The Elecnor Foundation organizes a debate among experts on the energy model of the future
The Elecnor Foundation Professorship of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency has celebrated the First Laboratory of Ideas on Renewable Energies, with the participation of leading experts in the sector.
The theme of this Laboratory was "Renewable versus conventional generation. The search for an unresolved equilibrium”. This is a highly topical issue at the present time, when the debate on the Spanish and European energy strategies for the coming years is livelier than ever.
The event was supported by the El Economista newspaper, which will soon publish an extensive summary. Its Chief Editor, Rubén Esteller, moderated the discussions, while Guillermo Planas, General Director of Enerfín, and Emilio Mínguez, Director of the School of Industrial Engineering (ETSII) of the Polytechnic University of Madrid, introduced the speakers. These were Luis Atienza, President of Argo Capital Partners; Juan Temboury, General Director of Fortia Energía; Carmen Becerril, Director of Acciona, and Fernando Soto, General Director of AEGE.
The discussion, held in the ETSII's building, included society's energy needs in both developed and emerging countries, among other subjects. On this point, the presentation of Guillermo Planas was especially useful, providing current data and long-term projections of the Spanish, European and global energy structure.
On the basis of the data, the speakers sought to identify the tendencies of the new energy model and of electricity generation, the economic and technical challenges for the full integration of renewable energies into the energy structure, and the regulatory conditions that have slowed integration in various countries, including Spain.
A crucial aspect was the confirmation that Spain, a real standard-bearer in the roll-out of renewables everywhere, has everything in its favour to maintain this role in the future, in spite of
the current paralysis caused by the Government's electricity reform. The experts were unanimous in maintaining that Spain can play an important role in the coming years in areas such as relaunching wind energy by updating and reforming installations whose obsolescence has left them relatively inefficient.
