Browsing by Author "Mocarquer Grout, Sebastian"

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    Achieving a low carbon economy in a fast developing country
    (IEEE, 2011) Mocarquer Grout, Sebastian; Rudnick van de Wyngard, Hugh
    Most fast developing countries have set targets to achieve a developed status in the near future. Nonetheless, emerging economies from developing countries must struggle to balance the need for energy but coping with environmental sustainability principles, both local and globally. Chile has set a voluntary target of capping CO2 emissions by 20 % by the year 2020, with 2007 as reference. Heated discussion has risen in how to comply with such a goal and how should energy policy drive the needed actions. Mitigation of the effects of climate change has been mainly in the center of the discussion everywhere, however adaptation to climate change effects is probably the key element if the premise that the earth's temperature will continue to increase before mankind can effectively change current GHG trends. Challenges faced for developing countries to achieve a low carbon economy are reviewed taking as an example the case of Chile.
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    Stimulating efficient distribution
    (2007) Rudnick, Hugh; Arnau, Alejandro; Mocarquer Grout, Sebastian; Voscoboinik, Efrain
    This article assesses the 20-year experience in Latin America in applying incentive price regulation to its distribution companies. Incentive price regulation stimulates efficiency in electricity distribution in Latin America
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    The model company incentive regulation scheme and the integration of distributed generation
    (IEEE, 2011) Rudnick van de Wyngard, Hugh; Mocarquer Grout, Sebastian
    The paper discusses the conflicts that arise between traditional incentive regulation, where consumers pay a fixed tariff to the distribution company for providing the wire service, and the arrival of distributed generation that alters this arrangement. The Chilean case, where a model company approach is used for tariff building is explained, and how distributed generators are conflicting with the distribution companies as they attempt to connect to their networks. Often, the long distance between renewable power sources and the transmission system, in addition to the small capacity of these distributed generators (DG), renders unprofitable the installation of private lines from the DG to that system. This situation motivates the DG owner to connect the generator to the distribution network. The distribution systems, however, are not usually designed to receive energy at the consumer end. This problem intensifies in developing countries where rural distribution systems are very limited. Thus, when connecting a DG to a radial feeder it is often necessary to upgrade the feeder. The way to make this upgrade coherent with the incentive regulation scheme in place is not evident.