Morelos encourages the use of renewable energy
Author: Radio Fórmula RF Morelos | Date: January 10, 2017
The Morelos government has been working for four years on a strategy to move towards a more sustainable society through the use of renewable energy, said Brenda Valderrama Blanco, secretary of Innovation, Science and Technology at the inauguration of the first meeting of the Mexican Center of Innovation in Solar Energy in the entity
Before technical leaders of the strategic projects of the Mexican Center for Innovation in Solar Energy (CeMIE Sol) and on behalf of Governor Graco Ramírez, Valderrama Blanco mentioned that the administration has a program of fiscal stimulus for those entrepreneurs who wish to change the consumption of fossil fuels By solar thermal energy for the heating of water.
“It is a subsidy that helps entrepreneurs in the hotel sector, water parks and spas to cushion the cost of installing solar heaters,” he explained.
In fact detailed that so far there are four already authorized hotel projects in the municipalities of Cuernavaca, Xochitepec and Tepoztlán.
“We have to move from a society that obtains energy from fossil fuels to the sustainable use of renewable energy and the existence of CEMIES in Morelos represents a unique opportunity to take advantage of the potential of technological development to offer services and increase the capabilities of our human resources Highly qualified in the entity, “said Valderrama Blanco.
In this regard, he recognized the coordinated work between the Government, through the State Energy Commission, with research centers such as the Institute of Renewable Energies of the National Autonomous University of Mexico Campus Morelos led by CEMIE-Soly Institute of Electrical Research responsible for the Mexican Center for Innovation in Wind Energy (CEMIE-Eólico).
“Morelos offers a promising outlook for renewable energy with the encouragement of CEMIES that are attracting resources and investments, with the generation of development and technological innovation in the solar energy sector and with the strengthening of the link between academia and industry “He concluded.
The event “Harvesting Science Sowing Innovation” was led by Antonio del Río Portilla, director of the Institute of Renewable Energies of the UNAM Campus Morelos and was attended by representatives of the National Council of Science and Technology, the Secretaries of Energy and Economy At federal level in addition to companies in the sector as Solar Module.
