The manager secretary of the Latin American Power Group (Olade), Andrés Rebolledo, was lately in Guatemala, the place he referred to the vitality technology disaster that a number of nations within the area from Mexico to Panama are going by way of, and the totally different options that They’re supplying you with the issue.
The above, even if Latin America and the Caribbean is the greenest area on the earth when it comes to electrical energy technology, the place 65% is of renewable origin and inside this, 40% is hydroelectric.
Within the case of Guatemala, the official indicated that it’s taking applicable measures, other than the truth that its vitality matrix and its administration have allowed it to keep away from rationing, though work should proceed on renewable technology, together with non-conventional sources. .
“Guatemala stands out in its administration of water sources, which has managed to resolve scarcity conditions and consequently, till now it has managed to keep away from electrical energy rationing,” he defined.
Nonetheless, in conditions like the present one, he suggests engaged on three elements:
- Integration and electrical interconnections with different nations, as Guatemala already has with Mexico, Ecuador and Colombia, and currently there is a vital move within the Southern Cone between Bolivia and Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay.
- The second facet is to have base help within the system, briefly incorporating machines from different applied sciences, which can finally generate short-term results on environmental sustainability.
- And the third is the diversification of the vitality matrix and storage {of electrical} vitality that gives help to the system 24 hours a day.
“We have now to interconnect”
On the problem {of electrical} integration with different nations, he insists that this relationship is essential to face conditions like the present one and that the Authorities of Guatemala is analyzing its choice concerning the Electrical Interconnection System for the International locations of Central America (Siepac). .
In July 2021, the final authorities determined to denounce the Framework Treaty of the Regional Electrical energy Market of Central America (MER) and its protocols to exit that system, arguing that the intention to advertise the change of vitality, the event of {the electrical} trade within the isthmus and enhance the dwelling situations of Central People. However leaving a rustic can happen 10 years following notifying the grievance.
Moreover, Rebolledo mentioned that Guatemala has interconnection with Mexico, which has allowed it to have help in that context. “Electrical integration can be a response at a time when these challenges of vitality safety and absence of electrical energy provide specifically have to be addressed,” he mentioned, recalling that in Guatemala hydroelectricity represents greater than 70% of vitality, making it The administration of this useful resource is essential. “I believe Guatemala has achieved it adequately,” he added.
The emergency matrix
Olade’s secretary additionally offered a perspective of the Guatemalan vitality matrix, indicating that the nation has technology sources with coal and biomass, amongst others.
Within the first case, in Guatemala and Latin America it’s a useful resource that’s going out and lots of nations are closing a lot of these crops, whereas others solely have them as a backup. In Asian and a few European nations, as a result of world context not solely of the local weather but additionally of fuels, they’re returning to those machines to take care of the safety of the system and the provision.
“When these constraints are confronted, a short lived effort is required that suggests some environmental affect as a result of these are the crops that generate essentially the most emissions.” However following the conversations he had with Guatemalan officers final week, he mentioned he noticed that the Authorities of Guatemala is dedicated to the transformation of the sector in direction of the incorporation of renewable vitality and that the decision for technology with non-renewable sources responds to the state of affairs and is eventual.
Concerning technology with sugarcane biomass, Rebolledo commented that it is a vital useful resource within the context of diversification and the necessity to have totally different alternate options. Nonetheless, he additionally defined that, though it’s a renewable useful resource, it requires a point of combustion not like different major sources equivalent to water, solar or wind, so it has a distinct connotation when it comes to environmental affect.
“Inside the opportunity of utilizing renewable vitality, (biomass) is a useful resource that within the case of Guatemala, as a result of sugar energy it has when it comes to the productive export sector, it makes excellent sense for it to be half (of the technology matrix). ) and can most likely proceed to have a related position,” he added.
Likewise, he defined what to do to proceed selling funding in hydroelectric crops, which face situations of battle or disagreements, and talked regarding that the neighborhood and environmental problem of hydroelectricity is one thing very transversal, which isn’t solely seen in Guatemala however all through the area. and on the earth. “It’s a problem for governments to undertake the sort of initiatives and for years we now have not seen massive initiatives with hydroelectric dams within the area.”
In its opinion, it’s a basic accountability to adjust to its environmental requirements and generate the dialogue that’s required with the communities, contemplating transparency, data and participation with the intention to make initiatives and investments generally viable.
In the meantime, he talked regarding that small hydroelectric initiatives are starting to be included into the techniques, which don’t require reservoirs or flooding territories, however are tailored to the rivers in order that they return to their move “and plainly that is going to be the pattern.” future.”
Brief-term difficulties
Olade additionally carried out the research on the vulnerability and threat of the vitality techniques of Latin America and the Caribbean within the face of the threats of local weather change, which detected a minimum of 5 impacts on totally different applied sciences:
- For photovoltaic crops, if the temperature rises 1ºC, above a threshold of 25°C, vitality manufacturing decreases by 0.66%.
- For transmission strains, above a threshold of 20°C, if the temperature rises 1ºC, the vitality transported falls by 0.4%.
- In hydroelectric crops, if the move fee decreases by 1%, vitality manufacturing additionally falls by 1%.
- Within the transport of pure gasoline by way of gasoline pipelines, the rise in temperature can compromise the integrity of the pipes, cut back transmission capability and generate security issues, within the case of compression stations that aren’t appropriate for top temperatures.
- For agroenergy (biofuel) farms, adjustments in temperature may have an effect on the productiveness of the feedstock and the corresponding vitality manufacturing, relying on the kind of crop.
Official go to
- Andrés Rebolledo visited Guatemala to take part within the C2 Congress: Inexperienced Cement & Concrete 2050 organized by the Inter-American Cement Federation (Ficem) and within the assembly of ministers of the world, each held final week.
- He met with the President of the Republic, Bernardo Arévalo, with authorities from the Ministry of Power and Mines and different officers, to deal with points concerning the new authorities’s agenda.
- Within the case of Guatemala, he mentioned that there’s an effort to proceed advancing in incorporating renewable energies and diversifying its matrix not solely from hydroelectricity, which is a basic element of the nation’s technology, but additionally by incorporating non-conventional renewable energies.
- Olade supplied the brand new authorities his help in research; extract expertise from different nations or different organizations that enable for perfecting rules; rules that contain producing investments to advance in these sorts of sectors; and search for work alternate options with the federal government.
- Requested regarding what elements Guatemala must proceed advancing in renewable vitality and what non-conventional renewable sources the nation may depend on, Olade defined that inside the potential on this second facet is mainly photo voltaic vitality and in some circumstances, wind vitality.
- Guatemala, the remainder of Central America and Mexico even have a related potential for geothermal vitality, a useful resource that’s recurrently present in these areas, since in South America the one one which has a plant of this kind is Chile.
- Concerning the best way to proceed diversifying the vitality matrix, he mentioned that the regulatory framework is essential, in addition to electrical energy provide tenders. On this second problem, the brand new authorities has additionally set the aim of selling a number of tenders.
Electrical energy technology by expertise
Within the first week of January 2024, hydroelectric technology contributed 33.84%; coal, 23.37%; the bunker, 3.28%; and biomass, 31.53%, nevertheless that contribution has assorted.
Within the week of Could 5 to 11, 2024 this was the technology:
- Hydroelectric: 19.88%
- Geothermal: 2.15%
- Photo voltaic: 1.61%
- Wind: 0.35%
- Biogas: 0.00%
- Cogeneration (sugarcane biomass): 20.72%
- Coal: 35.96%
- Bunker: 18.53%
- Diesel: 0.00%
- Gasoline pure: 0.80%
Supply: Ager Weekly Monitor
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