The International Renewable Energies Trade Fair, organised by Fira Barcelona and Palco Group supported by the Cuban Ministry of Energy and Mines, where ISASTUR had an exhibition stand, had more than 75 exhibitors from 10 different countries.

 

Reinaldo Domínguez, ISASTUR’s delegate for Cuba, and Nicolás Capelastegui, ISOTRON’s Commercial Director, held several meetings both with local companies’ representatives and international investors. 

 

Besides the trade fair, the “2017 Sustainable Energy Forum” took place at the same time where the Cuban Authorities like the Minister of Energy and Mines, Mr. Alfredo López Valdés, and some foreign dignitaries such as the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Director-General, Mr. Adnan Z. Amin; the Executive Secretary of the Latin-American Energy Organisation (OLADE), Mr. Alfonso Blanco Bonilla; and the Energy Programme Manager at the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, Dr. Devon Gardner. 

 

It should be pointed out the strong presence of the European Union representatives such us the Director-General of the European Commission's Directorate General for International Cooperation and Development (DEVCO), Stefano Manservisi, amongst other personalities, as well as several investment banks and European development agencies that showed how the EU supports the development of Renewable Energies in Cuba. 

In the last 5 years ISASTUR has carried out several projects in Cuba in the T&D and RREE fields.