Brazil - Rural Electrification with Renewable Energy Systems in the Northeast : A Preinvestment Study
This ESMAP study was a response to a request by the World Bank's Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) Regional Office for support in designing an innovative project to deliver energy services to dispersed rural areas of Brazil. The project aims t...
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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/2000/07/717466/rural-electrification-renewable-energy-systems-northeast-preinvestment-study http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20318 |
| Summary: | This ESMAP study was a response to a
request by the World Bank's Latin America and Caribbean
(LAC) Regional Office for support in designing an innovative
project to deliver energy services to dispersed rural areas
of Brazil. The project aims to address the likely adverse
consequences of privatizing the state power utilities on
incentives for investments to supply essential electricity
services to the dispersed, low-income population in rural
areas of Brazil. To improve electricity access to these
areas in the long term, needed is a commercially sustainable
dissemination activity that should be carried out by and
with equity from the private sector, through a system of
incentives that assures fair returns to private participants
while minimizing government subsidies. The coverage should
include productive applications, community-oriented or
public service applications, and residential applications.
An optimal mix of subsidized and unsubsidized market
segments and a critical total mass of potential customers
are the key ingredients that could attract private investors
in the dispersed area market. This type of effort is
consistent with the Bank's current Country Assistance
Strategy for Brazil, which emphasizes the importance of
private sector-led growth, poverty reduction policies, and
environmental objectives. |
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