Lehendakari Iñigo Urkullu stated that “tough times are approaching that will require a greater effort in energy conservation”.
Euskaraz irakurri: Energia horniduran eatak egon daitezkeela eta preziek gora egin dezakelea ohartarazi du Urkulluk
the lehendakari, Inigo Urkullustated this Thursday that “Hard times are coming” that they will “require a greater effort in energy conservation and diversification of non-renewable energy sources”, and warned that the current situation of gas and oil supplies from Russia could lead to a “future scenario of possible supply constraints and an increase in energy prices”
The Lehendakari and the President of Repsol, Antonio Brufaucsigned a framework cooperation agreement between the Ministry of Economic Development, Sustainability and the Environment and the Repsol Foundation this Thursday in Vitoria-Gasteiz, in a ceremony also attended by the Minister Arantxa Tapia.
Urkullu stressed that the cooperation between the Basque government and Repsol has been “rooted for many years” and recalled that they had recently participated in the start-up of the BH2C Basque hydrogen corridor and, on May 28, the foundation stone of the “decarbonization hub” in the port of Bilbao, with the collaboration of the Basque Energy Agency (EVE).
“The road has been mapped out. The commitments and willingness to cooperate are firm. Difficult times are coming a greater effort in the field of energy saving and diversification of non-renewable energy sources,” he warned.
In addition, he stressed that “all of Europe, and especially leading countries such as Germany, are waiting for a possible turn of the screw in the supply of gas and oil from Russia”, since the war with Ukraine and the “uncertain outcome” “humanly and also economically”. affects.
“In the future scenario, we can take into account possible supply constraints and an increase in energy prices. This is the harsh reality,” he acknowledged.
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Source: EITB
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