Measures to promote renewable energies for electricity generation in Latin American countries

This study analyses the measures used to promote renewable energy for electricity generation in the 18 Latin American countries that signed the Paris Agreement, in an electricity demand growth context. The Latin American countries have had a remarkable growth in the use of renewable energy for elect...

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Autores: Washburn, Christian, Pablo-Romero Gil-Delgado, María del Populo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión enviada para evaluación y publicación
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/164774
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/164774
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2018.12.059
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Latin America
Renewable energy
Electricity generation
Promotion measures
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spelling Measures to promote renewable energies for electricity generation in Latin American countriesWashburn, ChristianPablo-Romero Gil-Delgado, María del PopuloLatin AmericaRenewable energyElectricity generationPromotion measuresThis study analyses the measures used to promote renewable energy for electricity generation in the 18 Latin American countries that signed the Paris Agreement, in an electricity demand growth context. The Latin American countries have had a remarkable growth in the use of renewable energy for electricity generation. Biomass, wind and solar energy have experienced strong growth, however, their participation in the energy mix remains small. All the studied countries have established renewable energy targets, 16 having adopted at least one promotion measure. The most used measures are tax incentives, mainly through exemptions in income tax, value added or sales tax and on tariffs. Also, most countries are using auction systems, which are replacing the Feed-In Tariff system. The net metering system adoption is also growing in the region. The results of the study show a positive relationship between the most active countries in renewable energy promotion and the performance achieved in the studied years. Therefore active policies are considered necessary for the future development of renewable energies.ElsevierAnálisis Económico y Economía Política2019info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/submittedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/11441/164774https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2018.12.059reponame:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevillainstname:Universidad de Sevilla (US)InglésEnergy Policy, 128, 212-222.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2018.12.059info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:idus.us.es:11441/1647742026-06-17T12:51:07Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Measures to promote renewable energies for electricity generation in Latin American countries
title Measures to promote renewable energies for electricity generation in Latin American countries
spellingShingle Measures to promote renewable energies for electricity generation in Latin American countries
Washburn, Christian
Latin America
Renewable energy
Electricity generation
Promotion measures
title_short Measures to promote renewable energies for electricity generation in Latin American countries
title_full Measures to promote renewable energies for electricity generation in Latin American countries
title_fullStr Measures to promote renewable energies for electricity generation in Latin American countries
title_full_unstemmed Measures to promote renewable energies for electricity generation in Latin American countries
title_sort Measures to promote renewable energies for electricity generation in Latin American countries
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Washburn, Christian
Pablo-Romero Gil-Delgado, María del Populo
author Washburn, Christian
author_facet Washburn, Christian
Pablo-Romero Gil-Delgado, María del Populo
author_role author
author2 Pablo-Romero Gil-Delgado, María del Populo
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Análisis Económico y Economía Política
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Latin America
Renewable energy
Electricity generation
Promotion measures
topic Latin America
Renewable energy
Electricity generation
Promotion measures
description This study analyses the measures used to promote renewable energy for electricity generation in the 18 Latin American countries that signed the Paris Agreement, in an electricity demand growth context. The Latin American countries have had a remarkable growth in the use of renewable energy for electricity generation. Biomass, wind and solar energy have experienced strong growth, however, their participation in the energy mix remains small. All the studied countries have established renewable energy targets, 16 having adopted at least one promotion measure. The most used measures are tax incentives, mainly through exemptions in income tax, value added or sales tax and on tariffs. Also, most countries are using auction systems, which are replacing the Feed-In Tariff system. The net metering system adoption is also growing in the region. The results of the study show a positive relationship between the most active countries in renewable energy promotion and the performance achieved in the studied years. Therefore active policies are considered necessary for the future development of renewable energies.
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