Did you know that one kilogram of hydrogen has roughly the same energy content as one gallon of gasoline, and yet when burnt, it only emits water? In other words, the combustion of hydrogen is 100% without any carbon emission. When the hydrogen is obtained from the reforming of natural gas, and its carbon emission is captured, stored and/or utilized (CCSU) we refer to it as … [Read more...] about Will hydrogen development in Latin America and the Caribbean be color blind?
Renewable Energy
The time is now, tomorrow will be too late! Lithium, Li-ion batteries and the energy transition
The fight against climate change is one of the greatest global challenges of the 21st century, and as paradoxical as it may be, the mining industry, including lithium, will be responsible for providing much of the material needed to make this change possible. Today's environmental challenges require, among other things, a profound transformation of the global energy … [Read more...] about The time is now, tomorrow will be too late! Lithium, Li-ion batteries and the energy transition
Auctions: From the 2020 Nobel Prize for Economics to the Success of Renewables’ Investment
This year’s Nobel Prize winners in economics were two economists from Stanford University. Robert Wilson and Paul Milgrom improved upon the auction theory and developed new modalities of auctions, thereby opening novel options to improve market efficiency and appropriate resource allocation. Robert Wilson was the first to create a framework for analyzing auctions[1] in order … [Read more...] about Auctions: From the 2020 Nobel Prize for Economics to the Success of Renewables’ Investment
Renewable Energy Policies in Latin America and Caribbean: Auction and Net Metering
Latin American and the Caribbean holds a comfortable leading place in terms of the share of renewables in the electricity generation matrix, mainly due to the share of hydropower generation, which accounted for 47% of total power generation in 2018. Even though the share of renewables in the generation mix decreased by 5% from 2000 to 2018, the generation output of renewables … [Read more...] about Renewable Energy Policies in Latin America and Caribbean: Auction and Net Metering
Energy Security in the Caribbean: Where Distributed Generation and Resiliency Meet
Climate change mitigation, adaptation and finance couldn't be more pressing in Latin America and the Caribbean. In late November, the United Nations released the 10th edition of its Emissions Gap Report, which paints a bleak picture as it outlines the disparity between "where we are likely to be and where we need to be" in meeting out greenhouse gas emissions reduction … [Read more...] about Energy Security in the Caribbean: Where Distributed Generation and Resiliency Meet