| Work Detail |
By 2023 it is expected that the last bunker and diesel plants will leave the system. The country plans to strengthen distributed generation.
The discussion “Renewable Energy: Determining Factor for the change of the Panamanian Energy Matrix and its Sustainable Development”, organized by the House of Batteries in Panama, has recently been held, where the focus has been on distributed generation. Its use, whether through self-consumption or through solar farms with storage through the use of batteries, would allow Panamas energy matrix to be rapidly decarbonized, said Juan Octavio Díaz, president of the Casa de las Batteries Group.
The National Secretary of Energy, Jorge Rivera Staff, stated that, according to current planning and market development, it is expected that the last bunker and diesel plants will leave the system in 2023, for which renewable energies and natural gas will be a backup while working on other storage technologies. "One of the ways to increase renewable energy within Panamas energy matrix is ??through Distributed Generation," he said.
Similarly, he stated that an investment of more than 4 billion dollars is contemplated in energy transition initiatives by 2024, linked to solar roofs for the state, electric mobility, energy efficiency, solar heaters, smart networks, the Hub of Hydrogen and the fourth transmission line, among others. In turn, he added that, on average, 20% of the energy generated in the country this summer comes from solar and wind energy, which represents about 35% of energy consumption.
Through the Luz Verde project, La Casa de las Batterias installed the first free private network of chargers for electric vehicles nationwide. These recharging points for electric vehicles are powered entirely by solar energy. More than 1,000 solar panels have been installed in the branches of the House of Batteries that supply 100% of the energy of each one of them. |
