Meeting the Balance of Electricity Supply and Demand in Latin America and the Caribbean

Economic growth in the Latin America and the Caribbean region has picked up considerably during the past decade or so. This growth has been aided by widespread (earlier and more recent) investments in power generation, transmission, and distributio...

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Main Authors:	Yepez-Garcia, Rigoberto Ariel, Johnson, Todd M., Andres, Luis Alberto
Format:	Publication
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2012
Subjects:	CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION ELECTRICITY TRADE ENERGY EFFICIENCY GENERATING CAPACITY HYDROPOWER INVESTMENTS NATURAL GAS POWER SECTOR TECHNOLOGY TRANSMISSION
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spelling	okr-10986-23342021-04-23T14:02:01Z Meeting the Balance of Electricity Supply and Demand in Latin America and the Caribbean Yepez-Garcia, Rigoberto Ariel Johnson, Todd M. Andres, Luis Alberto CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION ELECTRICITY TRADE ENERGY EFFICIENCY GENERATING CAPACITY HYDROPOWER INVESTMENTS NATURAL GAS POWER SECTOR TECHNOLOGY TRANSMISSION Economic growth in the Latin America and the Caribbean region has picked up considerably during the past decade or so. This growth has been aided by widespread (earlier and more recent) investments in power generation, transmission, and distribution that increased the provision of electricity services to households, commerce, and industry. This report evaluates a number of critical issues for the power sector in the region in the coming two decades. These include the expected rates of increase in the demand for electricity, the required supply of new generating capacity, the technology and fuel mix of that generating capacity, and the carbon dioxide emissions of the sector. One of the key contributions of this study is the aggregation of individual country plans to the regional and sub regional levels, using a consistent set of data and a common methodology. The report also assesses the important roles of hydropower and natural gas, the way other clean and low-carbon resources can be expanded, the potential and benefits of greater electricity trade, and the role of energy efficiency. By considering the region as a whole, the report highlights the role that individual countries will play in shaping the region's aggregate power sector. 2012-03-19T09:04:18Z 2012-03-19T09:04:18Z 2011-06-24 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000356161_20110725043046 978-0-8213-8819-8 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2334 English Directions in Development ; energy and mining CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication Latin America & Caribbean Caribbean Latin America
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topic	CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION ELECTRICITY TRADE ENERGY EFFICIENCY GENERATING CAPACITY HYDROPOWER INVESTMENTS NATURAL GAS POWER SECTOR TECHNOLOGY TRANSMISSION
spellingShingle	CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION ELECTRICITY TRADE ENERGY EFFICIENCY GENERATING CAPACITY HYDROPOWER INVESTMENTS NATURAL GAS POWER SECTOR TECHNOLOGY TRANSMISSION Yepez-Garcia, Rigoberto Ariel Johnson, Todd M. Andres, Luis Alberto Meeting the Balance of Electricity Supply and Demand in Latin America and the Caribbean
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description	Economic growth in the Latin America and the Caribbean region has picked up considerably during the past decade or so. This growth has been aided by widespread (earlier and more recent) investments in power generation, transmission, and distribution that increased the provision of electricity services to households, commerce, and industry. This report evaluates a number of critical issues for the power sector in the region in the coming two decades. These include the expected rates of increase in the demand for electricity, the required supply of new generating capacity, the technology and fuel mix of that generating capacity, and the carbon dioxide emissions of the sector. One of the key contributions of this study is the aggregation of individual country plans to the regional and sub regional levels, using a consistent set of data and a common methodology. The report also assesses the important roles of hydropower and natural gas, the way other clean and low-carbon resources can be expanded, the potential and benefits of greater electricity trade, and the role of energy efficiency. By considering the region as a whole, the report highlights the role that individual countries will play in shaping the region's aggregate power sector.
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author	Yepez-Garcia, Rigoberto Ariel Johnson, Todd M. Andres, Luis Alberto
author_facet	Yepez-Garcia, Rigoberto Ariel Johnson, Todd M. Andres, Luis Alberto
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title	Meeting the Balance of Electricity Supply and Demand in Latin America and the Caribbean
title_short	Meeting the Balance of Electricity Supply and Demand in Latin America and the Caribbean
title_full	Meeting the Balance of Electricity Supply and Demand in Latin America and the Caribbean
title_fullStr	Meeting the Balance of Electricity Supply and Demand in Latin America and the Caribbean
title_full_unstemmed	Meeting the Balance of Electricity Supply and Demand in Latin America and the Caribbean
title_sort	meeting the balance of electricity supply and demand in latin america and the caribbean
publisher	World Bank
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Meeting the Balance of Electricity Supply and Demand in Latin America and the Caribbean

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