The
risk,
he
says,
is
that
without
"greater
perspective"
being
introduced
to
the
conversation,
renewables
will
become
conflated
in
the
public
mindset
with
the
less
environmentally-wholesome
segments
of
the
energy
industry.
“There
needs
to
be
a
rebalancing
of
our
environmental
values,”
says
Trindade,
who
took
the
top
job
within
Portugal’s
energy
ministry
last
year.
“If
you
overweight
local
environmental
problems,
then
you
create
a
situation
where
it’s
impossible
to
do
things
in
the
field
–
whether
build
wind
farms
or
new
transmission
lines.”
Trindade
acknowledges
that
local
issues
are
hugely
important
–
especially
to…
