{"id":17588,"date":"2021-04-06T14:11:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T12:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naider.com\/naiderlab\/la-transicion-energetica-una-transicion-necesaria-con-sus-luces-y-sus-sombras\/"},"modified":"2023-04-24T13:39:35","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T11:39:35","slug":"the-energy-transition-a-necessary-transition-with-its-lights-and-shadows","status":"publish","type":"naiderlab","link":"https:\/\/naider.com\/en\/naiderlab\/knowledge\/articles\/the-energy-transition-a-necessary-transition-with-its-lights-and-shadows\/","title":{"rendered":"The energy transition: a necessary transition with its lights and shadows"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The ecological transition is already underway. Although the health situation has overshadowed the climate crisis, it has not managed to relegate it as the financial collapse did at the beginning of the century. The climate crisis is no longer a postponable task and the public administration is increasingly aware of it. The environment is leaving sectoral policies and transcends beyond awareness and environmental education. Today, environmental policy already occupies important places within government teams. An example is the new Ministry of Economic Development, Sustainability and the Environment of the Basque Government or the Third Vice-Presidency for Ecological Transition of the state government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But as the popular proverb says, not all the mountains are oregano. Despite the advances, civil society, academia and also the company have to continue being critical and paying attention to this transition that is already underway today. In addition to celebrating the change of course and the apparent boost in financing that the ecological transition will receive with European Next Generation funds,<\/em> we must also be vigilant that the transition is real and fair (see article<\/a>).<\/p >\n\n\n\n

The green economy, although it is better than the polluting economy, is not exempt from environmental impact. The ecological transition cannot be understood without an energy transition. And this is precisely a good example of why we must continue to be vigilant. The energy transition cannot be limited to moving from energy generation through fossil sources to generating it through renewable sources. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yeah\nthe voices that are raised to put on the table the\nenvironmental problems derived from renewable energies or electrification\nof the private vehicle. The dams of hydroelectric power plants have been\nfocus of local conflict in various territories of the world for decades. an infrastructure\nof renewable energy production does not have to be socially just or environmentally\nsustainable by the simple fact of producing energy that generates fewer emissions\ngreenhouse effect than a coal or combined cycle plant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\nthat is seen clearly with hydroelectric, is better hidden in solar energy or\nin the wind A study published in Nature<\/a><\/em> states that the mining required to the production of\nmore materials for the production of renewable technologies poses risks for\nThe Biodiversity. It is stated that “without strategic planning”, these\nnew threats to biodiversity will be greater even than those avoided with the\nclimate change mitigation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

and\nNot only the production of these technologies has an impact. They also impact<\/a>\nin the environment during its use, an example of this are the wind turbines in the\nmountain ranges and solar farms in agricultural areas. Its impact on the\nlandscape is considerable, and they also have an impact on the local fauna, especially\navifauna. And although these impacts have been commented on more than once and have\nthere have been citizen and environmental platforms that have denounced it, of what\nThere is not much talk about the waste generated. There is still a way to go\nto make the renewable energy generation industry truly\nsustainable. Both the materials that make up the photovoltaic panels and the\nWindmill blades are difficult to disassemble, which prevents the\nrecovery and recycling of materials used. Today those residues\nthey have a greater destination than landfills, although researching<\/a>\nto dispose of said waste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For\nOn the other hand, the world demand for electricity will increase by 60 percent in\nthe next 20 years, according to the BloombergNEF report (New Energy Outlook 2018<\/a>).\nThis leads us to reflect that there are two ways out of this crossroads. On the one hand,\nmake the energy industry socially and environmentally sustainable\nrenewables and on the other reduce energy consumption. Those of us who believe in\nbefore the invention of the elevator it was necessary to build stairs in the\nbuildings, we cannot afford to wait for technology to save us\nall. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nenergy transition will have to assume both strategies. While it is true\nthat all energy consumed in the future must come from renewable sources,\nThere is no reason to continue increasing energy consumption. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today it seems that the elevator has already been invented, and that, moreover, more and more buildings are installing them. Now it’s time to realize that, even if it is there, and its usefulness solves the accessibility problems of some, the rest of us can continue using the stairs and thus reduce the bill that we will end up paying between all of us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aitor Mingo Bilbao<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MSc in Sustainable Cities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NAIDER<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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