The most expensive energy is the one that is not available, commented Energy Minister Andrea Arrobo, indicating that the meeting she had with her Colombian counterpart was productive.
“The neighboring country will supply energy to Ecuador until April 2024. Now imports will be cheaper because they will sell us electricity produced with natural gas,” said the official who met with the presidents of the provincial chambers of industry and production this Monday, December 18, as actions taken by the industrial sector to mitigate the effects of low water levels would be discussed.
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He told them, “The most expensive energy is the one that doesn’t exist, the energy that drives all of Ecuador’s production. “We all need to get involved in this emergency, your support is essential to achieve the proposed goals.”
The Minister recognized the importance of the industrial sector for its own production of electricity and the implementation of coordinated campaigns aimed at efficiency and energy saving. He referred to the Government’s activities to strengthen the power system in order to improve the processes of energy production and transmission.
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In addition, on the maintenance and training of the thermal park and the support of multilateral organizations for the installation of additional energy from clean and renewable sources.
Last week, Arrobo traveled to Colombia to meet with power authorities and there announced a resolution from the country’s Ministry of Energy that modified the previous one. Thus, it was previously established that the export of electricity during the El Niño phenomenon will be carried out only by production from thermal power plants that run on liquid fuels (diesel); will now sell generation from “centrally dispatched thermal power plants”, centralized heat already includes generation with natural gas and fuel oil or even coal.
Source: Eluniverso
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