Paraguay's objective is to advance "in a sustainable model" that allows it to maintain a leadership position in the renewable energy sector in the region and globally.
Asunción, Agencia IP.- Paraguay’s objective is to advance «in a sustainable model» that allows it to maintain a leadership position in the renewable energy sector in the region and globally.
This was declared by the President of the Republic, Santiago Peña, who argued that Paraguay «is not only green, it is also blue,» thanks to the potential of its rivers in energy production, which allows them to have predominantly renewable gross supply, around of 76% of the total, divided into 40% hydropower and 36% biomass.
In a meeting with the Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) President, Ilan Goldfajn, President Santiago Peña highlighted the importance of multilateral collaborations.
«Paraguay has always understood that impositions from outside are not positive; they can help us from outside, but there has to be a sense of belonging among the people of the country,» he commented, adding that the most significant benefit of regional development banks «is not in access to financing, but to knowledge.»
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