| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Part 1. Changing the energy landscape : policy and economic issues -- 1. Is there a Latin American electricity transition? A snapshot of intraregional differences / Lucas Noura Guimarães -- 2. Using market mechanisms for a reliable energy transition in Latin America / Alexandre Viana -- 3. Assessing the macroeconomic effects of sustainable energy transitions in Costa Rica and Chile : a multisectoral balance-of-payments-constrained growth approach / Francisco Ebeling -- 4. Energy (and climate) challenges in South America : what planning for what transition? / Thauan Santos and Ignacio Sabbatella -- 5. Prompting an energy transition : how policy entrepreneurs passed Peru's first renewable energy legislation for the grid / Hai-vu Phan -- 6. The challenges and contradictions of Peru's Proyecto Masivo de Energía Solar / Dustin Welch García -- Part 2. Energy transition taking shape : regulatory issues -- 7. The prosumer legal protection in Latin America : a requirement for an energy transition / Matheus Linck Bassani -- 8. Challenges of South American energy transition : energy efficiency and distributed generation / Maria Alejandra Ise, Silvina Cecilia Carrizo, and Marie Forget -- 9. Urban microgrids : benefits, challenges, and business models / Marco Aurelia Lenzi Castro -- 10. Regulatory aspects of energy efficiency in Uruguay / Ana Laura Rodríguez D'Espada -- 11. The Ecuadorian energy matrix : from a fossil-fuel dependency to a renewable production / Pablo Morales and Edisson Morales -- 12. Environmental impact assessment and public participation of geothermal energy projects : the cases of Chile, Costa Rica, Colombia, and Mexico / Miguel Saldivia Olave and Sofía Vargas-Payera -- 13. Competitive renewables as the key to energy transition ; RenovaBio : the Brazilian biofuel regulation / Danielle Mendes Thame Denny -- 14. The role and impacts of policies in hampering the biogas transition in Brazil / Luiz Gustavo Silva de Oliveira -- Part 3. Boosting energy transition : socio-technical issues -- 15. Foresight for Chile's energy transition -- unleashing societal transformations / Joni Karjalainen, Noora Vähäkari and Sirkka Heinonen -- 16. Integrating social and justice dimensions to energy transitions : the case of Mexico / Carlos Tornel -- 17. The role of social resistance in shaping energy transition policy in Mexico : the case of wind power in Oaxaca / Adolfo Mejía-Montero, Lourdes Alonso-Serva and Carlo Altamirano-Allende -- 18. Energy transition in isolated communities of the Brazilian Amazon / Antonella Mazzone -- 19. An inclusive and participative model for energy transition in Latin America : the case of Chilean Generación Comunitaria / Francisco Merino, Adolfo Mejía Montero and Cecilia Dastres |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Energy policy -- Latin America
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Energy policy
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Latin America
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Guimarães, Lucas Noura de Moraes Rêgo.
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| ISBN |
9780128195659 |
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0128195657 |
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