Strengthening Energy Security in Uruguay

The Uruguayan energy sector is at the crossroads. As in the case of many other countries, high oil prices in the international market are taking their toll on an economy which imports all of its oil and oil products. Uruguay has also depended, to a large extent, on import of electricity from Argentina to complement its supplies. Trade in electricity and natural gas collapsed during the economic recession of 2001-02 and Argentina's crisis in the same period, which, together with the rise of oil prices, have brought to the fore questions of energy security (that is, ensuring sufficient, reliable and cost-effective supply of national energy demand) and the cost/risk trade-offs involved in depending on foreign suppliers. The Uruguayan government has rightly perceived this to be a fundamental economic issue and sought to put together a strategy for addressing it.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	ESMAP Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2007-05
Subjects:	APPROACH, BALANCE, BIOMASS, BIOMASS ENERGY, BIOMASS FUEL, BITUMINOUS COAL, CAPACITY EXPANSION, CAPACITY FACTOR, CARBON, CARBON DIOXIDE, CELLULOSE, CLEAN COAL, CLEAN FUEL, COAL, COAL OIL, COAL POWER PLANTS, COGENERATION, COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS, COMPETITIVE PRICES, CONSUMER PROTECTION, CONSUMPTION OF OIL, CONVENTIONAL COAL, COST OF FEEDSTOCK, COSTS OF ENERGY SUPPLY, CRUDE OIL, DEMAND FOR ENERGY, DEMAND GROWTH, DIESEL, DIESEL FUEL, DIESEL POWER PLANT, DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRICITY, DOMESTIC FUEL, DOMESTIC SUPPLY, DRILLING, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMICS, ECONOMISTS, ELECTRIC ENERGY, ELECTRIC GENERATION, ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRICITY, ELECTRICITY PRICE, ELECTRICITY PRICES, ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION, ELECTRICITY SALES, ELECTRICITY SECTOR, ELECTRICITY SUPPLY, ELECTRICITY TARIFF, ENERGY CONSUMPTION, ENERGY CRISIS, ENERGY DEMAND, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, ENERGY MARKET, ENERGY MARKETS, ENERGY PLANNERS, ENERGY PRICES, ENERGY PRICING, ENERGY RESOURCES, ENERGY SECURITY, ENERGY SOURCE, ENERGY SOURCES, ENERGY STRATEGIES, ENERGY STRATEGY, ENERGY USE, ENVIRONMENTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS, ENVIRONMENTAL EXTERNALITIES, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE, ETHANOL, ETHANOL PRODUCTION, EXCHANGE RATE, FEEDSTOCK, FINAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION, FOSSIL, FOSSIL FUELS, FUEL, FUEL CHAIN, FUEL COST, FUEL COSTS, FUEL OIL, FUEL PRICE, FUEL PRICES, FUELS, GAS PIPELINES, GAS TURBINE, GAS TURBINES, GASIFICATION, GASOLINE, GASOLINE CONSUMPTION, GASOLINE PRODUCTION, GENERATION, GRID ELECTRIFICATION, HEAVY CRUDE, HIGH ENERGY PRICES, HIGH OIL PRICES, HYDROPOWER, HYDROPOWER GENERATION, IMPORTS, INCOME, KILOWATT-HOUR, LATIN AMERICAN, LEGISLATION, LIGHT CRUDE, LIQUID FUELS, LNG, MARGINAL COSTS, MARKET PRICES, MONOPOLIES, NATIONAL ENERGY DEMAND, NATURAL GAS, NATURAL GAS GENERATION, OIL DEMAND, OIL EQUIVALENT, OIL EXPLORATION, OIL PRICE, OIL PRICES, OIL PRODUCTION, OIL PRODUCTS, OIL REFINERY, OIL SECTOR, PER CAPITA INCOME, PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, PILOT PROJECTS, PIPELINE, POLICY DECISIONS, POLLUTION, POWER, POWER CAPACITY, POWER GENERATION, POWER SECTOR, POWER STATION, POWER SYSTEM, PRICE OF ELECTRICITY, PRICE OF GAS, PRIMARY ENERGY, PRODUCTION COSTS, PRODUCTION FACILITIES, PURCHASE OF ELECTRICITY, RAW MATERIAL, REFINED PRODUCTS, RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY, RENEWABLE ENERGIES, RENEWABLE ENERGY, RENEWABLE ENERGY POLICY, RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARD, RENEWABLE SOURCES, RESIDUAL OIL, RETAIL ELECTRICITY, SHIPS, SOURCE OF ENERGY, SUGARCANE, SULFUR, SULFUR CONTENT, SUPPLY COSTS, THERMAL ENERGY, TOTAL CONSUMPTION, TOTAL ENERGY DEMAND, UTILITIES, VOLTAGE, WIND, WIND POTENTIAL, WIND POWER, WIND RESOURCE, WIND SPEED,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/05/7912931/strengthening-energy-security-uruguay http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17916
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