The renewable energy project was born thanks to a non-refundable technical cooperation agreement signed by UTEC with the Development Bank of Latin America - CAF, which also has the support of the state company UTE, the Organization of Ibero-American States for Education, Science and Culture (OEI) and the international Elecnor Foundation.
The inauguration of the new didactic space of renewable energies in the premises of the university institute in Durazno took place on Thursday 8th in the presence of education authorities and the different organizations involved, opportunity in which a guided tour was conducted by students and professors of the Renewable Energy Engineering career.
Rodolfo Silveira, counselor of UTEC, celebrated the inauguration of the space, which marks the result of a three-year process of joint work between the institutions. He explained that the center of studies is thinking about an education that accompanies the technological development of the future.
"I don't know what may happen in 2050, but UTEC is designed so that students will be able to live in that ambiguity, in that kind of uncertainty that scientific and technological progress has today," he said.
For his part, CAF's representative in Uruguay, Germán Ríos, highlighted the development of renewable energies in the country and mentioned the "effort" being made by countries in the region to replicate the Uruguayan experience in changing their energy matrix.
"Today this type of energy is less expensive than it was a few years ago and we are seeing a great proliferation of wind and solar farms, and more investment in hydroelectric power," he said. "I think that as Uruguayans we should feel very proud of this achievement," he added.
Ríos recalled that CAF has accompanied the country with investments in the installation of wind farms for years, partnering with public and private institutions and companies, and highlighted the challenge of educational development in line with this process. He described as a success the careers developed by UTEC in the center-south, namely Engineering in Renewable Energies, Engineering in Irrigation Systems, Drainage and Management of Effluents, Agro-environmental Engineering, and a Bachelor's Degree in Information Technologies.
In turn, Walter Sosa, director of UTE, said that the activity is a milestone, which is part of a path that the company has been following for years. "The change of the energy matrix in Uruguay was a revolutionary process because of its scope and the speed with which it was carried out," he said.
This year the production of electricity from renewable sources is 98%, which speaks of a very important change that impacts on the reduction of production costs, and provides a safer system from the point of view of supply and the environment," he said.
Source: Presidency
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