Renewable Energy Observatory For Latin America and Caribbean

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Relation between energy consumption and GDP Growth

• For developed countries, economic growth may demand less energy consumption, basically due to the changes in the economic structure.

• However, the situation is quite different for developing countries, especially for Latin American countries, that still require a significant increase in energy consumption.

GDP increment and economic growth in 2013

Energy consumption per capita

Lack of creditable information in: - Antigua and Barbuda

- Bahamas

- Barbados

- Dominica

- Granada

- Guadalupe

- Cayman Islands

- Virgin Islands

- Puerto Rico

- San Cristobal and Nieves

- San Vicente and Grenadines

- Santa Lucia

- Suriname

- Belize

- Guyana

OECD

Americas 17%

Europe 24%

Asia Oceania 9%

Non-OECD

E.Europe/Eurasia 18%

Asia 17%

Middle East 12%

Africa 17%

Latin America 67%

Renewable-based electricity generation by region (2010)Country Consumption in kWh

Cuba 1.327

Haiti 32

Jamaica 1.553

Dominican Republic 893

Trinidad and Tobago 6.332

Costa Rica 1.844

El Salvador 830

Guatemala 539

Honduras 708

Nicaragua 522

Panama 1.829

Argentina 2.967

Bolivia 623

Brazil 2.438

Chile 3.568

Colombia 1.123

Equator 1.192

Paraguay 1.228

Peru 1.248

Uruguay 2.810

Venezuela 3.313

Mexico 2.092

United States 13.246

Germany 7.081

China 3.298Source: http://datos.bancomundial.org/indicador/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC (2011)

OTHERS

Electric Energy Consumption Per Capita in Latin America and Caribbean

CARIBBEAN

CENTRAL AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Expantion of Energy Consumption

• Promotion of energy efficiency

• Reduction of energy intensity

• Diversification of energy sources

The use of renewable energy sources is paramount

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Observatory for Renewable Energy for LAC

Increase access to knowledge regarding renewable energy.

Promote South-South cooperation.

Enhance investments in renewable energy technologies.

Promote capacity building in the region to actively improve the renewable energy industry.

Aims at joining efforts inside and outside the region to increase the presence of renewable energy in the region of Latin America and the Caribbean.

Objetives:

1. Observatory Portal http://www.renenergyobservatory.org/

2. Knowledge Plataform

Gathers specialized information that has been

dispersed in the region.

Acts as an extensive digital library of specialized

information, with constant updating.

Allows companies, institutes, universities and

specialist consultants to incorporate relevant

documents and information.

Educational consortium responsible for the online courses:

• Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT) (leader)

• Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)

• Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM)

• Fundación CEDDET

Capacity Building Programme on Renewable Energy

Statistics of online courses

Partnership with VEDUCA educational portal (for Portuguese speakers only)

http://www.veduca.com.br/

Partnership with Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

Countries:

Bahamas Barbados Guyana Haiti Jamaica Suriname Trinidad &Tobago

Conclusions

• An outstanding outreach of online courses

• UNIDO received a very strong feedback from the Latin American press

• UNIDO would like to expand the number of online courses to other areas

• The project is an interactive open source of knowledge, that everyone can participate

• All resources are available. Enjoy it!

Thank you!

E-mail address:

g.aishemberg@unido.org

Web page: http://www.renenergyobservatory.org