Massabié Venezuela: A Petro-State Using Renewable Energies

A Contribution to the Global Debate about New Renewable Energies for Electricity Generation
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-3-531-91003-1
Verlag: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 274 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Energiepolitik und Klimaschutz. Energy Policy and Climate Protection

This qualitative, comparative policy study analyses whether oil revenues restraint or favor the adoption of RES. It is based on the interpretation and analysis of primary and secondary data collected in Germany and in Venezuela and draws on non-standardized interviews, informal conversations, and e-mail exchanges with Venezuelan experts, policy makers, and key actors. It allows a look beyond laws, development programs, and official statements.

Dr. Germán Massabié completed his doctoral studies under the supervision of PD Dr. Lutz Mez at the Freie Universität Berlin. He is a research assistant at the Environmental Policy Research Centre (FFU) at the Otto-Suhr-Institute for Political Science.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Massabié, Germán

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Geleitwort;7
2;Acknowledgements;9
3;Abstract;11
4;Zusammenfassung;12
5;Table of Contents;13
6;List of Boxes and Tables;16
7;List of Figures;17
8;1 Introduction;18
8.1;1.1 Approach to the Subject: The Electricity Sector;20
8.2;1.2 Aims and Basic Questions of the Dissertation;25
8.3;1.3 Methodology and Data Collection;26
8.4;1.4 Structure of the Dissertation;28
9;2 Rents and Petrostates;32
9.1;2.1 Differential and Absolute Rents;33
9.2;2.2 Rentier States and Petrostates;37
9.3;2.3 Rent-Seeking;44
9.4;2.4 The Rentier-State vs. the Petro-state: A Summary;47
10;3 Background: Electric Power System its Drivers and Major Trends;51
10.1;3.1 Some Basic Concepts about Energy;51
10.2;3.2 From Muscles to Electricity ;55
10.3;3.3 Relevant Trends of the Electric Power Sector;67
10.4;3.4 Summary;78
11;4 Renewable Energy Sources (Basics);81
11.1;4.1 RES: Characteristics, Status, and Trends;82
11.2;4.2 RES: Benefits, Drivers, and Barriers ;97
12;5 Promotion of RETs: Policies for Overcoming Barriers;107
12.1;5.1 RETs: Actors and Stakeholders;108
12.2;5.2 Policy Types;110
12.3;5.3 Pioneers and Leaders ;121
12.4;5.4 Multinational Oil Companies and Renewables;139
12.5;5.5 Summary: Lessons Learned from the Countries Reviewed;143
13;6 Venezuela's Electric Power Sector: Institutional Framework;148
13.1;6.1 Historical Background;150
13.2;6.2 Venezuela and its Petroleum;152
13.3;6.3 The Electricity Sector: Institutional Framework ;157
13.4;6.4 Legal Framework;172
13.5;6.5 Summary;176
14;7 Venezuela's Electric Power System: Historical Evolution and Present Status;178
14.1;7.1 Issues of the Venezuelan Energy Sector;178
14.2;7.2 Electrification of the Country;182
14.3;7.3 Venezuelan Electric Power Market: Current Status;188
14.4;7.4 Summary;200
15;8 Renewable Energies in Venezuela;201
15.1;8.1 Renewable Energies: History and Overview;202
15.2;8.2 RES: Potential;205
15.3;8.3 RES: Programs;209
15.4;8.4 RES: Institutional Development;221
15.5;8.5 RES: Driving Forces;228
15.6;8.6 RES: Barriers;231
15.7;8.7 Summary and Outlook;233
16;9 Conclusions;237
16.1;9.1 The Rentier State;237
16.2;9.2 Electricity and Drivers to its Development;238
16.3;9.3 RES and its Drivers;240
16.4;9.4 Venezuelan Electricity Sector;242
16.5;9.5 Venezuelan Electricity Sector: Present Status;244
16.6;9.6 RES in Venezuela;245
17;List of Acronyms and Abbreviations;250
18;Bibliography;254
19;List of Web Sites Consulted;276
20;Interviews and Personal Communications;277
21;Appendix;278

Rents and Petrostates.- Background: Electric Power System its Drivers and Major Trends.- Renewable Energy Sources (Basics).- Promotion of RETs: Policies for Overcoming Barriers.- Venezuela’s Electric Power Sector: Institutional Framework.- Venezuela’s Electric Power System: Historical Evolution and Present Status.- Renewable Energies in Venezuela.- Conclusions.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Germán Massabié completed his doctoral studies under the supervision of PD Dr. Lutz Mez at the Freie Universität Berlin. He is a research assistant at the Environmental Policy Research Centre (FFU) at the Otto-Suhr-Institute for Political Science.