The event, which began with a speech by the ambassador, Romain Nadal, was attended by government officials, including the Secretary of Tourism, Environment and Sports, Daniel Scioli (Photos Maximiliano Luna)
During the meeting, Romain Nadal, ambassador of France, spoke of the increasingly important need to meet climate objectives and the economic opportunity that the energy transition represents for Argentina.
“Argentina has all the advantages to make the energy transition a formidable engine of economic and social growth in the renewable energy sector, whether wind, solar or hydroelectric. The country’s potential seems limitless,” he said at the Hall. Golden
The ambassador emphasized the strong investment potential as a result of the transition. And that is already a fact: “These investments have already begun and everything suggests that they will increase considerably in the future,” he predicted.
The diplomat mentioned some of the French investments in Argentina, such as that of the company Neoen, which disbursed 313 million dollars for the construction of the Altiplano 200 solar energy plant, which will supply 600 gigawatts of green electricity per year.
In his presentation, the Secretary of Tourism, Environment and Sports, Daniel Scioli, agreed on the economic opportunity that the energy transition means for Argentina and recalled his experience in Brazil, where he was able to observe the development of renewable energies.
“The President has entrusted me in this time of transformations and changes to carry out a modern environmental agenda that takes care of sustainable development, but also production and work. That we do it in an intelligent, responsible way,” stressed Daniel Scioli.
“We are working very hard to have instruments that allow us to accelerate this transition that we all need to achieve the goals committed to 2030 and beyond. We are going to have more and more ambitious goals each time,” said Mariela Beljansky, Undersecretary of Transition and Planning. Energy Secretary of the Ministry of Energy
Jean-François Michel, accompanied by Fréderic Depetris (IFA) and Lorena Chara (AFD), spoke about the role of the Regional Economic Service (SER) in Buenos Aires: “We support French companies present in Argentina or that want to enter for their projects investment and through very specific financial tools. We have a study fund and support for the private sector, companies with direct loans and also financial guarantees in the energy management sector.”
The head of SER, Jean-François Michel, listed the French companies participating in the energy transition and noted the work of a small startup, Adionics, financed by the French Treasury for the development of a pilot in Salta for the extraction of lithium no water waste
The national deputy and president of the Civic Coalition-ARI, Maximiliano Ferraro, participated in the round of questions
The French ambassador, Romain Nadal, emphasized France’s commitment to cooperation and business investments in Argentina
Mariela Beljansky, Undersecretary of Transition and Energy Planning of the Ministry of Energy, proposed that “everyone in their role, make their effort, because it is an imperative need to absolutely accelerate the transition.”
Lorena Chara, director of the French Development Agency (AFD) in Argentina. It is a financial institution born 83 years ago that implements France’s policy of socially responsible and sustainable investment, which since 2017 has invested more than 195 million euros in Argentina to accompany the energy transition.
Frédéric Depetris, director of the French Institute of Argentina (IFA) and counselor for Cooperation and Cultural Action of the Embassy. “The energy transition is also at the center of the priorities and actions of the French Institute of Argentina. The IFA is the cultural operator, but also of scientific, academic and decentralized cooperation of the embassy,” he explained
Jean-François Michel, head of the Regional Economic Service in the Southern Cone
Carlos Alberto Fernández, national representative for Misiones
The legislator Maximiliano Ferraro
Florencia Carignano, national representative for the province of Santa Fe (Union for the Homeland)
Nadia Moragas, director of international cooperation and financing and Sebastián Pessah, director of Ecological Transition, both from the Ministry of Environment of the Province of Buenos Aires (Photos Maximiliano Luna)
