Electricity sector reforms in four Latin-American countries and their impact on carbon dioxide emissions and renewable energy
| Autor: | Belizza Janet Ruiz-Mendoza, Claudia Sheinbaum-Pardo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Natural resource economics
business.industry Environmental impact of the energy industry Low-carbon economy Management Monitoring Policy and Law Energy policy Renewable energy General Energy Climate change mitigation Energy development Environmental protection Electric power industry business Feed-in tariff |
| Zdroj: | Energy Policy. 38:6755-6766 |
| ISSN: | 0301-4215 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.06.046 |
| Popis: | This paper analyzes carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions related to energy consumption for electricity generation in four Latin-American countries in the context of the liberalization process. From 1990 to 2006, power plants based on renewable energy sources decreased its share in power installed capacity, and the carbon index defined as CO 2 emission by unit of energy for electricity production stayed almost constant for all countries with the exception of Colombia, where the index reduced due to increase in hydroelectricity generation in the last years. The paper also presents a new set of policies to promote renewable energy sources that have been developed in the four countries. The paper concludes that restructuring did not bring about environmental benefits related to a decrease in CO 2 emissions because this depend on the existence of committed policies, and dedicated institutional and regulatory frameworks. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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