The country has made significant progress in diversifying the matrix of energy electricwith greater participation of sources renewable and business contributions to sustainability. However, the National Statistics Office (ONE) highlights as “worrying” the dependence on sources No renewable.
“The energy matrix between 2018 and 2023 reveals a worrying dependence on sources No renewable of energywhich represented more than 80% of the generation electric during this period. Although the participation of energies renewable reached a maximum of 16.3% in 2018, its growth has been unstable,” indicates the ONE in its most recent newsletter “Energy and change climatic: a look from the generation electric“.
He adds that the fuels fossils are responsible for more than 75% of all emissions of gases effect greenhouse (GHG). Therefore, reducing the extraction and production of fuels fossils It is a fundamental part of the solution.
According to the statistics of the Coordinating Body, the use of polluting resources to generate energy It has remained at an average percentage of 85.03% between 2018 and 2023, while that of natural resources has been 14.97% during the same period.
“This persistent dependence on fuels fossils aggravates the problem of change climaticcontributes to rising global temperatures, ocean acidification, extreme events and other environmental impacts,” said the ONE.
Therefore, he warned: “It is urgent to implement energy policies that prioritize the transition towards a clean and sustainable energy model, drastically reducing the carbon footprint and thus mitigating the effects of the change climatic“says the document.
The entity specified that the growth prospects for the energies clean They are optimistic. In 2022, countries installed more renewable capacity than in any other year. Production and installation costs continue to decline steadily, while political support and incentives, both internationally and domestically, are increasingly robust.
Energy by province
Bulletin 9 of the ONEpublished in December of this year, indicates that in 2022, the energy Renewable energy was generated in 19 provinces of the country, accumulating a total of close to 3,600 watts per hour (GWh) nationwide.
The provinces with the highest generation were Peravia (558.71 GWh), Montecristi (463.35 GWh) and Barahona (402.45 GWh), while the lowest were María Trinidad Sánchez (1.05 GWh), Independencia (7.84 GWh) and Monte Plata (45.52 GWh).
He maintains that the country must increase investments in renewable and avoid the exploitation of deposits of fuels fossils.
