Argentina – Energy Transition https://energytransition.org The Global Energiewende Tue, 29 Nov 2022 12:22:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 Riding the Dead Cow: exploiting Argentina’s oil and gas reserves risks climate efforts https://energytransition.org/2022/11/riding-the-dead-cow-exploiting-argentinas-oil-and-gas-reserves-risks-climate-efforts/ https://energytransition.org/2022/11/riding-the-dead-cow-exploiting-argentinas-oil-and-gas-reserves-risks-climate-efforts/#respond Tue, 29 Nov 2022 10:00:08 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=27657 Covering an area the size of Belgium, Argentina’s Vaca Muerta oil and gas field comprises the second-largest known reserve of shale gas and the fourth-largest reserve of shale oil in the world. During the COP27 climate conference in Egypt, the international environmental NGO 350.org issued a warning that exploiting the field’s full reserve could unleash a veritable “carbon bomb...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/11/riding-the-dead-cow-exploiting-argentinas-oil-and-gas-reserves-risks-climate-efforts/feed/ 0 Vaca Muerta: Holding on to fracking subsidies instead of boosting the energy transition https://energytransition.org/2020/12/23723/ https://energytransition.org/2020/12/23723/#respond Wed, 30 Dec 2020 14:00:38 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=23723 The major shale oil and shale gas deposit Vaca Muerta (in English also: Dead Cow) covers a 30,000 square kilometers area located in three Argentinian provinces Neuquén, Mendoza and Rio Negro. According to the US Energy Information Administration, Vaca Muerta has a total of recoverable gas resources of 308 tcf (8.7 billion m3) and a recoverable oil and condensate of 16 billion barrels (2.

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2020/12/23723/feed/ 0 Tremendous, but untapped potential: a Green Recovery for Latin America https://energytransition.org/2020/09/tremendous-but-untapped-potential-a-green-recovery-for-latin-america/ https://energytransition.org/2020/09/tremendous-but-untapped-potential-a-green-recovery-for-latin-america/#respond Mon, 28 Sep 2020 14:00:13 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=23221 During the last months, Latin America has become the main COVID-19 focus worldwide. In early September, the region concentrated more than 27% of the COVID-19 cases globally and 31% of its deaths. High rates of inequality and poverty, failures in the health system and political instability are the main reasons for this dramatic situation. And it seems to get worse in the upcoming years: according...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2020/09/tremendous-but-untapped-potential-a-green-recovery-for-latin-america/feed/ 0 How the EU-Mercosur trade deal is worsening the international climate crisis https://energytransition.org/2019/07/climate-crisis-turns-into-climate-disaster-the-dirty-free-trade-agreement-between-eu-and-mercosur/ https://energytransition.org/2019/07/climate-crisis-turns-into-climate-disaster-the-dirty-free-trade-agreement-between-eu-and-mercosur/#respond Wed, 24 Jul 2019 13:00:42 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=20325 After twenty years of negotiations, the European Union is in the process of advancing one of the world’s largest free trade agreements with four states of Mercosur. The planned agreement suggests a political path that veers towards a worsening of the international climate crisis. Kathrin Meyer discusses the questionable contents of the political act, which will solidify inequality amongst the...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2019/07/climate-crisis-turns-into-climate-disaster-the-dirty-free-trade-agreement-between-eu-and-mercosur/feed/ 0 Is Latin America’s lithium industry sustainable? Environmental costs of the new white gold https://energytransition.org/2019/06/latin-americas-lithium-industry/ https://energytransition.org/2019/06/latin-americas-lithium-industry/#comments Wed, 05 Jun 2019 13:00:17 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=19913 The energy transition, and especially the increased electrification of transportation sector, moves forward at great speed. Its new center is Latin America’s lithium triangle, where new batteries of electric vehicles will be sourced. But there is an inevitable conflict coming between water availability and mining, says Rebecca Bertram. In the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia, lithium is extracted on a...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2019/06/latin-americas-lithium-industry/feed/ 1 Argentina, between fracking and the takeoff of renewables https://energytransition.org/2018/08/argentina-between-fracking-and-the-takeoff-of-renewables/ https://energytransition.org/2018/08/argentina-between-fracking-and-the-takeoff-of-renewables/#comments Fri, 31 Aug 2018 12:00:40 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=17774 Argentina has incredible solar and wind potential. So why is the government pushing fracking in the Vaca Mauerta field isntead of decarbonizing? Maximiliano Proaño takes a look. Right now, Argentina relies heavily on fossil fuels – can renewables change that? (Photo by Alena Grebneva, CC BY-SA 4.0) While other countries decarbonize, Argentina has stagnated: 86% of its energy mix comes from gas and...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2018/08/argentina-between-fracking-and-the-takeoff-of-renewables/feed/ 2 Can tenders help democratize the energy transition in Latin America? https://energytransition.org/2018/08/can-tenders-help-democratize-the-energy-transition-in-latin-america/ https://energytransition.org/2018/08/can-tenders-help-democratize-the-energy-transition-in-latin-america/#respond Mon, 06 Aug 2018 12:00:05 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=17643 Throughout Latin America, tenders and auctions have been a particularly popular mechanism to push the development of renewables. But communities who could benefit from local renewable energy projects are often excluded, says Maximiliano Proaño. Large-scale renewables are a good start, but everyone should be able to participate in the energy transition (Photo by Abengoa Solar, CC BY 1.

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2018/08/can-tenders-help-democratize-the-energy-transition-in-latin-america/feed/ 0 Is an energy revolution underway in Chile? https://energytransition.org/2018/07/is-an-energy-revolution-underway-in-chile/ https://energytransition.org/2018/07/is-an-energy-revolution-underway-in-chile/#comments Mon, 09 Jul 2018 13:00:43 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=17495 Chile’s share of renewable energy has tripled in the past five years. Maximiliano Proaño takes a look at the policy behind this massive growth, and the road ahead. Chile has some of the highest potential for solar in the world (Photo by Ministerio Bienes Nacionales, CC BY 2.0) In May, Chile’s former Energy Minister Maximo Pacheco presented his book called “Energy Revolution in Chile...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2018/07/is-an-energy-revolution-underway-in-chile/feed/ 2 Why Latin America and the Caribbean are missing energy efficiency https://energytransition.org/2017/12/why-latin-america-and-the-caribbean-are-missing-energy-efficiency/ https://energytransition.org/2017/12/why-latin-america-and-the-caribbean-are-missing-energy-efficiency/#respond Fri, 29 Dec 2017 14:00:36 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=16411 Although Latin America and the Caribbean have made progress in energy savings and efficiency in the last years, the region can do more to move towards sustainability. A review of the regional measures shows improvements, and reflects the challenges ahead. Emilio Godoy takes a look. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil’s capital, has huge potential to increase its energy efficiency (Photo by Dany, edited...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2017/12/why-latin-america-and-the-caribbean-are-missing-energy-efficiency/feed/ 0 Privatization of public services is failing, says think tank https://energytransition.org/2017/08/privatization-of-public-services-is-failing-says-think-tank/ https://energytransition.org/2017/08/privatization-of-public-services-is-failing-says-think-tank/#comments Thu, 10 Aug 2017 13:30:15 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=15452 There’s a global movement of communities and cities taking back control of their energy and water supply, and Germany’s Energiewende serves as a role model. Craig Morris takes a look at the Transnational Institute (TNI)’s report, “Reclaiming public services: how cities and citizens are turning back privatization.” Germany dominates re-municipalization in the energy sector. Pictured here...

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