21 Jun CLANER lists the development of new electricity infrastructures and administrative streamlining as current challenges for renewables in Andalusia
- In sectoral conferences held in the Parador Nacional de Cádiz with the presence of the business community and the Administration.
20th June 2024.
The Andalusian Renewable Energy Association (CLANER) has identified as one of the key elements to face the current challenges of clean energy in the region the increase in investment in new electricity transmission networks and the increase in digitisation and the provision of greater resources to streamline administrative procedures that favour the development of projects.
This was explained by the President of CLANER, Alfonso Vargas, who, together with the Andalusian Regional Government’s Minister of Industry, Energy and Mines, Jorge Paradela, and the Mayor of Cadiz, Bruno García, inaugurated the sectoral conferences that will be held today and tomorrow at the Parador Nacional de Cádiz, bringing together the main players in the renewable energy sector from both the business sector and the Administration.
Alfonso Vargas stressed the need to improve both electricity infrastructures and administrative procedures in order to deploy the full renewable potential of Andalusia and increase the share of clean energies in the energy mix.
“Andalusia occupies and must continue to occupy a leading position in Spain and Europe in this third industrial revolution of decarbonisation and renewables, and to do so we have the natural resources and the strength of a business sector that is a pioneer and model throughout the world,” stressed the president of CLANER.
After the opening ceremony, the day continued with a round table discussion on the future of energy in Cadiz with the participation of the president of the Wind Energy Business Association, Rocio Sicre, the head of Navantia’s Shipyard 4.0 in the Bay of Cadiz, Francisco Javier Abad, and the delegate of Naturgy Renewable Development in Andalusia, Jesus Varela. Pedro Mayorga, coordinator of the CLANER Marine Energy Working Group, acted as moderator.
Sectoral conferences
The CLANER sectoral conferences will continue tomorrow, Friday, with a round table discussion on the Administration, with the participation of the Secretary General of CLANER, Gemma García-Pelayo, the Secretary General for Energy of the Andalusian Regional Government, Manuel Larrasa, and the Director General for Protected Natural Spaces of the Andalusian Regional Government, José Enrique Borrallo.
Afterwards, the Secretary General of the International Graduate School of the Mainjobs Group, Antonio J. Martinez, and the Rector of the International Business School of the Mainjobs Group, Juan Antonio Jaén, will give a presentation on training issues in the field of renewables.
At 11.30 a.m., a round table on hydrogen is scheduled to be held with speeches by the president of the Andalusian Hydrogen Cluster, Francisco Montalbán, and the non-executive president of Hygreen Energy, Marcelino Oreja, moderated by the director of the Hydrogen Division of Ecointegral Ingeniería, Adrián Correro.
Afterwards, the storage factor in renewables will be the subject of study at the table that will be made up of the president of the Business Association of Batteries, Batteries and Energy Storage (AEPIBAL), Luis Marquina, and the director of Hydraulics and Environment of Magtel, Arturo Buenaventura. The moderator will be the head of the Energy Service of the Andalusian Regional Government, Antonio José Palacios.
At 12.30 pm, the delegate of Red Eléctrica de España in Andalusia, Jorge Jiménez, and the general manager of Andalusia, Extremadura, Ceuta and Melilla of Endesa, Rafael Sánchez Durán, will discuss issues related to electricity grids. The technical director of Idea Energía, Pablo García, will act as moderator.
The closing round table of the conference will be dedicated to aspects related to the territory. Participants will include the Mayoress of Jerez and President of the Andalusian Federation of Municipalities and Provinces, María José García-Pelayo, and the General Manager of Texla Renovables, Miguel Montero. The president of CLANER, Alfonso Vargas, will act as moderator.
The closing ceremony of the conference, sponsored by Naturgy and with the collaboration of Texla Renovables, Ecointegral and Maninjobs, will be led by the Mayor of Cádiz, Bruno García, and the President of CLANER.
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About CLANER
The Andalusian Renewable Energy Association (CLANER), with more than 20 years of experience, is a group of companies, official bodies, technology and research centres, universities and public foundations, among other agents.
Its aims include the representation and defence of the Andalusian renewable energy and energy efficiency sector, as well as the promotion and encouragement of research, technological development and innovation of products, processes and services associated with this field through collaboration and cooperation between the members of the cluster in order to strengthen the competitiveness of Andalusian companies in the clean energy sector.
The members of the association, which currently has more than 140 member companies and represents more than 90 percent of the Andalusian renewable energy sector, include Andalucía Tech, the Centre for Energy, Environmental and Technological Research (CIEMAT), part of the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, the University of Jaén, the Pablo Olavide University in Seville, the Descubre Foundation, municipal and provincial energy agencies, as well as the main renewable energy companies in Spain and the electricity company Endesa Distribución.
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For further information or to arrange interviews with CLANER management, please contact the Communications Department on 676 46 57 00; 951 910 401 or 951 910 401, or comunicacion@claner.es
