Maximiliano Proaño – Energy Transition https://energytransition.org The Global Energiewende Tue, 30 Nov 2021 12:31:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 Hydrogen in Latin America. Handle with Care (II) https://energytransition.org/2021/11/hydrogen-in-latin-america-handle-with-care-ii/ https://energytransition.org/2021/11/hydrogen-in-latin-america-handle-with-care-ii/#respond Thu, 18 Nov 2021 10:00:37 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=25285 Part two of the series on hydrogen (H2) in Latin America surveys the playing field regarding strategies and regulation. Large investments, mega projects and familiar actors dominate the scene, while there is a lack of proposals for a new governance model towards an inclusive socio-ecological transition. The status qou of hydrogen-use and decarbonisation varies in Latin American states.

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2021/11/hydrogen-in-latin-america-handle-with-care-ii/feed/ 0 Hydrogen in Latin America. Handle with Care (I) https://energytransition.org/2021/11/hydrogen-in-latin-america-handle-with-care-i/ https://energytransition.org/2021/11/hydrogen-in-latin-america-handle-with-care-i/#respond Mon, 15 Nov 2021 10:00:57 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=25161 Latin America’s hydrocarbon producers have long considered hydrogen as a good opportunity to render their extractivist models “greener”. There are a range of concerns about blue and grey hydrogen, but even large-scale green hydrogen may have negative social and environmental impacts. This is part one in a series exploring the background of hydrogen and its risks across the region.

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2021/11/hydrogen-in-latin-america-handle-with-care-i/feed/ 0 Vaca Muerta: Holding on to fracking subsidies instead of boosting the energy transition https://energytransition.org/2020/12/23723/ https://energytransition.org/2020/12/23723/#respond Wed, 30 Dec 2020 14:00:38 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=23723 The major shale oil and shale gas deposit Vaca Muerta (in English also: Dead Cow) covers a 30,000 square kilometers area located in three Argentinian provinces Neuquén, Mendoza and Rio Negro. According to the US Energy Information Administration, Vaca Muerta has a total of recoverable gas resources of 308 tcf (8.7 billion m3) and a recoverable oil and condensate of 16 billion barrels (2.

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2020/12/23723/feed/ 0 Decarbonization Plan in Chile: An unambitious but dynamic process https://energytransition.org/2020/11/decarbonization-plan-in-chile-unambitious-but-dynamic-process/ https://energytransition.org/2020/11/decarbonization-plan-in-chile-unambitious-but-dynamic-process/#respond Wed, 18 Nov 2020 14:00:14 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=23477 Chile is facing important debates for its future. The South American country is immersed in a process to establish a new constitution to manage a multifactorial crisis situation to which the social-environmental crisis contributes heavily. In parallel, the country is committed to becoming carbon-neutral by 2050. Hence, the institutional framework, and the path to reach it, are key.

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2020/11/decarbonization-plan-in-chile-unambitious-but-dynamic-process/feed/ 0 Carbon pricing in Latin America: far from being an effective instrument https://energytransition.org/2020/10/carbon-pricing-in-latin-america-far-to-be-an-effective-instrument-facing-climate-change/ https://energytransition.org/2020/10/carbon-pricing-in-latin-america-far-to-be-an-effective-instrument-facing-climate-change/#respond Tue, 27 Oct 2020 14:00:16 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=23259 To face social and environmental problems generated by fossil energies, market-based solutions have emerged to tackle these challenges on a broader scale. These proposals are often also framed as a “green” approach to economic growth. They include e.g. regulatory disincentives for emitting CO2 through a form of carbon pricing or more specifically, emissions trading systems (ETS) and carbon taxes.

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2020/10/carbon-pricing-in-latin-america-far-to-be-an-effective-instrument-facing-climate-change/feed/ 0 Tremendous, but untapped potential: a Green Recovery for Latin America https://energytransition.org/2020/09/tremendous-but-untapped-potential-a-green-recovery-for-latin-america/ https://energytransition.org/2020/09/tremendous-but-untapped-potential-a-green-recovery-for-latin-america/#respond Mon, 28 Sep 2020 14:00:13 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=23221 During the last months, Latin America has become the main COVID-19 focus worldwide. In early September, the region concentrated more than 27% of the COVID-19 cases globally and 31% of its deaths. High rates of inequality and poverty, failures in the health system and political instability are the main reasons for this dramatic situation. And it seems to get worse in the upcoming years: according...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2020/09/tremendous-but-untapped-potential-a-green-recovery-for-latin-america/feed/ 0 Concentrated solar power: storing renewable energy in Chile https://energytransition.org/2019/04/storing-renewable-energy-in-chile/ https://energytransition.org/2019/04/storing-renewable-energy-in-chile/#respond Wed, 24 Apr 2019 12:00:53 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=19525 One widespread objection to renewables is the fact that they need some kind of backup, such as gas or hydro power. But as technologies advance, the possibility of storing electricity generated by renewables seems like not-a-too-distant future. The new concentrated solar power plant in Chile is bringing Latin America to the forefront, says Maximiliano Proaño. The solar power plant Cerro Dominador...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2019/04/storing-renewable-energy-in-chile/feed/ 0 The end of Buen Vivir? Ecuador plans oil extraction in Yasuní National Park https://energytransition.org/2019/02/ecuador-oil-extraction/ https://energytransition.org/2019/02/ecuador-oil-extraction/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2019 14:00:55 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=19008 Yasuní National Park in the Ecuadorean Amazon, one of the most biodiverse regions in the world, was a beacon of hope for conservationism and environmental governance. But it seems that the government is now planning to allow oil drilling in the Amazon, says Maximiliano Proaño. Did the sustainable approach of the Ecuadorian “buen vivir” fail to save the national biodiversity? ( Public Domain)...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2019/02/ecuador-oil-extraction/feed/ 1 Lithium in Bolivia: beyond extractivism https://energytransition.org/2019/01/bolivia-beyond-extractivism/ https://energytransition.org/2019/01/bolivia-beyond-extractivism/#comments Tue, 22 Jan 2019 09:00:32 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=18915 Although Bolivia has some of the largest lithium reserves in the world, the country so far has not focused on extraction. Now that lithium is in high demand for electromobility and renewable technologies, Bolivia’s geopolitical role may change. Maximiliano Proaño takes a look. At Lake Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia lithium can be extracted from the brine of the salt crust and from inside the brine...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2019/01/bolivia-beyond-extractivism/feed/ 2 Latin America sticks to the status quo at COP 24 https://energytransition.org/2018/12/latin-america-cop-24/ https://energytransition.org/2018/12/latin-america-cop-24/#comments Fri, 21 Dec 2018 13:00:08 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=18837 The 24th Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP24) was meant as a time for countries to review and fix the measures of the Paris Agreement. To have any chance to stay below 1.5 ° C and avoid the worst impacts of climate change, countries must commit to drastic greenhouse gas cuts by 2020. Max Proaño takes a look at goals from Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and Costa Rica. COP24 in Katowice ( Public...

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