The Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining highlighted that this translates into greater comfort and more competitiveness for companies.
He Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining (MIEM) highlighted that, through the measures implemented between 2020 and 2023, savings equivalent to the average consumption of 129,000 homes in electric power.
From the MIEM They highlighted the search to promote the energy efficiency, with the objective of “generating a more sustainable future and achieving savings that translate into more comfort for all sectors and more competitiveness for companies,” highlighted the head of the portfolio, Elisa Facio.
During the event at the Executive Tower, called “Energy efficiency, how does it reach everyone?”, the undersecretary also presented Walter Verri and the national director of Energy, Fitzgerald Cantero, highlighting that the savings are equivalent to the added population of the departments of Salto, Maldonado, Colonia and Flores.
In that context, Facio He noted that the tasks seek to “deepen the cultural change and the implementation of energy efficiency projects so that homes, rural producers, companies, organizations and localities can benefit from being more efficient with energy.” “The energy that we do not consume is energy that we do not have to generate,” he defined.
Second energy transition
“These instruments are part of the Government’s efforts that seek to lead the way for a more sustainable and energy efficient future,” he summarized about one of the pillars of the second energy transition.
In turn, Verri highlighted that “Uruguay wants to comply with the “environmental” commitments assumed internationally”, specifying that today “a second energy transition is underway.”
Finally, Stonecutter he valued the bet on decentralization and the debureaucratization, while maintaining that 30 measures were created to reinforce energy efficiency and announced the creation of an Energy Efficiency Table for Construction, as well as the implementation of a seal energy efficiency that will cover appliances and other items of daily use.
“We are facing a State policy, and that is a path of no return. I think that Uruguay, in energy, he plays in the big leagues,” he said.
Source: Ambito
