The Ministry of Energy and Mines is promoting the generation of energy by biomass, one of the renewable and sustainable sources of energy that can be used for producing electricity. In a press release, the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) highlights that biomass can be an instrument to combat inequity, and promote inclusion of the most vulnerable in the country.
The press release highlights the availability of the Statistical and Geographical System for the evaluation of biomass energy potential in the country. The new system is developed in coordination with the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The project is developed Adrian Ghilardi of the Center for Environmental Geography Investigations of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. The online database would indicate the areas of the country for biomass energy generation. Deputy Minister for Energy Ernesto Vilalta recently participated in the presentation of the project.
In the press release, Minister of Energy and Mines Antonio Isa Conde highlights that the value chain created by biomass is “wonderful” because it starts with energy sourcing crops, taking advantage of organic wastes by commercializing these, offering job and revenue opportunities for locals. Isa Conde said that the production of this type of renewable is becoming more important on a global scale and today represents 10% of the power generated in the world, according to the International Energy Agency. “We have to take advantage of biomass that is more manageable and has more controllable risk factors than eolic or solar energy. He explained biomass has the comparative advantage that it depends more on the human factor and is less vulnerable to nature.
Read more in Spanish:
https://www.mem.gob.do/index.php/noticias/item/antonio-isa-conde-uso-de-biomasa-para-generacion-ayuda-a-combatir-la-pobreza
23 November 2017
