Towards the energy transition in Latin America and the Caribbean is the name of the initiative presented by 10 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Paraguay and Peru)\u00a0who committed to contribute to achieve the regional goal of 70% renewable energy by 2030.<\/p>\n
As part of this resolution, last Friday, September 11, 2020, Colombia, Costa Rica and Chile, as co-leaders of this initiative, organized a webinar on the experiences and perspectives in relation to this ambitious goal,\u00a0event to which the Executive Secretary of OLACDE, Alfonso Blanco,\u00a0 was invited.\u00a0He stated that for the Organization this initiative will be very important since renewable energies in the region have a lot of potential.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe region has 25% renewable energies as primary energy, it is the highest percentage in the energy matrix compared to the rest of the world. However, our region, during the last decades, did not incorporate renewable energies at the same rate as the increase in electricity demand. And to meet this demand, the region had to incorporate technologies that use fossil fuels<\/em>,\u201d said the Executive Secretary, Alfonso Blanco.<\/p>\n To which he added that it is an important issue in the region since the use of fossil fuels in electricity generation must be reduced. He also mentioned that the countries of the region have marked differences as there are countries that have more than 90% of the use of renewable sources in electricity generation and other countries that have a much lower percentage of renewable energy.<\/p>\n