Venezuela has the second best potential for the use of solar energy in Latin America, only below the Atacama Desert, Chile. Already in the National Assembly of 2020 they are preparing a bill that encompasses the use of clean energy
The Minister of Electric Energy, G/J Néstor Reverol, held a meeting on Thursday, June 30, with the International Solar Alliance (ISA), in order to be able to analyze and advance programs that allow the installation of solar panels in Venezuela and to be able to thus giving “stability and reliability” to the National Electric System.
Reverol used his social networks to report that both representatives of his office and the National Electric Corporation (Corpoelec) participated in the meeting and expressed that the commitment of the Nicolás Maduro administration to “strengthen” the plans to avoid electrical fluctuations was ratified.
At the meeting, according to a Press release of the Ministry of Electric Energy, projects were presented on “alternative energies” that seek to provide technological training to the workforce that specializes in these areas, as well as the strengthening of the sector.
Along with Reverol, the vice minister for New Sources and Rational Use of Electric Energy, Tania Masea, and the president of the Foundation for Electricity Development (Fundelec), Carlos Borges; accompanied by various representatives of the union.
Masea explained that they plan to carry out these initiatives, including the installation of a training center in Fundelec, in the coming months and that the creation of a battery factory is estimated, as well as the recovery of those that are already in Corpoelec.
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“This alliance allows us to show the world that in our country we are organized with a National Plan for Alternative Energies, that we know what we want to develop in the country, our goal being to train our personnel, to be able to carry out solar energy projects. and improve our electricity industry”, he emphasized.
For his part, Borges pointed out that the rapprochement with organizations such as the International Solar Alliance “allows progress in the production chain” and generates confidence in the work carried out by the Executive.
This meeting goes hand in hand with the Clean Energy Law project that is being prepared in the National Assembly elected in December 2020. Deputy Feniel Girón highlighted on June 22 that there are studies carried out by the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (Inameh) in which It was determined that the entire coastal zone of the country -from the Guajira peninsula, in Zulia, to the Delta Amacuro state- has a “photovoltaic” potential where up to 2,500 watts per square meter can be produced.
Later, legislator Sony Sánchez indicated that they plan to prepare the articles on clean energy in Venezuela to be ready by the end of 2022 in order to be approved in first discussion.
Venezuela is one of the countries in Latin America with the greatest potential to generate solar energy, according to the map of the Global Atlas of Renewable Energy, but the lack of public policies and investment have prevented the sun from being an option to serve the electricity sector , which has faced several crises since 2009.
The solar potential of the Caribbean country is around 236 watts per square meter, just 40 points below the Atacama desert in Chile, the area with the highest capacity for photovoltaic energy in America.
Several years ago there were clean energy projects in Venezuela such as wind and photovoltaic -use of solar energy through panels-, which at first had a good “progress” but after a while it was like everything: disinterest supported the initiatives, leaving the country without those resources despite having ideal conditions for their implementation.
When there was a massive blackout in 2019, Venezuelans turned to exploring this type of alternative, but by 2019 the use of these energies was still expensive.
With additional information from The vanguard
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