Newsletter ACERA - Abril 2018

NEWS
THE NCRE’S ANNUAL DINNER REVIVES: A RENEWABLE AND DECARBONIZED CHILE IS COMING
INCREASINGLY CLOSER
A completely successful V version of the NCRE’s Annual Dinner
took place on last April 10th, with a large turnout. The event was
attended by the Minister of Energy, Susana Jiménez, as the main
authority; the Undersecretary of the same Ministry, Ricardo
Irarrázabal; the Mining Minister, Baldo Prokurica; the
Undersecretary of Mining, Pablo Terrazas; Congressman
Sebastián Alvarez; the Ambassadors of Argentina, Canada,
Korea and Finland, and the Energy Seremis (Regional Ministerial
Secretaries) of different regions of the country, among other
authorities from the Government, as well as representatives of
the private sector.
President Sebastián Piñera didn’t want to stay out of the
celebration and sent a greeting from the roof of La Moneda,
which is covered with solar panels installed as part of the Public
Solar Roofs Program. In the video, the President pointed out the
great development of Non-Conventional Renewable Energies
(NCRE) during the last few years and the importance of these
technologies in mitigating climate change.
The Dinner was part of the 15th anniversary of the Chilean
Renewable Energies Association – ACERA AG., which is
expanding to Energy Storage, consolidating its commitment with
the development of NCRE and the technologies boosting them,
so that Chile can take the most advantage of its raw materials
and become 100% renewable in the short term.
A clean energy matrix and the path towards decarbonization
were the central topics of the night which were reinforced by the
speeches. The first to take the podium was ACERA’s Executive
Director, Carlos Finat, who stated that “our country’s largest
emitter of GHG is the energy sector. NCRE’s competitiveness,
together with a proper regulation, seem to be the most efficient
measures to mitigate these emissions. As ACERA, we are very
pleased to see that some of our members, holders of
thermoelectric power plants, have already begun this process,
showing their commitment to decarbonization and NCRE’s
promotion”.
The Minister of Energy, Susana Jiménez, for her part,
commented that “as renewable energies continue their
integration process, the increasing electrification will
undoubtfully have a profound impact on the cleanness of our
energy matrix. We shall work to move towards a completely
clean and renewable energy matrix. That is our dream”.
The V version of the NCRE’s Annual Dinner also had an
outstanding show of electric and solar cars, highlighting that
clean energy will be the main source of law-carbon mobility, a
future becoming increasingly closer.
The event was carried out in collaboration with the Chilean
Biomass Association (AChBIOM), the National Association of
Energy Efficiency Companies (Anesco Chile A.G.), and the
Geothermal Council. It was also sponsored by Acciona, AES
Gener, Cerro Dominador, Enel Green Power, and Engie, as
Platinum Sponsors, and by DNV GL, ISA – Interchile, SMA, and
Transelec as Silver Sponsors. Finally, Acciona, Antuko,
Mainstream RP, and Wärtsila took part as Supporting Sponsors.