Newsletter ACERA - Noviembre 2019

06.
Renewable Associations of Ibero-America
will sign commitment of clean energies in
the Energy Day of the COP
After the recent partnership signed between the Peruvian Society of
Renewable Energy (SPR) and ACERA to promote renewable energies in
their respective countries, a project was born to expand this commitment
to different renewable associations of Iberoamerica, giving rise to the
adventure of conglomerating the main associations of the region and
Spain. This latter country will assume the host role of COP 25, where
Chile maintains the presidency.
To date, there are 13 associations that have adhered to this commitment,
representing Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru,
Uruguay and Spain, who will come together to sign a Framework
Agreement, whose primary goal is to establish the main lines of
collaboration between the associations in the areas of: Promotion and
development of national regulation in each country, which is suitable to
take advantage of the technical and economic benefits of renewable
energy; Exchange of experiences and knowledge; and Develop
consultancies and studies aimed at improving the technical and
competitive conditions of renewable energies.
In this regard, José Ignacio Escobar, President of ACERA and
representative of Chile to the agreement, noted that "This is a very
important step for us. In ACERA, we have been promoting more active and
in-depth work among the different renewable associations for a while, and
this milestone, where so many associations from different countries were
brought together, is the first step in the great challenge. The planet needs a
total energy transition to achieve the global goal against global warming,
and therefore we believe the union between all nations in this ambition to
combat the climate crisis with clean energy to be fundamental."
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The initiative will be part of the Energy Day program, organized by the
Ministry of Energy of Chile, and the signing will take place on December
10, 2019 at the Blue Zone of COP 25 in Madrid, Spain.
Chile is No. 1 in Latin America in the
Climatescope 2019
The Climatescope 2019 ranking, a study carried out annually by
Bloomberg News Energy Finance, positioned Chile as the country
with the most opportunities to establish renewable energy projects
in Latin America, and number two in the world, falling only behind
India.
The elements considered in the elaboration of the ranking were
economic fundamentals, opportunities and experience. Thus,
Chile's overall rating in 2019 was 2.85 versus 2.63 points in 2018.
The report considers, among all points, the main barriers of each
country to develop renewable energy successfully. In the case of
Chile, one of the main ones remains interconnection, as in 2018,
particularly interconnection to allow solar energy produced in
northern Chile to flow to the center of the country, where
population and demand are concentrated.
In this regard, the Director of Studies of ACERA, Dario Morales,
commented that "despite Chile lowering a position in the global
ranking, the fact that our country has increased its score
compared to 2018 is good news. The main increase was in the
economic fundamentals item where the country's commitment to
the establishment of concrete targets for the development of
renewable energies is highlighted."