Energy in Uruguay
Energy in Uruguay describes energy and electricity production, consumption and import in Uruguay. As part of climate mitigation measures and an energy transformation, Uruguay has converted over 98% of its electrical grid to sustainable energy sources (primarily solar, wind, and hydro).[1] Fossil fuels are primarily imported into Uruguay for transportation, industrial uses and applications like domestic cooking. Four hydroelectric dams provide much of the country's energy supply.
Overview
Historically, energy has been a stronghold of state-owned companies, such as UTE and ANCAP. The National Directorate of Energy (Spanish: Dirección Nacional de Energía) is the main governmental body in charge of energy policies.[2]
The Global Economic Crisis of 2008 made many of the materials to produce renewable energy cheaper, therefore Uruguay decided it would be the best time to develop their clean energy sector, heavily investing in 2011 and 2012. This has helped increase the country's output immediately.[3] These projects are all developed by the Uruguayan Energy Policies of 2005-2030.[4]
Uruguay's renewable energies provide over 94.5% of the country’s electricity and 55% of the country's total energy mix.[5]
Electricity
Nuclear
Renewables
Fossil fuel use
Fossil fuels are largely imported into Uruguay for transportation and industrial uses. The high import costs, and the rapid transition to renewables on the electricity grid has increasingly made fossil fuels less important.
Petroleum
Fossil gas
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See also
Notes
References
- ^ "Uruguay - Renewable Energy Equipment".
- ^ DNE (in Spanish)
- ^ "Uruguay apuesta a la energía solar a bajo costo ayudado por la crisis".
- ^ "Cómo Uruguay logró ser el país con mayor porcentaje de energía eólica de América Latina". 14 March 2016.
- ^ "Uruguay makes dramatic shift to nearly 95% electricity from clean energy". The Guardian. 3 December 2015.