Energy Transitions in Latin America

ISBN-13: 9783031374753 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023

Opis

This book comprehensively analyzes the challenges and opportunities associated with transitioning to sustainable energy systems in Latin America. Recognizing that energy transition goes beyond mere changes in energy systems, it is also essential to address the imperative of ensuring a just transition and equitable benefits for all, particularly for vulnerable populations. This recognition emphasizes prioritizing social equity and inclusivity throughout the energy transition process. By adopting a critical perspective grounded in multidisciplinary approaches from the social sciences, the book delves into the complex energy transition issues, exploring the broader social, economic, and political dimensions involved.The book is divided into four parts. Part I highlights the changing energy mix in Latin America and the geopolitical implications of the increasing reliance on renewable sources. Part II examines the dilemmas faced by countries that rely on oil and gas revenues and the obstacles they face in transitioning to a low-carbon economy. Part III analyzes the production, technology, and costs as limits and opportunities for energy transition and adoption of renewable energies. Finally, part IV explores energy access and the democratization of energy generation in Latin America, including efforts to address energy poverty, the growth of distributed energy, and prosumers.Energy Transitions in Latin America: The Tough Route to Sustainable Development is a valuable resource that will benefit researchers in energy studies and policymakers alike. It serves as a comprehensive guide for those seeking to navigate the complexities of energy transitions. It is an essential source for fostering informed decision-making and driving sustainable development in the region.

Spis treści

1. Energy transition in Latin America: Historic perspective and challenges in achieving sustainable development goals

Part I - Energy, climate change and sustainable models: Energy mix and national decarbonization plans

2. Energy transition and climate justice after Paris Agreement: achievements and new goals in South America 

3. Geopolitical dimension and social - geopolitics of renewable energy in Latin America   

4. Energy matrix transformation in Latin America: the global political economy of Chinese Investments          

Part II - Oil and gas dilemmas: Income’s dependence and obstacles to the energy transition

5. The dispute for Mexico’s energy transition under dependent conditions. A critical energy studies approach         

6. Contradictions between energy and climate change mitigation policy in a country with oil reserves: the case of Mexico    

7. Between oil dependence and energy sovereignty: the limits of the energy transition in Ecuador

8. Energy transition and consumption subsidies in oil-exporting countries: Venezuela and Ecuador between a rock and a hard place           

9. The Brazilian hydrocarbon dilemma: did Brazil hit the big ticket too late?             

10. Transition policies as a local problem. The cases of Neuquén and Río Negro (Argentine Patagonia)    

Part III - Energy transitions and renewable energies: Production mix, technology, and costs as limits and opportunities

11. Renewable energies in Argentina. The challenge of articulating the energy transition with the economic development model          

12. The “wind Revolution” in Uruguay and the role of the public sector in guiding energy transitions         

13. Energy transition: an analysis of private and public agents working toward energy sustainability in Colombia          

14. Solar energy and social-productive configurations: regional features of the energy diversification process in Argentina 

15. Uncertainties about the transport planning in Brazil in the context of climate change: tradition (biofuels) or innovation (electric mobility)?    

16. Factors that contribute to the diffusion of solar PV energy: evidence from Holambra in São Paulo Macrometropolis, Brazil    

Part IV - Energy services: Access, energy poverty, decentralization, and democratization

17. Shifting powers towards decentralized energy generation. a comparative perspective between Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay          

18. Unfolding the relationship between poverty and energy consumption in Brazil. A first step toward the energy poverty debate    

19. Energy inequality in Central America: concept, challenges, and opportunities   

20. Energy planning evolution, energy transition, and sustainable development goals, keynotes from Latin America and Nicaragua

21. Conclusions: Energy transition agenda for sustainable development in Latin America

O autorze

Lira Luz Benites Lazaro holds a Ph.D. in Earth System Science from the National Institute for Space Research, Brazil. She also holds a Ph.D. and a master's degree in Latin American Integration from the University of São Paulo, where she has made significant contributions to her field. Lira was a visiting researcher at the Durham Energy Institute in the United Kingdom. She is actively involved in research on implementing the Sustainable Development Goals in Brazil, working at the Institute of Advanced Studies of São Paulo University. With a wealth of experience in both research and academia, Lira has demonstrated her expertise in various crucial areas. Her research interests encompass environmental governance; energy transition; policy analysis; energy and climate policy; institutions and management; and the water-energy-food nexus. She is a member of the Working Group on Energy and Sustainable Development of the Latin American Council of Social Science (CLACSO).

Esteban Serrani is a Sociologist, he has a master’s degree in social research and a PhD in Social Sciences, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is a Researcher of the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET) and Professor at the National University of San Martin, Argentina. He was Director of the Project "Approaches to the relationship between energy models and industrial policy in Argentina, 2002-2019" and “Analysis of the performance of large industrial companies in the energy transition in Argentina”, supported by the National Agency for the Promotion of Research, Technological Development and Innovation. In Argentina, he is a Co-Director of the Center for Social Studies of the Economy, at the Interdisciplinary School of High Social Studies, National University of San Martin. In Latin America, he is the coordinator of the CLACSO Working Group on "Energy and Sustainable Development", he coordinates the energy transition and climate change working group of the International Development Economics Associates-Latin America (IDEAs-LAC) and he is member of the Academic Committee, Southern Cone Regional Center at Maria Sibylla Merian Center for Advanced Latin American Studies (CALAS).