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27 January, 2009
IRENA is fruit of a German initiative, to which Spain and Denmark were added, and it has as objective the renewable energy promotion in the entire world and to overcome the obstacles that these find in its development. Sebastian took advantage of his participation in the conference to appeal to all the countries to impel the clean energy sources together and to share experiences on this matter. “Spain can contribute its experience in that field, since it is leader in some sectors as that of the wind energyâ€, Sebastian said. Spain occupies the third world position at the moment in the use of the wind energy, behind United States and Germany. The renewable energies have in Spain 20 percent of market quota regarding the electric power production. The conference of Bonn had been prepared with a preparatory meeting in Madrid on last October, in which 51 countries gave their approval to the creation of IRENA. To the conference of Bonn attend representatives of about 120 countries of which 50 signed the constituent agreement of IRENA. Germany’s Federal Environment Minister, Sigmar Gabriel, underlined at the beginning of the conference that the development of the renewable energy in the entire world still has many obstacles, among those he highlighted that there are still many countries with conventional energy sources. “A quick growth of energies as the solar or wind power continues being blocked by many obstaclesâ€, Gabriel said in the inaugural conference of IRENA. “The market continues being distorted by grants to conventional energyâ€, Gabriel added. The obstacles that the renewable energies have, according to Gabriel, make necessary the creation of an international organization as IRENA that can channel the political will to overcome the difficulties. Also, the minister is of the conviction that the renewable energy, besides being key for the protection of the climate, offer big economic possibilities for many countries. “With the technical progresses, the renewable energy are every time a competitive alternative in front of the conventional energy. Also, the technology makes them cheaper year after yearâ€, Gabriel said. The agency will try to foment the use of energies as the wind power or the solar to substitute to the coal, the petroleum and other conventional sources and to advise to the countries that have plans of developing technologies related with it. IRENA is the first international organization that is exclusively in charge of renewable energies. Gabriel said in this respect, that in some countries a clarification process is still missing, but he expressed his conviction that soon the treaty will be subscribed by more states. Germany wants the headquarters of IRENA to stays in Bonn but other countries, among them Spain, have shown interest. Among the candidates to be the first director of IRENA has been insistently mentioned the name of the german social democrat politician Hermann Scheer, that was one of the instigators of the creation of the agency. EFE Source: Finanzas Deje un comentario |
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