The Minister for Development, Economic Development, Sustainability and the Environment is in Glasgow, at COP26, where this Monday she will present a document in which “multilevel governance” and the taking of “concrete and immediate” actions will be defended.
The Minister of Economic Development, Sustainability and the Environment of the Basque Government, Arantxa Tapia, has considered that Euskadi will not suffer a blackout, despite admitting that the rise in energy and electricity prices “generates uncertainty“.
In an interview offered from glasgow To the “Boulevard” program on Radio Euskadi, Tapia explained that the Basque Government will present today a document within Regions4, currently chaired by the Basque Country, in which “multilevel governance” and the taking of “concrete and immediate actions” will be defended. “.
The counselor has opted to continue working on energy efficiency and renewable energy generation: “We undoubtedly need more wind power plants, and also more photovoltaic parks, we have already started up Ekian, we have EKIENEA with a quite relevant dimension (…) without forgetting energy efficiency in which we have to continue to delve into, which will be essential to place ourselves in a suitable situation in that year 2050 “.
Questioned by the debate of fracking or the extraction of gas in Álava, the minister has considered it “closed” after the approval of the Law on Climate Change and Ecological Transition in the State, although, in her opinion, we should also reflect on “what costs more or what pollutes more bring the gas from a distant country “like Africa or America or take it from the subsoil” closer “. “It is a reflection that is existing throughout Europe. Germany opened its largest coal power plant last year and France continues to make a major commitment to nuclear power. Europe has to consider how it has to make this transition in an orderly manner because it directly impacts climate change, “he insisted.
Finally, on the lace of the High-speed train (TAV) in the zero emissions plan, Tapia has stressed that it is part of that plan because “an electric train, if it is powered with renewable energy, does not pollute, it emits zero, and if we manage to use that concept of circular economy, will also emit little “.
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