What short-term and long-term effects will the fall in prices have on the development of Argentina’s Vaca Muerta shale formation?
Will Investors Leave Vaca Muerta Amid Lower Oil Prices?
This article was first published by the IPS
By Leonardo Beltran
Leonardo Beltran is Non-Resident Fellow of the Institute of the Americas, Member of the Board of SEforALL, and former Deputy Secretary at the Mexican Department of Energy
Water falls through these enormous pipes to activate the 20 turbines of the Itaipu hydroelectric plant on the Brazilian-Paraguayan border. Credit: Mario Osava/IPS
MEXICO, Mar 31 2020 (IPS) – This year started with the news of the appearance of a new virus, COVID-19. The impact and severity of its effects in public health, mortality and the world economy are overwhelming. No public health system was prepared for this crisis, and yet governments are reacting deploying different policies to mitigate the crisis, and recover as fast as possible. (more…)
This article was first published by the Wilson Center’s Mexico Institute
Jeremy Martin on March 30
Despite photos of the president hugging babies and shaking scores of hands across the country, Mexico is not immune to the double whammy hitting major economies and energy markets: low oil prices and demand destruction due to the coronavirus. Indeed, for Mexico there may actually be a quintuple whammy if you layer on top of the two global trends three more particular ones at home: a recession and spiraling peso, plummeting oil production, and a massively indebted and fiscally imbalanced national oil company in Pemex. (more…)
By Jacqueline Sanchez
Imagine a fresh homemade meal for breakfast, lunch and dinner prepared by you or your mother every day. Sounds delicious, right? But what does it imply for women living in remote rural areas of the world where biomass remains the primary energy source?
Roughly three billion people (nearly 45% of the world population) rely on traditional use of biomass for cooking. Given this dependency on biomass, women in rural areas are exposed to high levels of black carbon as they go about food preparation. They inhale it for prolonged periods of time causing health problems such as respiratory issues, blurry vision, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and even lung cancer. (more…)
Among the alternatives, hydrogen could achieve emission reductions in industrial settings, as well as in residential and commercial heating.
Brazil started its power sector reform in 1996. It created the basic conditions for private participation to take place in the electricity market.
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#OPINION "Pros and Cons of a Super #Regulator – The case of the Spanish Regulator" by @iamericas Non-resident Fellows @LeoBeltranR @achambouleyron
https://bit.ly/39jDMlG #Energy via @ipsnoticias
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