The Regional Ministry of Ecological Transition and Energy is studying the documentation that will regulate the production of electrical energy in marine installations in Spain to present a proposal with the specificities of the Canary Islands, which aspires to be a national benchmark.
The objective, as pointed out by the regional minister, Mariano Hernández Zapata, is that "the Canary Islands be a national benchmark in the development of this renewable energy source, as we meet the conditions to be the first point in the national territory where it is launched."
Zapata explained that "this regulation is being updated after 15 years, being one of our most reiterated demands to the Ministry, so this impulse is very good news for the Canary Islands."
The Ministry, together with all the agents involved, is, specifically, analyzing the draft of the Royal Decree project, published on February 26 by the Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO), which is in the public hearing phase until March 25.
"We are working together to make allegations to the public consultation process that is now open, always thinking about the interest of the Canary Islands, its economic development and our decarbonization objectives," Zapata said.
The regional minister detailed that the Canarian proposal for allegations will seek to especially influence the development and diversification of the island economy and local employment, "also complying with our decarbonization objectives and the unquestionable defense of the environment."
Zapata pointed out that they have already initiated contacts with all the agents of the Marine Wind Energy Table, formed during the first months of this mandate, and has highlighted the transversal coordination of the regional government for the revision of this document, with the involvement of the General Directorate of Coasts and Management of the Canarian marine space and the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food Sovereignty.
