LATIN AMERICA sustainable initiatives which range from the building of the Liniero Technical School to the addition of electric vehicles to its fleet to the introduction of biofuel through the project Reciclaceite .
“ The company has always been committed to caring for the environment ,” assured Alonso Duarte . “ As we grow and expand the electric grid , sometimes it ’ s necessary to remove branches from trees , which is why we committed to reforestation ,” he added .
The building of the Escuela Técnica de Linieros , is part of its social initiatives
Among its new sustainability targets is Project Reciclaceite , carried out with Guatemala city hall , the Organizations of American States ( OAS ), Valle de Guatemala university , CANELLA LLC and the Guatemalan Association of Renewable Fuel and Solar Foundation . EEGSA invested $ 25 million USD in this pilot program which seeks to use dumped oil from six markets as the raw material to turn it into biodiesel and renewable fuel .
EEGSA headquarters
The second important effort is the acquisition of an electric fleet which will mean a vehicle change in the transportation operations of EEGSA .
“ Now that we have an energy headquarters , which has a high content of renewables , we believe it ’ s necessary to act with integrity with the use of fuels that are gentle to the environment when we have the vehicular mobility driven by electricity since it ’ s less contaminating than the www . eegsa . com 65