World Bank2014-04-172014-04-172007-05https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17916The Uruguayan energy sector is at the crossroads. As in the case of many other countries, high oil prices in the international market are taking their toll on an economy which imports all of its oil and oil products. Uruguay has also depended, to a large extent, on import of electricity from Argentina to complement its supplies. Trade in electricity and natural gas collapsed during the economic recession of 2001-02 and Argentina's crisis in the same period, which, together with the rise of oil prices, have brought to the fore questions of energy security (that is, ensuring sufficient, reliable and cost-effective supply of national energy demand) and the cost/risk trade-offs involved in depending on foreign suppliers. The Uruguayan government has rightly perceived this to be a fundamental economic issue and sought to put together a strategy for addressing it.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOAPPROACHBALANCEBIOMASSBIOMASS ENERGYBIOMASS FUELBITUMINOUS COALCAPACITY EXPANSIONCAPACITY FACTORCARBONCARBON DIOXIDECELLULOSECLEAN COALCLEAN FUELCOALCOAL OILCOAL POWER PLANTSCOGENERATIONCOMPARATIVE ANALYSISCOMPETITIVE PRICESCONSUMER PROTECTIONCONSUMPTION OF OILCONVENTIONAL COALCOST OF FEEDSTOCKCOSTS OF ENERGY SUPPLYCRUDE OILDEMAND FOR ENERGYDEMAND GROWTHDIESELDIESEL FUELDIESEL POWER PLANTDISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRICITYDOMESTIC FUELDOMESTIC SUPPLYDRILLINGECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMICSECONOMISTSELECTRIC ENERGYELECTRIC GENERATIONELECTRIC TRANSMISSIONELECTRICAL SYSTEMELECTRICITYELECTRICITY PRICEELECTRICITY PRICESELECTRICITY PRODUCTIONELECTRICITY SALESELECTRICITY SECTORELECTRICITY SUPPLYELECTRICITY TARIFFENERGY CONSUMPTIONENERGY CRISISENERGY DEMANDENERGY EFFICIENCYENERGY MARKETENERGY MARKETSENERGY PLANNERSENERGY PRICESENERGY PRICINGENERGY RESOURCESENERGY SECURITYENERGY SOURCEENERGY SOURCESENERGY STRATEGIESENERGY STRATEGYENERGY USEENVIRONMENTALENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITSENVIRONMENTAL EXTERNALITIESENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCEETHANOLETHANOL PRODUCTIONEXCHANGE RATEFEEDSTOCKFINAL ENERGY CONSUMPTIONFOSSILFOSSIL FUELSFUELFUEL CHAINFUEL COSTFUEL COSTSFUEL OILFUEL PRICEFUEL PRICESFUELSGAS PIPELINESGAS TURBINEGAS TURBINESGASIFICATIONGASOLINEGASOLINE CONSUMPTIONGASOLINE PRODUCTIONGENERATIONGRID ELECTRIFICATIONHEAVY CRUDEHIGH ENERGY PRICESHIGH OIL PRICESHYDROPOWERHYDROPOWER GENERATIONIMPORTSINCOMEKILOWATT-HOURLATIN AMERICANLEGISLATIONLIGHT CRUDELIQUID FUELSLNGMARGINAL COSTSMARKET PRICESMONOPOLIESNATIONAL ENERGY DEMANDNATURAL GASNATURAL GAS GENERATIONOIL DEMANDOIL EQUIVALENTOIL EXPLORATIONOIL PRICEOIL PRICESOIL PRODUCTIONOIL PRODUCTSOIL REFINERYOIL SECTORPER CAPITA INCOMEPETROLEUMPETROLEUM PRODUCTSPILOT PROJECTSPIPELINEPOLICY DECISIONSPOLLUTIONPOWERPOWER CAPACITYPOWER GENERATIONPOWER SECTORPOWER STATIONPOWER SYSTEMPRICE OF ELECTRICITYPRICE OF GASPRIMARY ENERGYPRODUCTION COSTSPRODUCTION FACILITIESPURCHASE OF ELECTRICITYRAW MATERIALREFINED PRODUCTSRENEWABLE ELECTRICITYRENEWABLE ENERGIESRENEWABLE ENERGYRENEWABLE ENERGY POLICYRENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARDRENEWABLE SOURCESRESIDUAL OILRETAIL ELECTRICITYSHIPSSOURCE OF ENERGYSUGARCANESULFURSULFUR CONTENTSUPPLY COSTSTHERMAL ENERGYTOTAL CONSUMPTIONTOTAL ENERGY DEMANDUTILITIESVOLTAGEWINDWIND POTENTIALWIND POWERWIND RESOURCEWIND SPEED10.1596/17916