Electricity Sector In Colombia
The electricity sector in Colombia is dominated by large hydropower generation (65%) and thermal generation (35%). Despite the country's large potential in new renewable energy technologies (mainly wind, solar and biomass), this potential has been barely tapped. A 2001 law designed to promote alternative energies lacks certain key provisions to achieve this objective, such as feed-in tariffs, and has had little impact so far. Large hydropower and thermal plants dominate the current expansion plans. The construction of a transmission line with Panama, which will link Colombia with Central America, is underway. An interesting characteristic of the Colombian electricity sector (as well as of its water sector) is a system of cross-subsidies from users living in areas considered as being relatively affluent, and from users consuming higher amounts of electricity, to those living in areas considered as being poor and to those who use less electricity. The electricity sector has be ...
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Latin America And The Caribbean
The term Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is an English-language acronym referring to the Latin American and the Caribbean region. The term LAC covers an extensive region, extending from The Bahamas and Mexico to Argentina and Chile. The region has over 670,230,000 people , and spanned for . List of countries and territories by subregion Various countries within the Latin American and the Caribbean region don't use either Spanish, Portuguese or French as official languages, but rather English or Dutch. Caribbean Scattered island in the Caribbean Sea * Aves Island ( Venezuela) West Indies = Antilles = Greater Antilles * ( United Kingdom) * * * * * * * ( United States) * Disputed territory administered by the United States, claimed by Haiti. Lesser Antilles * ( United Kingdom) * ** Antigua ** Barbuda * * ( United Kingdom) * * ** ( Netherlands) ** ( Netherlands) *** *** *** ** ( Netherlands) ** ( Netherlands) * ( ...
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