Ángel Víctor Torres, president of the Canary Islands, has agreed with the Government of Spain to launch a public tender for the renovation of the island's electrical systems in order to have the new generation equipment installed by 2026 and thus have the energy power that the islands need.
The head of the Canarian Executive also indicated that in parallel it has been decided to create a working group, with members of these two public administrations, to analyze the situation of such systems and thus address the most urgent actions in order to guarantee this essential service in the transition period until the commissioning of the new equipment, something planned, as has been pointed out, for the year 2026.
After meeting this week with the third vice-president and minister for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, Teresa Ribera, in Madrid, an event also attended by the Minister for Ecological Transition, José Antonio Valbuena, President Torres highlighted the relevance of this agreement and recalled that the islands have suffered several energy blackouts in recent years, both in low and high voltage, which have led to the corresponding sanctions to the operating companies by the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands.
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“The will of the two governments -explained the president- is to put an end to this situation and, given the European regulations, this requires an open and competitive concurrence between the different operators. Until these infrastructures are renewed, something planned for 2026, a working group of the two administrations will analyze the volume of power needed to adopt the necessary measures and guarantee supply services.”
As described by the president of the Canary Islands, the meeting with Minister Teresa Ribera was “very productive” and demonstrated “the close collaboration in this and other areas between the two public administrations.”
The Government of the Canary Islands also highlighted, after a joint assessment, the fulfillment of the deadlines and objectives in the management of the 467 million euros of the Sustainable Energy Strategy for the islands, contributed by the central Executive and financed by the European Union (EU) Recovery Plan. With this allocation, public and private renewable energy projects are activated. This figure is the largest granted to an autonomous community in the entire country. As President Torres stressed, the periods set by the EU and the Ministry itself are currently being met in the management of investments, as was verified at the aforementioned coordination meeting.
