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Cuba Has High Solar Energy Potential
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 24 (acn) Five
KwH of solar energy fall daily on every square meter of
Cuba, which equals the energy produced by half a kilogram of
oil, said an expert in Havana.
In statements to ACN, a
specialist of the Energy Information and
Development Management Center (CUBAENERGIA), Mario Arrastia,
affirmed that
the sun is the island’s main source for renewable energy.
Arrastia said in Cuba there is a growing awareness of the
need to move
towards a sustainable energetic future. He noted that even
though the
technologies required for such transition are very
expensive, Cuba is
getting ready to expand the use of environmentally-friendly
energy sources.
Havana-based CUBAENERGIA is a center of the Agency of
Nuclear Energy and
Advanced Technology and responds to the Cuban Ministry of
Science,
Technology and Environment.
Since it emerged in 2000, it has led several scientific
research projects
that have contributed to decision–making processes and the
implementation
of mechanisms for the exploitation of energy renewable
sources.
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