Wood Energy Catalogue

Scenarios for the Energy Transition - Experience and Good Practices in Latin America and the Caribbean

2021
  2022
Region
Latin America and the Caribbean
Countries of implementation
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Uruguay
This report summarizes the examples presented throughout the webinar series, “Long-Term Energy Scenarios for Developing National Clean Energy Transition Plans in Latin America and the Caribbean”. It covers the key findings and recommendations in the following 14 countries - Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Peru, and Uruguay. Good practices are categorized under three main pillars: strengthening scenario development; improving scenario use; and identifying capacity-building approaches.

Key findings:
o The LAC region is developing energy scenarios with a broader scope that goes beyond techno-economic criteria.
o A number of LAC governments are developing increasingly integrated and long-term energy scenarios linked to their climate goals.
o There is growing emphasis on participatory scenario development as part of energy planning processes in the LAC region.
o The long-term scenarios analysed by LAC countries are increasingly based on larger shares of renewables in their energy mixes and on more efficient energy consumption.
o Transparent energy data and statistics are crucial to the development of more reliable scenarios.
o The support provided through international co-operation has been crucial in enabling many LAC countries to develop energy scenarios for medium- and long-term energy planning.

Keywords
Energy transition, planning, scenario development, good practice, Latin America
Type of initiatives
Sector review and study
Level of intervention
Regional
Responsible agencies
International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA); Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) ...