BUENAS PRÁCTICAS REGIONALES para acelerar el despliegue de energías renovables no convencionales

The report identifies key pillars for integrating non-conventional renewable energy (NCRE) in Latin America and the Caribbean, emphasizing the need for long-term state policies, proactive system planning, and updated regulatory frameworks. It highlights successful models in Uruguay, Chile, and Brazil, while contrasting these with challenges in Colombia, particularly regarding the lack of multi-party political consensus and coordination between generation and transmission planning.

• Successful NCRE deployment requires long-term state energy policies that transcend government cycles to provide investment stability. Uruguay's National Energy Policy 2005–2030 and Chile's "Energía 2050" are cited as examples of policies backed by broad political and social consensus.
• Proactive and binding electrical system planning is essential to manage the variability of wind and solar resources. Mexico's PLADESE provides a binding 15-year program for plant installation and retirement, while Uruguay's MIEM defines policy that UTE executes through specific investment plans.
• Coordinated planning between generation and transmission is critical to avoid systemic underinvestment or poorly located overinvestment. Brazil's model, managed by the Empresa de Pesquisa Energética (EPE), integrates these segments through the Decennial Energy Expansion Plan (PDE) and subsequent competitive auctions.
• Competitive auctions and long-term Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) have become the predominant mechanisms for contracting large-scale renewable energy in the region. These tools provide the bankability needed for high-capital projects, as seen in Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay.
• To maintain system stability with high NCRE penetration, regulators should implement remuneration for complementary services (e.g., frequency and voltage regulation) and leverage the flexibility of hydroelectric plants as backup.
• Demand-side management, including Time-of-Use (ToU) tariffs and 'opportunity offers' (as implemented by UTE in Uruguay), can help align consumption with the variability of renewable generation.
• For distributed generation, the report recommends transitioning from net metering to net billing to avoid cross-subsidies and better reflect the marginal cost of energy, while ensuring network costs are recovered through capacity or fixed charges.
• Regional electrical integration allows countries to valorize occasional energy surpluses. The report describes a two-stage process of independent optimization followed by market coupling, as seen in the Southern Cone (Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay) and the Central American Regional Electricity Market (MER).

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2026). BUENAS PRÁCTICAS REGIONALES para acelerar el despliegue de energías renovables no convencionales. https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/reporte-buenas-practicas-regionales-junio2026-uk-pact-1.pdf

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. BUENAS PRÁCTICAS REGIONALES para acelerar el despliegue de energías renovables no convencionales. 2026. https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/reporte-buenas-practicas-regionales-junio2026-uk-pact-1.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2026buenas, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{BUENAS PRÁCTICAS REGIONALES para acelerar el despliegue de energías renovables no convencionales}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/reporte-buenas-practicas-regionales-junio2026-uk-pact-1.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }