CENER presents the spanish leadership in renewables in The Azores

7 June 2010

“Energy development must be the driving force for future economic growth”. This was one of the statements made by Jeronimo Camacho, director of Strategic and Business Development of CENER during a conference that he recently offered in the Azores.

The title of the Seminar was: “Energy and Sustainable Development”, and it was organised by the Secretariat for the Environment and Sea of the Government of the Azores through the Regional Directorate for Energy, with the collaboration of the United States Consulate in Ponta Delgada and ARENA (Regional Agency for Energy and Environment of the Autonomous Region of The Azores).

One of the main purposes of this Seminar was, according to a note issued by the organisers, to contribute to the discussion of the current challenges in energy, the dissemination of the opportunities created by renewable energies and to face technological change and future of electric mobility. Representatives from the IT Project – Portugal, ARENA, University of The Azores, DRAIC and General Motors participated.

During his intervention, Jeronimo Camacho talked about the evolution of the different renewable energy areas in our country and the associated technology, and he also set out the future projects of CENER as a national research centre that is currently developing projects on the five continents.