Green Energy Leaders

Arroyo Currás, Tabaré

2014

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The Latin America and the Caribbean region is experiencing a silent and complex renewables revolution, but progress is slow. The region is still dependent on fossil fuels and hydropower. Alongside renewable energy, its countries continue to explore non-renewable techniques such as fracking to access new oil and gas reserves. New hydroelectric complexes are being developed. It is estimated that more than US$40 billion is currently used to subsidise fossil fuels in the region. Traditional energy sources will not disappear any time soon in the region or elsewhere in the world. But the modern renewable energy market is growing quickly. There are many examples across the region of the development of clean energy projects. This report shows that Latin America and the Caribbean have significant potential to show what a clean energy future could look like.

América Latina; Brasil; Chile; Costa Rica; Estadísticas; México; Nicaragua; Perú; Uruguay; Uso de energías renovables;