“It is not something new, it has been coming since November and today (yesterday) they will have an informative note on this matter.” It was the concise answer of Peter Martin to the journalists’ question about the news that the president of the council of Tenerife assumes the management of the Technological and Renewable Energies Institute (ITER) and its dependent entities. The area comes to depend on the Presidency and not on Innovation, which directs Enrique Arriagaleader of Ciudadanos, the government partner of the PSOE.
Pedro Martín presides over the company dependent on the Cabildo since the beginning of the mandate, in 2019. The official note indicates that “this agreement does not imply, in practice, relevant changes.” The reason for the change is “the strategic nature of the projects that are being promoted in terms of renewable energies and technologies, according to the government agreement.” Among them, wind repowering, geothermal energy, the promotion of technology that allows the introduction of green hydrogen in Tenerife or the development of photovoltaic energy.
Canarian Coalition will request an Extraordinary Plenary Session on ITER in January. Well, he shows his surprise because Enrique Arriaga “did not answer our questions in plenary session on the 16th.” He adds that “until November 25 he did answer as responsible. We want to clarify the situation.”
