Republican Steve Scalise has stated that Portugal can play a key role as a point of entry for US energy exports, particularly LNG. He believes that diversifying the sources of LNG entering Europe can have a stabilizing effect and reduce dependency on certain European countries. Francisco Mendes Palma, CEO of aicep Global Parques, also highlighted the competitive advantages of ZILS - Zona Industrial e Logística de Sines as a location for the Portugal-US joint strategy. Portugal, and specifically Sines, is seen as crucial in ensuring Europe's energy security and independence.
Attending an event, where the role of Sines as port of destination for the first North American LNG export was recalled, Republican Steve Scalise reaffirmed that "Portugal can play a central role as a point of entry for US energy exports" and that diversification of LNG provenance, entering Europe, may have a stabilizing effect, reducing dependency of several European countries.
The CEO of aicep Global Parques, Francisco Mendes Palma, took part in the event highlighting the features of ZILS - Zona Industrial e Logística de Sines as a competitive location for the Portugal-US joint strategy. The energy cluster, identified by aicep Global Parques as a development target at ZILS, will be the focus of several activities planned to attract investment, namely concerning the natural gas industry.
The role of Portugal, in particular the role of Sines, which offers suitable conditions to be an energy hub, is, therefore, preponderant in guaranteeing Europe's security and energy independence.