Promotion of renewable energy in Latin America for the security of electric supply

Author

Aquino-Robles, José A. ; Villafáfila-Robles, Roberto ; Sumper, Andreas ; Ramírez-Pisco, Rodrigo

Author_Institution

Unidad Profesional Interdisciplinaria en Ing. y Tecnol. Av. (UPIITA), Inst. Politec. Nac. (IPN), Mexico City, Mexico

fYear

2011

fDate

17-19 Oct. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper aims to discuss the promotion of renewable energy in Latin America within the context of security of power supply by reviewing the development of the power sector and current data to show generation matrixes, that is, power generation technologies and the installed capacity of each one. Furthermore the trends regarding the supply security are analyzed and determined by means of a comparison with Spain. Finally, the laws and regulations promoting the investment and the use of renewable energy sources to produce electricity in Latin America are presented, as well as, standards on power quality.

Keywords

electric power generation; electricity supply industry; power supply quality; power system security; Latin America; current data; electric supply security; generation matrixes; power generation technologies; power quality; power sector; renewable energy; Electricity; Europe; Indexes; Power generation; Power supplies; Renewable energy resources; Security; deregulation; renewable energy; security of electricity supply;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Power Quality and Utilisation (EPQU), 2011 11th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Lisbon

ISSN

2150-6647

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0379-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EPQU.2011.6128829

Filename

6128829