
The electricity sector in Venezuela is heavily dependent on hydroelectricity, which accounted for 64% of the nation's electricity generation in 2021. Besides hydroelectric power, Venezuela also relies on and , contributing 25% and 11%, respectively, to the total electricity output that year. The country operates six hydroelectric plants, totaling a capacity of 16,010 megawatts (MW), with the Central Hidroeléctrica Guri in being the most significant, acco. . Le secteur de l'énergie au Venezuela est dominé par le qui fournit 68 % de la production d' et 33 % de la consommation d'énergie primaire du pays en 2021, et le : 21 % de la production et 42 % de la consommation ; l' couvre 24 % de la consommation. Le Venezuela dispose de vastes réserves de pétrole, les plus importantes au. [pdf]
In this paper, the collapse of Venezuela’s electricity system is analyzed. Two well-known recovery plans, the Venezuelan Electricity Sector Recovery Plan (VESRP) and the Country Plan Electricity (CPE), are described in detail, and their challenges are discussed in the context of the energy transition paradigm.
Since 2009, there have been no official statistics on the electricity and energy sectors. Since the end of the 19th century, the production of electricity has been steadily growing in Venezuela. In between, there were some jolts due to prolonged droughts associated with the El Niño phenomenon.
Electricity in Venezuela is predominantly produced from hydroelectricity . Venezuela ranked 11th in the world for oil production in 2016; production has since fallen steeply. The largest oil company is Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA). Oil fields in the country include Bolivar Coastal Field, Boscán Field, Maracaibo Basin and Orinoco Belt .
Since 2013, Venezuela has been confronting a profound political, social, and economic crisis with a strong negative impact on the country’s energy sector. The crisis has severely affected the production of oil, natural gas, fuels, and electricity (Monaldi et al., 2021).
As of April 2022, Venezuela's electrical grid was said to be operating at 20% of capacity, with actual generation running 6 GW to 10 GW short of the country's needs, and an estimated investment of US$12 to 15 billion required to restore the system to normal operating conditions.
Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA) purchased 82% of the shares of ELECAR. As a result of this and other counter-reforms, private participation in the generation subsector fell from 44% to 0%, and in distribution from 45% to 0% between 1970 and 2010 (Balza et al., 2020).

Le Brésil a utilisé des incitations fiscales à partir du milieu des années 1960 pour lancer un programme de reboisement afin de répondre aux besoins industriels en bois-énergie et en produits ligneux. Grâce au Code forestier brésilien et à ses incitations fiscales favorables, la superficie forestière plantée au Brésil est passée de 470 000 hectares à 6,5 millions d'hectares en 1993. L. . As of 2018, renewable energy accounted for 79% of the domestically produced . Brazil relies on for 65% of its electricity, . As a result of the topography of the land the country has a high potential for hydroelectric generation. The Brazilian government plans to expand the share of (currently. [pdf]
According to Brazil's Energy Master-plan 2016-2026 (PDE2016-2026), Brazil is expected to install 18,5GW of additional wind power generation, 84% in the North-East and 14% in the South. Brazil started focusing on developing alternative sources of energy, mainly sugarcane ethanol, after the oil shocks in the 1970s.
The renewable energy sector accounts for 83% of the Brazilian electricity matrix, while the global average is around 25%. The renewable energy industry has continuously expanded over the years through private investment.
The Brazilian electric matrix is composed of: hydraulic energy, 64.9%; biomass, 8.4%; wind energy, 8.6%; solar energy, 1%; natural gas, 9.3%; oil products, 2%; nuclear, 2.5%; coal and derivatives, 3.3%. Hydroelectric power plants produce almost 60% of the electrical energy consumed in Brazil .
Investments in the Brazilian electricity sector is expected to reach over $100 billion by 2029, including utility-scale generation, distributed generation, transmission, and distribution projects. Brazil’s electricity matrix is one of the cleanest in the world and Brazil is committed to continuing its support for renewable energy projects.
The main characteristic of the Brazilian energy matrix is that it is much more renewable than that of the world. While in 2019 the world matrix was only 14% made up of renewable energy, Brazil's was at 45%.
According to the 10-year expansion plan (PDE 2029) published by Brazilian Energy Research Agency (EPE), Brazil is expected to invest US$ 20 billion in the electricity transmission sector until 2029, of which US$ 14 billion in transmission lines and US$ 6 billion in substations. Expansion of Transmission Line Source: EPE PDE 2029
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