Venezuela: A Petro-State Using Renewable Energies A Contribution to the Global Debate about New Renewable Energies for Electricity Generation /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Massabié, Germán (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Wiesbaden : VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2008.
• Θέματα: Political science.; Political Science and International Relations.; Political Science.

In spite of the economic role of oil, Venezuela has started developing hydroelectricity since the 1950s. At present, the country is trying to introduce additional renewable energy sources (RES) but still has to overcome a series of hurdles in order to deploy them. Unlike other developing countries,...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Rents and Petrostates
• Background: Electric Power System its Drivers and Major Trends
• Renewable Energy Sources (Basics)
• Promotion of RETs: Policies for Overcoming Barriers
• Venezuela’s Electric Power Sector: Institutional Framework
• Venezuela’s Electric Power System: Historical Evolution and Present Status
• Renewable Energies in Venezuela
• Conclusions.