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Regional
Energy Forum Inaugurated in Nicaragua
Managua - A Central
American forum on renewable energy in rural
communities was inaugurated here on
Wednesday.
The forum "Renewable Energy on Rural
Isolated Places in Central America" was
organized by the Alliance on Energy and
Environment (AEA), aiming to share the
experiences of the countries in the energy
sector.
In the inauguration of the forum, Nicaraguan
Environment Vice Minister Roberto
Arasquitain said that Nicaragua has approved
seven projects of 350,000 euros (some
450,000 U.S. dollars) to produce renewable
energy.
One of the projects will be financed by the
governments of Austria and Finland in 2009,
he said
Arasquitain said Guatemala and El Salvador
are experimenting producing energy with
seaweeds.
Some 300 delegates from Central America and
Europe participated the forum, which will be
concluded on March 20. The participants will
visit the renewable energy projects in the
country.
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