Browsing by Author "Mocarquer, Sebastian"

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    Balance of power
    (2009) Mocarquer, Sebastian; Barroso, Luiz; Rudnick, Hugh; Bezerra, Bernardo; Pereira, Mario
    This paper discusses the challenges in the procurement of electricity. The primary challenge faced by the countries in Latin America is to ensure sufficient capacity and investment to reliably serve their growing economies. The turn of the century brought different challenges to the energy supply in the region and to its market policy emphasis, coupled with a worldwide rocketing up of fuel prices.
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    Expansion Pressure: Energy Challenges in Brazil and Chile
    (2012) Bezerra, Bernardo; Mocarquer, Sebastian; Barroso, Luiz; Rudnick, Hugh
    In Latin America, primary energy demand is projected to grow on average by 1.7% per year and to reach 830 million tons of oil equivalent (mtoe) by 2035, according to the International Energy Agency's 2011 World Energy Outlook. Demand for renewables in the power generation sector in the region will double over that period, reaching nearly 140 mtoe in 2035. Furthermore, the IEA projects that biofuels use in road transport will increase by more than 4% per year, reaching 1 million barrels per day (mb/d) by 2035, representing around 25% of fuel consumption in the sector. The economic giant in the region, Brazil, will increase its primary energy consumption to 420 mtoe in 2035, representing more than half of the regional total.
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    Transmission expansion in fast growing economies and the challenges of renewables integration
    (IEEE, 2012) Rudnick van de Wyngard, Hugh; Ferreira, Rafael; Mocarquer, Sebastian; Barroso, Luis
    Transmission expansion in fast growing economies imposes severe challenges to electricity markets, given the need for planning and executing major midterm investments in an environment of uncertainty in load growth and generation expansion, coupled to the arrival of distributed renewable energy resources. This paper describes the approaches of two countries, Brazil and Chile, to tackle the challenges of transmission expansion, focusing on treatment of uncertainties, schemes for implementing expansion plans, and problems currently faced by different stakeholders. Renewable energy projects have experienced a significant development in the two countries, despite of difficulties faced by project developers with regard to financing, contracting, and, particularly, grid connection. We discuss solutions adopted or currently under consideration for the integration of renewables to the transmission system.