Companies express their views on green energy

Companies express their views on green energy

by Irina de Carvalho

Several companies represented at the the 2009 Macao International Environmental Co-operation Forum and Exhibition (2009 MIECF) spoke with Macau Daily Times.

Joao Marques Cruz, CEO of the recently formed company EDP Energy Solutions, joint venture between EDP International and Stanley Ho's group, explained he was invited to participate because of the partnership agreement with the government to provide clean energy solutions.
He also addressed the Forum on sustainable energy. “We have to be realistic since China is primarily a coal energy producer. It's more efficient to create a way to produce cleaner energy from coal than to consider a new way to produce energy. It's more coherent to help coal production,” he said.

Meanwhile, American company Honeywell, represented by Leo Leong, sales director for North Asia, also represented a huge investment on power saving energies. “More than 50 percent of our work has to do with helping people save energy. We help our clients measure their energy consumption's and optimise it as a saving aimed at energy spending,” he said.

He also stressed their objective is to extend the efficient solutions.

“In the second year of MIECF [this year], Macau authorities are focusing on environmental solutions but it can also represent setting conservation requirements to use in public facilities like airports, universities, hospitals.”

He emphasised the important role that public companies can play by setting the example on saving energy since he agrees most of the thinks related with clean energies depend on the government's support.

Currently, he said Honeywell works with Venetian Macau, providing controls and software to control the buildings air-conditioners and the fire alarm system, Wynn Macau providing security fire alarm systems and some small projects from Start World.

As for Smart Rise Environment Limited, a company also focused at smart technology to save energy and to recycle plastic products, Gary Zhang, rector CEO, said he believes Macau has the same development as that of Taiwan and that it is the right place to promote environmental protection and agrees that it's also very important to make changes but with the government's support. He also added it is fundamental to create green investments and to reach out to save more energy.

Saturday, 04 April 2009
Macau Daily Times