A. M. 
The Asociación Salvadoreña de Industriales announces the eleventh edition of the Regional Energy Congress, COREN 2024, which this year is called: “Energy transition, industrial competitiveness and sustainability”, with which it seeks to continue promoting the productive sector to optimize the use of energy resources, develop technical skills and learn about advances in the regional and international energy market, as well as improving processes and trend analysis in the industry to understand its impact on regional economic and technological development.
This meeting, which will be held from august 28 to 30 at the Sheraton Presidente Hotel, will bring together experts from more than 24 countries who will deepen, analyze and discuss various topics of interest to the industrial sector of El Salvador and the Central American region, mainly focused on Renewable Energy, Regional Electricity Market and Energy Efficiency.
The Regional Energy Congress will also have an exhibition area of services, products and innovations for the energy sector, with the participation of leading companies in the sector.
During the development of COREN, through lectures, presentations and forums, new applications and trends will be presented and case studies of implemented projects will be analyzed, among others, for which we will have leading experts such as Mr. Fitzgerald Cantero, Director of Studies, Projects and Information OLADE, Uruguay; Roberto Quirós Balm, ICE Costa Rica; Armando Ruiz, president of IEEE; Juan David Uribe, XM Colombia; Juan Rodríguez Benavides, Solar+Bess Business, Huawei Costa Rica; Maricarmen Márquez, FACC Leader Latam Seguros WTW Panama; Néstor Encinales, Grupo EPM Colombia, among other national and international specialists and leaders.
The first day of the Congress will address topics focused on the Regional Electricity Market, analyzing the challenges to achieve carbon neutrality in the electricity sector. Challenges and perspectives of regional energy development: How to achieve carbon neutrality in the electricity sector.
It will also delve into the challenges towards regional energy security, the great challenges in the transmission of electricity, the General Electricity Law, a success case and reference at the Latin American level, the challenges of Natural Gas in El Salvador, fundamentals to promote and accelerate the energy transition in El Salvador and the region, among others.
During day two, dedicated to Renewable Energies, experts will address topics such as: Promotion of energy sustainability and the SDGs through clean energy certificates, Green Hydrogen projects in El Salvador, Colombia and Honduras: Promoting Clean Energy in the Region; Blockchain in the electricity sector, energy storage: towards a more sustainable future, as well as the challenges to develop electromobility in El Salvador and the region.
On the third day of COREN the focus will be on energy management issues such as: emerging technologies for energy management in industry, digitization of the electricity sector, public policies for the development of smart cities, transition of the energy sector from a gender perspective, the circular economy in the energy sector, innovations and the role of AI. It will also learn about how to detect and solve harmonics problems in the industry, the options of nuclear energy technologies in El Salvador, as well as the advantages of photovoltaic energy, challenges and opportunities in the regulatory framework of solar energy for self-consumption.
Our country has successfully diversified its energy matrix. In 2023 it reached about 60% of renewable energy use, that is to say, it was generated with solar photovoltaic, wind, biomass, hydroelectric and geothermal sources. Last year, the energy generation matrix was made up as follows:
For ASI, energy is key to the sustainable development of a nation because it has a positive impact on the competitiveness of countries, especially in industry. At the same time, it enables investments, innovation and new industries that are the engines of job creation and growth of economies.
