Bolivia Final Report on Operational Activities : Rural Energy and Energy Efficiency
When energy sector reforms were essentially completed in Bolivia in 1966, technical assistance initiatives in rural energy and energy efficiency picked up steam. Assistance was provided to the government to develop a sustainable market for rural en...
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| Format: | ESMAP Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC
2014
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/08/717496/bolivia-final-report-operational-activities-rural-energy-energy-efficiency http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20315 |
| Summary: | When energy sector reforms were
essentially completed in Bolivia in 1966, technical
assistance initiatives in rural energy and energy efficiency
picked up steam. Assistance was provided to the government
to develop a sustainable market for rural energy. This
development was guided by the following principles: the
government role was that of regulator and facilitator;
priority demand should be met at a municipal level and
consumers decide whether a given rural energy project should
be implemented; and the private sector should be encouraged
to diversify energy supply in rural areas and to adopt the
most sustainable and least costly combination of
technologies. Halfway into the implementation of the rural
energy component, it was realized that the use of biomass in
rural areas needed special attention. An action plan was
devised to provide a guide for the sustainable use of
biomass energy services in rural areas and mitigate the
impact of supplying and consuming biomass as an energy
source. The National Biomass Program sets out energy policy
options for creating regulatory and incentive mechanisms to
promote the sustainable management of biomass. This approach
will allow the biomass energy market to be integrated into
the national energy market, balancing supply and demand and
establishing defined value/price standards. |
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