
Chapter 21
The History of Renewable Energies in the
Canary Islands, Especially in Tenerife
Ricardo Melchior
a
and Manuel Cendagorta
b
a
President of Cabildo de Tenerife
b
Managing Director of ITER
Ricardo Melchior carried out his studies of industrial engineering
in the University of Navarra, Spain, and later moved to Germany
for a period of three years motivated by a scholarship awarded by
the German government to study financial engineering at Aachen
University (RWTH), where he also started his PhD in industrial
engineering. During this period, Mr. Melchior came into contact with
researchers and scientists who studied the use of renewable energy
as an alternativ ...