Portugal can export renewable energy – Sustainability
“Portugal that has conditions for the production of wind solar energy and can be used as a generator of solar and renewable energy if it will not work as an electricity generator, namely, between unique installations in Spain and energy transformers, in terms of energy, Portugal and Spain on an Iberian island”, said Pedro Norton, CEO of Finerge, a company that is a leader in the production of wind energy, during the panel “Decarbonization: how will you reduce your CO2 footprint?”.
In his opinion, Portugal must focus this reflection on independence and security, which for many years energy was poor in the reflection on energy, very focused on Europe in combating and mitigating change.
Recalls that in 2014 when Russia in 2014 in Crimea, the European Commission was alert to the dangers of dependence on Russia, at the height of Russian gas, they were about 40%, but they rose to 45%. Pedro Norton believes that the current context may, in the very short term, reactions such as the current analyzes in Germany and Italy of a return to coal, and of re-investing in a return to nuclear, “but they must be short-term reactions because, in the medium term, and long term, there is investment in renewable energy from electricity and green hydrogen.
Predictable prices in renewables
Miguel Stilwell d’CE CEO of EDP, and that his intervention in two points that reinforce the goal of reducing decarbonization and the energy transition so that they are fulfilled as a reduction of opportunities, and which are energy independence and predictability of the price of energy center. The energy independence of Portugal and Europe passes production endogenously through wind, solar, coal, oil and gas energy alternatives, said Miguel Stilwell d’Andrade.
On the other hand, affordable prices for the next 15 years and could have been known in advance relative to a fair price 30 years, with affordable prices for the next 15 years and could have been known in advance relative to a fair price, 30 years ago. to brent, or to gas”, explains Miguel Stilwell d’Andrade. He added that there is capital, technology and that renewables are today the cheapest technologies for energy production, so “we have licensing, interconnections, ensuring that an articulated stable regulatory framework, and if there is this in terms of execution as companies to execute”.
The challenges of energy efficiency
The IEA has an evolution in the intervention of a demand greater than 50% to 250%, led by the increase in Asia, so energy efficiency is essential since 197% fossil fuels are 70% of primary energy sources, since 197% of primary sources of energy opening up to the topic of decarbonization, Filipe Duarte Santos, president of the National Council for the Environment and Sustainable Development. In turn, Júlia Seixas, Pro-Rector of Universidade Nova de Lisboa and the Decarbonization jury and who moderated the debate, estimates that Portugal needs 70 billion euros to invest in energy efficiency in buildings.
Saint-Gobain is a high energy industry, but as José Martos Executive Director of Saint-Gobain explained, Gobain’s high energy costs, Gobain’s high energy costs, many of the investments to accelerate this energy transition. And the Saint-Gobain company has in its portfolio products and solutions for energy efficiency, especially in housing. “This phase represents about 40% of the European Union’s preparation, 12% in the construction phase, 28% in the use phase of buildings and we want to achieve carbon neutrality we have to decarbonize housing”, underlined José Martos.
Portugal has a very old housing stock, with very poor energy performance. “It is an opportunity to mobilize a sector that increasingly justifies the improvement of energy efficiency to solve the problem of energy poverty and to create a circular economy dynamics. No construction process can use reusable materials. This situation can be a accelerator of decarbonization”, highlighted José Martos.
For the manager, there should be changes in the way efficiency incentives are offered by Saint-Gobain. “The important thing is to renovate and make a more efficient building, if the most efficient part is to isolate the energy saved more efficiently, to be more efficient, the most efficient part of the equipment was considered more efficient for José Martos’ efficiency.