Energy subsidies are widely used across the globe. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimates that energy subsidies cost trillions of dollars each year as they are increasingly used due to fiscal constraints, peaks in fuel prices, and the misalignment of incentives with climate change efforts. In addition to the heavy burden, … [Read more...] about Communication Strategies: A Key Element for Energy Subsidy Reforms in Latin America and the Caribbean
Mariana Weiss
Mariana is an economist with a D.Sc. and M.Sc. in Energy Planning at COPPE / UFRJ (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro). Currently, she is working as an energy Economics Research Consultant at the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB). Her research field covers topics such as energy consumption patterns, demand response, smart grids, energy efficiency, tariffs and other regulatory instruments applied to the electricity sector, renewable energy sources, distributed generation, energy transition pathways towards sustainable development. Her Ph.D. research focused on the analysis of Brazilian household energy consumption patterns and its representation in energy planning models. She also has experience in integrated energy planning studies using input-output matrices and bottom-up and top-down models. In the last three years, she helped lead one of the R&D Projects of the Brazilian Regulator ANEEL's Strategic Call "National Concentrated Solar Power Technology Development", and supported the World Bank's Capacity Building efforts related to the Global Electrification Platform (GEP) and the Geo-Enabling initiative for Monitoring and Supervision (GEMS).
Electricity prices: the heterogeneous impact of COVID-19 on LAC markets
Among the different impacts of COVID-19 on the energy sector, we have seen a strong impact on prices around the world. For instance, the European power market has experienced record negative prices. The electricity prices depend on the market design and also on structural and conjunctural variables. Understanding how prices are reacting is important for a better understanding … [Read more...] about Electricity prices: the heterogeneous impact of COVID-19 on LAC markets