Jørgen “Juulut” Rosbach, Naalakkersuisoq for the Environment, Nature, Energy, and Research, visited Berlin and Paris to generate interest among investors in the hydropower potential at Tasersiaq and Tarsartuup Tasersua.
According to the Ministry of the Environment, Nature, Energy, and Research, the two hydropower projects are scheduled to be put out for competitive bidding in the near future.
“I’m working to ensure that the significant hydropower potential is harnessed so that new business opportunities and jobs are created locally,” says Jørgen “Juulut” Rosbach.
During the visit to Paris, there was also a focus on experiences with increasing energy self-sufficiency. Like Greenland, France is working to increase its own energy production and make its energy supply more resilient to fluctuations in the global market and international tensions.
The discussion focused, among other things, on the expansion of renewable energy, the optimization of energy systems, and the maintenance of large hydroelectric power plants. Rosbach also visited the Roselend-La Bâthie hydroelectric power plant.
According to the naalakkersuisoq, Greenland can learn from France’s many years of experience with hydropower.
“France has more than twice as many years of experience with large hydroelectric power plants as we do in Greenland. That’s why there’s a lot we can learn from them,” says Jørgen “Juulut” Rosbach.
He also highlights France’s ambitions for self-sufficiency and research into technical solutions as relevant lessons for Greenland.
