot be satisfied We may also process your satisfaction or preferences Data shall be stored until the elimination is requested we may give access to your data to service providers (such as technology service providers) who assist us in fulfilling this purpose may be located outside of the European Economic Area in territories that do not offer a level of data protection that is comparable to that of the European Union we transfer User data with appropriate safeguards and always ensuring the security of the same The data subject can exercise their rights of access to or rectification and/or the restriction of or objection to the processing of such data by writing the Department of Data Protection located at Avenida de la Gran Vía de Hortaleza 28033 (Madrid) or by sending the form available in the link: FORM If we consider it necessary in order to be able to identify you, we may ask you for a copy of an identity document. Furthermore, at any time the data subject may withdraw the granted consent by contacting the aforementioned address and file a claim to the Supervisory Authority (Agencia Española de Protección de Datos www.aepd.es) You can also unsubscribe from the Newsletter communication For any further information you can visit the Privacy Police on the website https://www.acciona.com/privacy-policy/