{"id":148570,"date":"2018-04-02T20:37:25","date_gmt":"2018-04-02T22:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=148570"},"modified":"2018-04-02T23:26:48","modified_gmt":"2018-04-03T01:26:48","slug":"renewable-energy-helps-job-creation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/renewable-energy-helps-job-creation\/","title":{"rendered":"Renewable energy helps with job creation"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 To produce renewable energy contributes to reduce unemployment in the countries that adopt it, stated Pl\u00ednio Nastari, the president of agricultural consulting firm Datagro and member of the National Council of Energy Policy (CNPE), in a panel on the issue at the Brazil-Arab Countries Economic Forum, which is taking place in S\u00e3o Paulo this Monday (02).<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s produce more bioenergy,\u201d said Nastari to the audience and to the representatives of Arab countries in attendance. Datagro\u2019s president talked about RenovaBio, a policy implemented in Brazil that sets a strategy for the development of biofuels in the Brazilian energy matrix, as an example for the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cI tell many of the world\u2019s countries why it (RenovaBio) is so important: because it generates jobs. It not only solves the problem of meeting the climate\u2019s targets, but it also generates jobs, which is what will be lacking for humanity in the next few years,\u201d said Nastari, mentioning the settlement of part of the population in the country\u2019s rural areas as a result of the production of bioenergy.<\/p>\n

Nastari told the Arabs of the use of ethanol in Brazil, which is mixed to gasoline (27% of the total), is used as fuel in the country\u2019s flex-fuel fleet and has its bagasse (cane waste) forwarded for power production in the plants. According to Datagro\u2019s president, Brazil avoided spending USD 416 billion in gasoline imports due to ethanol production as fuel.<\/p>\n

Alessandra Amaral, president of Energisa, was also a speaker during the panel and showed Brazil\u2019s heavy investment in renewable sources, with 80% of the country\u2019s power generation coming from this matrix. The country currently has a 148 GW power capacity and should move to 212 GW with an increase in the use of energies such as solar and wind.<\/p>\n

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Jafla talked about Dubai’s energy initiatives<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The general manager and CEO of World Trade Center Algeria, Ahmed El Antri Tibaoui, painted a general picture of the use of renewable energy in the Arab countries. He mentioned many Arab nations investing in the area, such as Qatar, Tunisia, with its solar energy projects, Saudi Arabia, Algeria and the emirate of Abu Dhabi (with 25% of its power generated by a renewable source). \u201cAll of the countries are seeking this,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The senior manager of Government Relations of the Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA), Saeed Bel Jafla, talked about Dubai\u2019s initiatives in the area. According to him, the emirate has the world\u2019s largest solar energy park and great experts in renewable energy.<\/p>\n

Dubai\u2019s working to increase it renewable energy capacity and, according to Jafla, the task will be possible with the support of experts \u201cfrom this part of the world\u201d (referring to Brazil and region), which will join their experts. The manager said that the emirate uses electric cars and currently has over 100 charging stations, a number that will surpass 200 until 2020.<\/p>\n

The panel\u2019s mediator was Suani Coelho, from the Institute of Energy and Environment of the University of S\u00e3o Paulo (USP), and by the president and CEO of the National US-Arab Chamber of Commerce, David Hamood. Hamood said that all of the Arab countries are currently focused on doing the transition from a hydrocarbons-based to a renewable energy-based economy.<\/p>\n

The Brazil-Arab Countries Economic Forum was jointly organized by the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce<\/strong> and the Union of Arab Chambers, with the support of the Arab League.<\/p>\n

Translated by S\u00e9rgio Kakitani<\/strong><\/p>\n

Isaura Daniel\/ANBA<\/div>\n
Isaura Daniel\/ANBA<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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