Enel Colombia launched the study Roadmap for the Energy Transition in Colombia with a vision to 2050. Nearly 120 people from different sectors participated in this first workshop, including unions, academia, companies and the National Government, among others.
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This new study is an update that complements the exercise carried out in 2020 by the Universidad de los Andes and contains the progress, to date, of the policies promoted by the government, which, in addition, have positioned the country as a leader in the region. It also includes progress in implementing the evaluated technologies and contemplates new capabilities of the modeling tool.
“Through this study we hope to continue building on what has been built in terms of Energy Transition and provide recommendations to the country on how to achieve carbon neutrality in 2050, with the lowest possible costs. The recommendations that come out of this exercise will be based on the construction of scenarios with the different sectors involved in the transition and that we are going to analyze rigorously and objectively. We hope that this exercise contributes to strengthening public policy and guides the actions that are needed from the private sector to have a transition that gives us energy security, is equitable and allows us to fulfill our role in the fight against climate change.”, stated Tomás Gonzalez, director of the Regional Center for Energy Studies (Cree).
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The launch workshop was attended by the Deputy Minister of Energy, Miguel Lotero, who referred to the Colombia’s progress in terms of energy transition and expectations regarding this study.
“We want to continue on this route of Energy Transition and that the public policies designed by the Ministry of Mines and Energy continue to be developed. This study that we see today shows us that there is an intention to continue advancing in the challenges that we have and that there is a commitment in the achievements that we have obtained. We hope that the completion of this study will be of great contribution to our sector and we are committed and willing to follow the results to implement jointly with the private sector.”, stated Vice Minister Lotero.
Likewise, one of the topics discussed in the middle of the workshop was the just transition, about which Lucio Rubio Díaz, General Director of Enel Colombia; Jose Antonio Vargas Lleras; president of the Colombian Committee of the World Energy Council; Felipe Bayón, president of Ecopetrol; and Juan Ricardo Ortega, president of Grupo Energía Bogotá, discussed how this will create a positive shared value between the sectors.
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“The energy transition has the call to be carried out within the framework of a just transition, towards a new economic resilience, diversified and sustainable. A just transition promotes environmental sustainability, as well as decent work, social inclusion and the eradication of poverty, as required by the Paris Agreement”, stated Lucio Rubio Díaz, CEO of Enel Colombia.
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