This book is a joint effort lead by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in collaboration with the Economic Commission of Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) focused on the climate and development challenge for LAC. It deals with a matter that is bound...

This study compares the levelized cost of electricity generated with fossil fuels (including coal, natural gas, fuel oil, and diesel) and renewable or carbon-free energy sources (including hydro, wind, solar, nuclear and geothermal). A meta-study of power generation technology capital costs...

This discussion paper presents a survey of the changes in Latin America's energy consumption over the last 30 years, before considering the trends that will affect the region in the coming decades. It highlights several important issues, including the growing demand for oil, which has prompted a...

This presentation depicts and describes the energy matrices for the world, the United States, Europe, China and Latin America. It also provides comparative charts on energy consumption and intensity.

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) hired Castalia to develop a preliminary assessment of sustainable energy for Trinidad and Tobago (T&T). In the context of this assignment, 'sustainable energy' refers to electric energy efficiency (EE), renewable energy generation (RE), and efficient use...