Brussels, 1 July 2024
This week, Commissioner for Energy, Kadri Simson, will be in Chile and Argentina to step up cooperation with these two countries in the energy field, with a specific focus on renewables and hydrogen.
Today and tomorrow, the Commissioner will be in Santiago de Chile for a series of bilateral meetings, notably with the Minister of Energy, Diego Pardow Lorenzo; the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Alberto van Klaveren; as well as the Executive Vice-President of the Chilean Economic Development Agency (CORFO) José Miguel Benavente, and the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), José Manuel Salázar-Xirinachs. She will also meet with business representatives of the renewable energy sector.
Today, Commissioner Simson will also deliver remarks at the event ‘Global Gateway Investment Agenda – Team Europe Initiative RH2 Development Chile’ and participate in a panel discussion on a just energy transition and green hydrogen. During her stay in Chile, the Commissioner will also visit local energy projects, notably the Smart Energy Monitoring Initiative for public buildings – which is funded through the Euroclima program, as well as an EU-funded project involving the use of solar panels for the energy self-consumption of Winery Santa Ema.
The Commissioner will spend the rest of the week in Buenos Aires where she will co-chair the EU-Argentina High-Level Energy Dialogue alongside Secretary of Energy Eduardo Rodríguez Chirillo on Wednesday and participate with him in a dialogue on the energy transition and green hydrogen at the German-Argentine Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
During her stay in Argentina, Commissioner Simson will meet bilaterally with the Minister for Finance, Luis Caputo, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Diana Mondino. She will also exchange with several operators of the energy sector. A visit to the Sustenta-Vitis sustainability project supported by AL INVEST Verde is also foreseen.
Source – EU Commission