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

Yepez-Garcia, Rigoberto Ariel ; Johnson, Todd M. ; Andres, Luis Alberto

World Bank

关键词: CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS;    ECONOMIC GROWTH;    ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION;    ELECTRICITY TRADE;    ENERGY EFFICIENCY;   

DOI  :  10.1596/978-0-8213-8821-1
RP-ID  :  63436

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Economic growth in the Latin America andthe Caribbean region has picked up considerably during thepast decade or so. This growth has been aided by widespread(earlier and more recent) investments in power generation,transmission, and distribution that increased the provisionof electricity services to households, commerce, andindustry. This report evaluates a number of critical issuesfor the power sector in the region in the coming twodecades. These include the expected rates of increase in thedemand for electricity, the required supply of newgenerating capacity, the technology and fuel mix of thatgenerating capacity, and the carbon dioxide emissions of thesector. One of the key contributions of this study is theaggregation of individual country plans to the regional andsub regional levels, using a consistent set of data and acommon methodology. The report also assesses the importantroles of hydropower and natural gas, the way other clean andlow-carbon resources can be expanded, the potential andbenefits of greater electricity trade, and the role ofenergy efficiency. By considering the region as a whole, thereport highlights the role that individual countries willplay in shaping the region's aggregate power sector.