How to achieve full electrification: lessons from Latin America

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• dc.contributor.author Banal Estañol, Albert
• dc.contributor.author Calzada, Joan
• dc.contributor.author Jordana, Jacint
• dc.date.accessioned 2020-05-15T08:26:01Z
• dc.date.available 2020-05-15T08:26:01Z
• dc.date.issued 2017
• dc.description.abstract Electricity coverage in Latin America has increased substantially in recent decades, rising from 50% of the population in 1970 to more than 95% in 2015. Growth, however, slowed in the 1990s as many countries experienced difficulties in extending their networks further, in particular to serve those living in isolated and rural areas. In spite of this, the process of electrification was not interrupted and at the beginning of the 2010s decade most countries in the region were able to provide access to electricity to almost all of their populations. In this paper, we examine the main strategies used in Latin America to increase coverage and argue that only a combination of policy efforts has made it possible to achieve the current situation. We also examine the remaining obstacles, at policy and institutional levels, to achieving full coverage.
• dc.description.sponsorship This research has received financial support from the Spanish Ministry of Economics and Competitiveness (ECO2015-69193-R and CSO2012-39693) and the Catalan Government (SGR2009-1066). The authors are grateful for valuable feedback received from several anonymous reviewers.
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• dc.identifier.citation Banal-Estañol A, Calzada J, Jordana J. How to achieve full electrification: lessons from Latin America. Energy Policy. 2017 Sep;(108):55-69. DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2017.05.036
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2017.05.036
• dc.identifier.issn 0301-4215
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/44586
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher Elsevier
• dc.relation.ispartof Energy Policy. 2017 Sep;(108):55-69
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/1PE/ECO2015-69193-R
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/3PN/CSO2012-39693
• dc.rights © Elsevier https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2017.05.036
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• dc.subject.keyword Electrification
• dc.subject.keyword Latin America
• dc.subject.keyword Rural areas
• dc.subject.keyword Renewable energies
• dc.subject.keyword Subsidies
• dc.subject.keyword Peru
• dc.title How to achieve full electrification: lessons from Latin America
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