Bolivia Energy Situation - Revision history

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Ranisha at 20:58, 10 July 2018

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Johanna: /* Rural electrification */

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Johanna at 08:41, 4 August 2017

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 *[[Renewable Energies in Bolivia|Renewable Energies in Bolivia]]
 *[http://en.microsol-int.com/microsol/our-work Analysis of the potential to foster electricity and lighting access in the Andean region, thanks to carbon mechanism] - Microsol and Rexel Foundation, study led from June 2013 to May 2014. The study provides an overview of access to electricity and lighting in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Chile.<br/>
-*PTB project "[[:File:PTB_project_LAC_Energy_95309_EN.pdf|Quality Infrastructure for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy]]" in Latin America and the Caribbean
+*[https://www.ptb.de/cms/en.html PTB] project "[[:File:PTB project LAC Energy 95309 EN.pdf|Quality Infrastructure for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy]]" in Latin America and the Caribbean
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 *[http://www.endev-bolivia.org/ EnDev-Bolivia]
-*[[Renewable_Energies_in_Bolivia|Renewable Energies in Bolivia]]
+*[[Renewable Energies in Bolivia|Renewable Energies in Bolivia]]
 *[http://en.microsol-int.com/microsol/our-work Analysis of the potential to foster electricity and lighting access in the Andean region, thanks to carbon mechanism] - Microsol and Rexel Foundation, study led from June 2013 to May 2014. The study provides an overview of access to electricity and lighting in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Chile.<br/>
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 The Bolivian government has not defined any overarching policy goals or objectives related to '''improved cookstoves'''. Recently the government has shown interest in portable cookstove solutions for remote aeras of the country.<br/>
-&nbsp;The '''“Plan for Universal Energy Access 2010 – 2025”''' published by the VMEEA end of 2010 establishes the overarching objective to reach 100% of Bolivian households with electricity access by 2025.<ref name="http://www2.hidrocarburos.gob.bo/phocadownload/PLAN%20DE%20UNIVERSALIZACI%C3%93N%20BOLIVIA%20CON%20ENERG%C3%8DA.pdf">http://www2.hidrocarburos.gob.bo/phocadownload/PLAN%20DE%20UNIVERSALIZACI%C3%93N%20BOLIVIA%20CON%20ENERG%C3%8DA.pdf</ref> The government subsequently incorporated the target into the “Patriotic Agenda 2025”, which is a plan on how to reach Bolivia’s development goals by 2025. It is foreseen to invest into (1) grid densification, principally in urban areas, into (2) grid extension, and into (3) renewable energy (solar, hydropower, wind, and biomass) to reach isolated communities outside the reach of the national grid.<br/>
+&nbsp;The '''“Plan for Universal Energy Access 2010 – 2025”''' published by the VMEEA end of 2010 establishes the overarching objective to reach 100% of Bolivian households with electricity access by 2025.<ref name="https://bit.ly/181iNU0">https://bit.ly/181iNU0</ref> The government subsequently incorporated the target into the “Patriotic Agenda 2025”, which is a plan on how to reach Bolivia’s development goals by 2025. It is foreseen to invest into (1) grid densification, principally in urban areas, into (2) grid extension, and into (3) renewable energy (solar, hydropower, wind, and biomass) to reach isolated communities outside the reach of the national grid.<br/>
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 {{CES Country
 |CES Country Name=Bolivia
 |CES Country Capital=Sucre
-|CES Country Region=Latin America & Caribbean
+|CES Country Region Latin America=Latin America
 |CES Country Coordinates=16.7120° S, 64.6660° W
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 = Further Information =
 *[http://www.endev-bolivia.org/ EnDev-Bolivia]
 *[http://en.microsol-int.com/microsol/our-work Analysis of the potential to foster electricity and lighting access in the Andean region, thanks to carbon mechanism] - Microsol and Rexel Foundation, study led from June 2013 to May 2014. The study provides an overview of access to electricity and lighting in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Chile.<br/>
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 = References =

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 = Energy Situation =
 == Rural electrification<br/> ==
-Bolivia has one of the lowest rural electrification rates of Latin America. Urban access is estimated to be 98%, rural access is estimated to be 50%.<ref>IEA: [http://www.worldenergyoutlook.org/resources/energydevelopment/energyaccessdatabase/ Energy Access Database]</ref>&nbsp;More recent data from the Bolivian Statistics Institute indicate&nbsp;as well 98% for urban areas, but&nbsp;an increase to 57% for rual areas.&nbsp;<ref name="Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Bolivia, 2016">Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Bolivia, 2016</ref> The president even communicated electrical coverage in rural areas of 73% for 2016.<ref name="Ministerio de Hidrocarburos. ‘Cobertura Eléctrica Alcanza El 90% y Se Plantea El Reto de Exportar Electricidad’, 22 January 2017. http://www2.hidrocarburos.gob.bo/index.php/prensa/noticias/1771-cobertura-el%C3%A9ctrica-alcanza-el-90-y-se-plantea-el-reto-de-exportar-electricidad.html.">Ministerio de Hidrocarburos. ‘Cobertura Eléctrica Alcanza El 90% y Se Plantea El Reto de Exportar Electricidad’, 22 January 2017. http://www2.hidrocarburos.gob.bo/index.php/prensa/noticias/1771-cobertura-el%C3%A9ctrica-alcanza-el-90-y-se-plantea-el-reto-de-exportar-electricidad.html.fckLR</ref>[[File:Bolivia Electrification.JPG|thumb|right|180px|Bolivia´s Electrification ratio (1995-2006)]]
+Bolivia has one of the lowest rural electrification rates of Latin America. Urban access is estimated to be 98%, rural access is estimated to be 50% in 2007.<ref>IEA: [http://www.worldenergyoutlook.org/resources/energydevelopment/energyaccessdatabase/ Energy Access Database]</ref>&nbsp;More recent data from the Bolivian Statistics Institute indicate&nbsp;as well 98% for urban areas, but&nbsp;an increase to 75% for rual areas in 2015.&nbsp;<ref name="Instituto Nacional de Estadística. ‘INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística - Servicios Básicos’, 2017. http://www.ine.gob.bo/index.php/educacion-5/vivienda-y-servicios-basicos-3.">Instituto Nacional de Estadística. ‘INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística - Servicios Básicos’, 2017. http://www.ine.gob.bo/index.php/educacion-5/vivienda-y-servicios-basicos-3.
 Traditional biomass (wood, dung, charcoal and green residue) still accounts for 16% of primary energy production and 16,4% of final energy consumption. It is therefore the third most important source of energy after natural gas and petroleum (derivates). This is mainly due to the important role of biomass for the energy supply in the country’s rural areas. In 2007, 70,1% of rural households was still using biomass (firewood or dung) as fuel for cooking (INE 2010).

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 = Institutional Set-up and Actors in the Energy Sector =
-'''[http://www.hidrocarburos.gov.bo The Viceministry of Electricity and Alternative Energy (VMEEA)]''', within the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy (MHE), is in charge of establishing policies and designing the regulation for the electricity sector. The VMEEA and the Viceministry of Energy Development (VMDE) are in charge to develop policies to promote energy efficiency and renewable energy. A Working group of VMDE and VMEEA, the "Energy Development Unit", develops the National Plan for Rural Electrification.
+== Public Institutions<br/> ==
 '''[http://www.ae.gob.bo Energy Authority (AE)]''' (known before as the '''[http://www.superele.gov.bo Superintendencia de Electricidad (SE)]''' is responsible for applying the regulation set by the VMEEA and it grants and supervises concessions. It controls the '''[http://www.cndc.bo Comité Nacional de Despacho de Carga (CNDC)]''', which is the entity responsible for the operation of the Interconnected Electric System (SIN), the management of the Wholesaler Electric Market (MEM) of Bolivia and of the Planning of the Expansion of the SIN following the guidelines of the Ministry of Hydrocarbons and Energy.The CNDC consists of delegates of the relevant companies.
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 == Energy Policy ==
 The Bolivian government’s efforts to improve delivery of energy services to the poor have been quite intensive in recent years. First, the broad energy sector reform programme that comprised among others the privatisation of state utilities, was implemented in the mid-1990s. The reform improved the overall performance of the electricity sector and achieved important coverage gains in urban areas, connecting and providing access to the grid for about 98% of the urban population. The access rate in rural areas, however, has grown from 13.7% in 1997 to 46,6% in 2010.
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 <u>In the National Development Plan 2006 - 2010, electric energy is defined as a strategic sector with four general policies:</u>
 *Development of electric infrastructure in order to comply with national necessities and the generation of excess for export
 *Increased coverage in rural and urban areas, making the service universal
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 Within the National Development Plan grid densification is explicitly mentioned.
-The World Bank financed '''Decentralized Infrastructure for Rural Transformation''' Project (US$20 million) was supporting the Government’s effort to improve the delivery of electricity services in rural areas of the country. More specifically, the project was supporting rural converge expansion through Solar Photovoltaic Systems, grid extension to consumers that are close to the grid (densification) and other forms of energy and '''Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)''' Investments.
+The World Bank financed '''Decentralized Infrastructure for Rural Transformation''' Project (US$20 million) was supporting the Government’s effort to improve the delivery of electricity services in rural areas of the country. More specifically, the project was supporting rural converge expansion through Solar Photovoltaic Systems, grid extension to consumers that are close to the grid (densification) and other forms of energy and '''Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)''' Investments.<br/>
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 == Laws ==