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dc.titlePerspectives for Distributed Generation with Renewable Energy in Latin America and the Caribbean: Analysis of Case Studies for Jamaica, Barbados, Mexico, and Chile
dc.contributor.authorGischler, Christiaan
dc.contributor.authorJanson, Nils
dc.contributor.orgunitEnergy Division
dc.coverageJamaica
dc.coverageBarbados
dc.coverageMexico
dc.coverageChile
dc.coverageDenmark
dc.coverageThe Caribbean
dc.coverageEurope
dc.coverageSouth America
dc.coverageCentral America
dc.date.available2011-12-19T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2011-11-01T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractThis paper deals with how to promote distributed generation (DG) done with renewable energy in emerging markets of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), with the purpose of increasing competitiveness and achieving sustainable economic growth. The paper argues that the key rationale for promoting renewable DG in LAC is to reduce the cost of electricity for a country as a whole. The paper examines four case studies in the Caribbean (Jamaica and Barbados) and Latin America (Mexico and Chile) to assess what these countries are or are not doing, and why, in promoting renewable DG. These cases are also assessed in the light of the experience of Denmark, which has the world's highest share of DG (over 50 percent of electricity generation), mostly done with wind and cogeneration. This paper was presented at the Fifth Americas Competiveness Forum for the Inter-American Development Bank and Compete Caribbean Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, October 5-7, 2011.
dc.format.extent55
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0006900
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Perspectives-for-Distributed-Generation-with-Renewable-Energy-in-Latin-America-and-the-Caribbean-Analysis-of-Case-Studies-for-Jamaica-Barbados-Mexico-and-Chile.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectRenewable Energy
dc.subjectPublic Private Partnership
dc.subjectElectricity
dc.subject.keywordsrenewable energy, Latin America and the Caribbean, emerging markets, distributed generation, DG, sustainable economic growth, Fifth Americas Competiveness Forum for the Inter-American Development Bank and Compete Caribbean
idb.identifier.pubnumberDiscussion Papers
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