The president of ancap, Alejandro Stipanicicwill speak about the energy transition process in Uruguay and the challenges that the country will have to face in this area in the coming years.
The presentation of the head of the autonomous entity will take place in the Carrasco International Airport (cannelloni) this Wednesday, August 23 in the framework of the Desayunos Útiles cycle that is organized by Somos Uruguay.
The meeting will be called “ancap in the energy transition”, and it comes after yesterday that the mayor of Canelones exposed in that same cycle, Yamandu Orsiand together with the president of the ZonaEste industrial and logistics park and the Chamber of Industries of Uruguay (CIU), Fernando Pacheand the director of Via Disegno, louis mateu.
Somos Uruguay defines these meetings as ones for “high-level face-to-face or virtual dialogue and deepening, with the participation as exhibitors of leading exponents of political, economic and social life, and exchanges with businessmen from all sectors of activity”.
At the same time, it is added that “in them instances of business rapprochement are made possible, enriching dialogues are generated and current issues are addressed.”
Ancap’s energy transition strategy
At the end of last year, ancap presented its energy transition strategy before an international panel within the framework of international competition Extreme Emade in east point.
There, Stipanicic assured that “Uruguay wants to go from importing fossils to exporting energy green“, and that the present degree of decarbonization was achieved thanks to the stability of the country and the consensus of the different administrations over the years, where the entire political spectrum agreed to promote energy and environmental policies.
Ancap is committed to the development of hydrogen projects on a global scale, totally oriented towards exports, especially to the European Union.
This would mean, “on the one hand, decarbonizing our refinery and traditional operations” and, on the other hand, “the development of biogenic carbon capture projects to produce methanol” and “the worldwide production of hydrogen offshore”. as indicated by the chief.
Source: Ambito
