Renewable energies project promoted in Cuba

September 21, 2024

The program is an alliance between the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment; the Ministry of Energy and Mines; the Electrical Union; and the United Nations Program for the support of the Ministry of Environment and Energy Security of Italy

Havana, September 21 (RHC) In the context of the 3rd Renewable Energy Fair this Friday in Cuba, the island promoted a project aimed at transitioning towards clean sources in the special municipality of Isla de la Juventud.

The six-year-and six-month project will support the design of the Program for the Energy Transition in the Isla de la Juventud Special Municipality, as a way to promote the substitution of fossil fuels in the generation of electricity.

In addition, it will accompany the municipality in the appropriation of tools to measure the contribution of the Program to the mitigation of climate change, and help it in the design of a Local Incentives Strategy that facilitates the mobilization of financial resources for long-term implementation.

The program includes the creation of enabling capacities for its implementation through the development of technical, economic, environmental and social feasibility studies.

This is an alliance between the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment; the Ministry of Energy and Mines; the Electrical Union; and the United Nations Program for the support of the Ministry of Environment and Energy Security of Italy. (Source: Prensa Latina)