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ENERGY POLICY 2030: RENEWABLE ENERGY
COMMITMENT IN URUGUAY
Ramón Méndez Secretary of Energy
Uruguay
OVERVIEW OF URUGUAY
Country name: República Oriental del Uruguay
Land area: 176,215 km2
Population: 3.3 million inhabitants
Annual growth rate: 0.3 %
Density: 18.8 inhabitants/km2
Life expectancy: 76 years
Infant mortality rate: 7.7/1000 (22.8 in Latin Am)
ECONOMICALLY SUSTAINABLE
SOCIALLY SUSTAINABLE
EDUCATIONALLY SUSTAINABLE
Only country in world to meet goal of full countrywide
coverage of school-age children and teachers
“One laptop
per child”
program
ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE
Source: IEA
THE ENERGY SECTOR
IN A
STRONGLY GROWING COUNTRY
ENERGY FIGURES
Total Energy Consumption 3,107 ktoe
Energy Consumption / inhabitant 0,93 toe/inhab
Electrification 98,7 %
Mean annual power demand 1,050 MW
Peak power demand (july 5 2011) 1,747 MW
FRAMEWORK AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
• Uruguay has:
- no oil
- no natural gas
- no coal
• Almost no space for new large hydropower plants (75% of
present electric mix)
High dependency on oil: imports represented 27% of
total imports of Uruguay
2008: Council of Ministers
2010: Special Committee
including all Political Parties
Multidimensional and integrated vision, including technological, economic, geopolitical, environmental, ethical and social factors
ENERGY POLICY 2030
• Four strategic guidelines
• Short, medium and long term goals
• More than 30 working areas
Supply Energy mix diversification, reducing share of oil and increasing the participation level of non-traditional renewable energies, with incentives but no subsidies
Institutional
Directive role of the Government with a stable and transparent regulatory framework for both State owned and private companies
STRATEGIC GUIDELINES
STRATEGIC GUIDELINES (continue)
Demand
Energy Efficiency in all energy sectors, all economic activities (transport, building, industry) and at all educational levels.
Social Adequate energy access to all citizens as a human right
WHAT HAVE WE DONE?
WHAT ARE WE DOING?
INVESTMENT OPORTUNITIES
BUILDING THE
APPROPRIATE FRAMEWORK
BUILDING CAPACITIES
• Strengthening energy planning capacities
• End-use energy survey:
108 homogeneous groups
• Measurements and potential maps
(wind, solar, biomass, cogeneration, saving)
• Graduate Courses in Energy (Universidad de la República)
• R&D Energy Fund: 2.6 MMUS$ / year (ANII)
• Package of Laws and Decrees
• Investment Promotion Law (RE and EE tax incentives)
EXPECTED INVESTMENTS (2011-2015)
6.2 billion dollars (16% of GDP)
• 2.4 billion public sector
• 3.8 billion private sector or public-private parternship
WIND ENERGY
• 0 MW in 2007
• First wind farms installed today (4% of average power demand)
• Goal 2015: 600 MW installed
(55% average power demand)
• Tender processes / 20 years contracts
• 946 MW offered in the 1st tender (6:1) (january)
• 1097 MW offered in the 2nd tender (7:1) (august)
• Price: 62 - 64 USD/MWh (no subsidies!)
• Up to 44% domestic participation
BIOMASS HEAT AND POWER
• First 8 power plants already installed
(16% of average power demand)
• Fuel: forestry, rice, bagasse, black liquor
• 50% - 60% domestic participation
• Feed in Tariff Decree (no subsidies!)
• No power limit
WASTE TO ENERGY PROGRAM
• Input: agriculture, industries, cities
(Uruguayan agroindustry produces
large amounts of organic waste)
• Output: biogas, heat, electricity
30% of agroindustrial waste used to produce energy
2015 goal:
Developing an ambitious program (GEF financed Project)
SOLAR ENERGY
- Solar thermal promotion Law
- Heat water capacities replacement
(Public Utility funding)
- 1 MWp PhotoVoltaic pilot farm
GRID-CONNECTED MICROGENERATION
• Uruguay: first country in Latin America to enable
grid-connected renewable microgeneration
• Net metering contract
BIOFUELS
2013 Goals: E10 / B5
Biofuels
+
Electricity
+
Human Food
+
Animal Food
+
Social
Sustainability
ENERGY EFFICIENCY POLICIES (HIGHLIGHTS)
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
• EE promotion law
• National EE Master Plan
• Labels
• Audits
• EE Garantee Fund
• Energy saving credits
(boosting EE investments)
• Tax redefinition
• Public sector (audits, managers, plans,
lamps, labels, transportation)
• Wide educational and cultural program
ENERGY INTENSITY
(koe/US$)
ENERGY / GDP
(TOE / 1000 $)
ALL TOGETHER:
2015 ENERGY MIX
53% RENEWABLE
GLOBAL PRIMARY MIX 2015
ELECTRIC MIX 2015
HYDRO
63%
BIOMASS
13%
LNG
8%
OTHERS
1%
WIND
15%
90% RENEWABLE
73 US$/MWh
46 US$/MWh
DECREASING ENERGY COST
Electricity cost according to rain probabilities
69 US$ spread
25 US$ spread
DECREASING CLIMATE DEPENDENCE
Electricity cost according to rain probabilities
Thank you for your attention …
69 US$ spread
25 US$ spread
DECREASING CLIMATE DEPENDENCE
DECREASING ENERGY COST
Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency in Uruguay: Increasing sovereignty and reducing energy cost