At Hidronor we are committed to the goal set by Chile of advancing towards carbon neutrality by 2050. This is added to other initiatives that aim to build an increasingly sustainable country, such as the development and increasing incorporation of NCRE into the Energy Matrix.
To contribute to this objective, we constantly participate in events and seminars that allow us to gather information about the latest trends and regulations in the industry, as well as to contribute our expert knowledge regarding certain actions and matters.
Along these lines, this Tuesday, March 14, we participated in the Web Seminar on "Waste from the ERNC Industry: Projections and Challenges in its Management" organizado por la Universidad de Las Americas y Codexverde. En la instancia nuestro ingeniero Desarrollador de Negocios para la Zona Norte, Luis Briones, expuso interesantes datos asociados a esta temática junto con otros especialistas, como Tomás Saieg, jefe de la Oficina de Implementación Legislativa y Circular Economy del Ministerio de Medio Ambiente; Laurent Vigier, subgerente de Obras de Andes Solar; y Benjamín Ramírez, jefe Área BESS Residencial de Andes Electronics, empresa creadora de tecnología para el almacenamiento energético.
With more than 190 attendees connected to the activity, our executive argued that companies dedicated to the generation of NCRE must have a "Waste Management Management Plan" in accordance with the specific Supreme Decrees that govern it (DS148) and, To carry it out, they generally go to expert companies in this type of service that have the expert know-how and technical capabilities to carry out these jobs.
“Al 2050 habrá 78 millones de toneladas de residuos de paneles fotovoltaicos a nivel mundial y, en el caso de Chile, tendremos 1 millón de estos residuos a ese mismo año, por lo que atendiendo a esta problemática en Hidronor contamos con una estrategia de reciclaje de paneles fotovoltaicos que responde hacia una mayor gestión sostenible”, destacó.
As part of the national offer as a company, we have positioned ourselves as a strategic environmental partner for the main clean energy generators, standing out as one of the companies with the greatest service capacity nationwide since we have a wide range of solutions associated with the management, treatment and safe disposal of hazardous and non-hazardous industrial waste, as well as recycling and revaluation of waste, among others.
In this regard, our Business Development engineer stated that the main challenges in waste management for ERNC projects have to do with the provider company having the capacity to provide care in remote locations, difficult to access, with little communication and with changing needs, which implies great challenges.
“This is where we have managed to position ourselves as strategic partners for our clients, fully complying with requirements in different areas of the country. We currently have nationwide coverage from Arica to Punta Arenas, which expands the response capacity we have towards this type of company,” he added.
In order to extract the maximum benefit from each residue -thus contributing to the increase in the circular economy of the country- we also revalue some of them, such as the residual oils generated by these plants to produce alternative fuel that is later used by other industries (such as cement). , and used batteries that are used to manufacture new units or, failing that, their materials are reused as raw material for other processes, reinserting them back into the production and consumption chain.
Finally, the activity culminated with a round of questions asked to the different speakers, who took advantage of this instance to explain in depth the different alternatives and correct processes that are applied to the industry today.
Como empresa especialista en la gestión y tratamiento de residuos industriales peligrosos y no peligrosos no solo seguiremos incorporando día a día las tecnologías más avanzadas de la industria en beneficio de nuestros clientes, sino también continuaremos apostando por brindarles la tranquilidad que necesitan respecto a que sus residuos están siendo gestionados y tratados de forma responsable y con foco sostenible.
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