Low-Carbon Energy Governance: Scenarios to Accelerate the Change in the Energy Matrix in Ecuador

This article describes the results of a study of Ecuador’s energy status, using the system dynamics methodology to model supply, demand and CO2 emissions scenarios for the year 2030. Primary energy production increased in the different projected scenarios, with oil as the most important source of en...

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Published inEnergies (Basel) Vol. 13; no. 18; p. 4731
Main Authors Arroyo M., Flavio R., Miguel, Luis J.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.09.2020
Subjects
Alternative energy sources
Carbon
Carbon dioxide
Clean energy
Clean technology
Climate change
Economic development
Economic growth
Ecosystems
Electricity
Emission standards
Emissions
Emissions control
Energy balance
Energy consumption
Energy efficiency
energy governance
Energy industry
Energy policy
Energy utilization
Environmental policy
environmental sustainability
Gases
Global warming
Hydroelectric power
low-carbon energy
Macroeconomics
Natural gas
Petroleum production
renewable energy
Renewable resources
Subsidies
System dynamics
Ecuador
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Summary:This article describes the results of a study of Ecuador’s energy status, using the system dynamics methodology to model supply, demand and CO2 emissions scenarios for the year 2030. Primary energy production increased in the different projected scenarios, with oil as the most important source of energy. The increase observed in final energy consumption was mainly associated with the transport and industry sectors. A reduction in energy intensity was projected for the different scenarios, which could be associated with the projected economic growth. The results obtained were used to build a proposal for energy policies aimed at mitigating emissions. The proposed changes to the national energy matrix could be the factors that will contribute most to the achievement of carbon emission reductions projected by the different scenarios; changes in the energy matrix are mainly associated with the development of projects to replace fossil fuels with renewable energies, mainly hydropower.
ISSN:1996-1073
1996-1073
DOI:10.3390/en13184731