The president of Iberdrola, Ignacio Sánchez Galanhas joined the debate on the future of energy from the Davos Forum (Switzerland)nuclearboth in Spain and in Europe. Although it is in our country where there is the greatest unrest right now … due to the planned closure of the seven operational nuclear reactors from 2027 until 2035.
In his speech at a panel at the World Economic Forum, the president of Iberdrola has been in favor of those countries in a position to undertake the investment being able to build new nuclear plants, while where there are plants in operation it would be necessary to maintain them.
This is a pretty strong message. To date, criticism had arisen because the owners of the nuclear power plants in Spain (Iberdrola, Endesa, Naturgy and EDP) have had a very cold stance on the future of this technology. At least the two large electricity companies, which, after all, are the majority owners.
In this way, Sánchez Galán estimates that “I don’t know if it is time to build a new (nuclear power plant) or not,” according to Europa Press. These observations were made in the presence, among others, of the European Commissioner for Climate, Wopke Hoekstra, and the CEO of the French group Engie, Catherine MacGregor, adding that countries like France “can do it” and invest.
In Spain, and as it affects its business, the president of Iberdrola has defended that “at least those with nuclear power plants in operation today, which we have demonstrated are safe and efficient, They are absolutely necessary to keep the lights on at a time when certain demand appearslike data centers, which require 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
This is an approach that can reopen the debate on the future of nuclear energy. However, as is commonly said, the ball is in the court of the Government, which sets the national energy policy and, at this time, its position has not changed with respect to the approaches that former Minister Teresa Ribera had.
During the colloquium, Galán stressed the importance of Europe addressing how to become more autonomous Regarding its energy sources, since it has no gas, or only a little, or oil, or only a little, while it has wind, hydroelectric and nuclear energy.
In this sense, the Spanish executive considers that this greater energy autonomy will provide the EU with greater competitiveness, although he has warned that the solution in this regard for Europe “cannot come from gas.”
On the other hand, he pointed out to the European Commissioner the feeling that “the momentum for hydrogen has already diminished” when companies were willing to make investments and had many projects.
«The feeling is that we started to put different colors, today green, gray, blue, pink… Too many colors. It’s a shame, because I think it’s another way to reduce external dependency,” he noted.
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