On the occasion of the Commemoration of World Energy Day 2025They have emphasized important actions from the government of the Canary Islands, such as the impulse for the energy Marine Wind, the establishment of renewable gear areas (ZAR), the regulation of citizen participation in new projects of energy clean or move forward to achieve greater protection of the current energy system
These and other measures started to develop afterwards Energy -Statement in the Canary Islands This took place at the start of this legislative power and are being implemented thanks to important measures such as the amendment to the Climate Change Act that was carried out last year.
World Energy Day in the Canary Islands
The Ministry of Ecological Transition and Energy, Led by Mariano H. Zapata, it is striking, on the occasion of the world day of the Energy This Friday, February 14, the actions that are being carried out from the area in the energy transformation of the Canary Islands will be a more sustainable region, With a greater development of renewable energy and a safer electricity supplyPreventing the risk of blackouts. For example, the Counselor Zapata assesses the most prominent milestones since the start of the legislative power, when the energy right to be explained in October 2023 after giving an energy zero on the island of La Gomera.
“The situation we found when we arrived at the government, with a coverage deficit and a low penetration of energy company Renewable forced us to be brave and to take urgent measures to return a situation that has been for years, “said Zapata. He said all this: ‘In the frame of a strategy for which we have to meet a more sustainable modelcharacterized by the integrated plan of Energy and climate (PNIEC) that asks us to reach 58% penetration of energy company Clean from here to 2030, compared to the current 21%.
Along these lines, the counselor of the area emphasized that the Canary Islands will be a pioneer in creating the Renewable gear areas (tsar)Strategic areas that make it possible to develop renewable projects in an orderly manner and with greater legal certainty. “We define these areas in consensus with the councils, to guarantee a balance between energy development, protection of the territory and legal security,” he explained.
Regulation in renewable energy
In this respect he also said that “Canary Islands is the first autonomous community to regulate the participation of citizens in renewable projects, so that the islanders can do that direct advantage of the energy generated on its territory“Two measures in which the Ministry of Zapata has been working since last year and that result from the adjustment of the energy change of the Canary Islands and the Energy Transition Act, approved in July 2024 in the parliament of the Canary Islands.
In addition to the renewable boost, they also work on Guarantee the security of the electricity supply and avoid new blackouts. Especially on the islands of Tenerife, Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura, where there is an energy shortage. That is why the counselor wanted to emphasize progress, both in the additional power generation match, generally known as ‘Express Contest’ and in the competitive service match.
In the case of the first he said that “we have very advanced the management of this MEmprence Temporary Edids With the winning companies Disa and Sampol, who already find us in the project authorization phase, “In addition to” also in a second phase with other entities to cover the rest of the power shortage.
On the second value, the counselor appreciated that “after more than ten years of waiting, the Canary Islands can finally Start with the extension process of your energy groupsThanks to the beginning of the procedures through the Ministry for Ecological transition and the demographic challenge and taking into account our accusations, they will be smaller, moved and less pollutants.
Similarly, Mariano H. Zapata wanted to appreciate the efforts of the Ministry to speed up the efforts with regard to energy development and European funds, such as streamlining concessions and fertilizers in self -consumption and moves III programs. Something that “shows that we meet our announcement to unlock the more than 23,000 files pending concession that we encounter our arrival” and where “we have been launched and followed with us Shock plan for this help to reach the bags of citizensWith a concession management of more than 16,000 files ”.
Finally, Zapata emphasized the impulse of his counseling to position the islands as a Preferred space for the installation of the first Navy Wind Park. “We want pioneers in its implementation in Spain and this is demonstrated by the consensus and joint activities of this executive power and all agents of the sector via the table of the table of the Energy Marine Wind, “he said, stating that we” send a clear message to the ministry and we have the basis for the implementation of the energy Offshore is a reality in the Canary Islands.