The governor of the province, Gustavo Melella, maintained that Tierra del Fuego “is one of the best regions in the world to develop the Hydrogen industry.” He said this at the opening ceremony of the “Green Hydrogen: sustainable investments in Tierra del Fuego AeIAS and Patagonia” conference .
The president added that "when the first wind study was carried out to verify our potential to produce renewable energy, we obtained excellent results, placing us as one of the best regions in the country and in the world to develop this industry."
Melella explained that "on this path we were addressing the issue of adding value to our hydrocarbons, promoting the knowledge economy and working to propose our province as a favorable place for investment in renewable energies such as hydrogen in all its variants."
“We needed one more step and we took it, developing the Environmental Development Plan so that growth is sustainable, clean and friendly to our wonderful territory,” the governor mentioned. This plan will allow companies not to have to wait years to start their activities, but the Province has already resolved what is necessary for the investments to take place."
For his part, the Minister of Energy of the Province, Alejandro Aguirre , expressed that “already in 2019, as part of this Government's project, we began to work on defining what the potential or possibilities of Tierra del Fuego were in energy matters. ”.
He indicated that “we were able to establish a project, a model thanks to the favorable conditions we have in the province and in Patagonia for the development of this type of large-scale industry”; adding that "from there, once the opportunity, both economic and natural resources, was detected, we began to establish the guidelines to develop this regional economy in a sustainable manner, carrying out the study of economic potential, the roadmap to develop this structure in the territory." and how to do it in a sustainable way with the environment and the social aspect.”
At the same time, he considered that it is an “ unpublished ” work for “the use of natural resources in a sustainable manner”, taking into account that “we are also advancing together with the other Patagonian provinces, which will make the region visible as a source of energy to the world.”
