Decarbonization

Mexico seeking to join Latin American peers in hydrogen push
April 13, 2021
As numerous Latin American nations announce hydrogen projects with an eye toward the global market, Mexico is looking to join the race. Hydrogen was singled out for the first time in Mexican Energy Ministry Sener’s Proseden national development plan earlier this year as a potential future replacement for fossil fuels in power plants operated by Comisión Federal […]
A More Sustainable Peru Post-Covid-19
March 8, 2021
Covid-19 has devastated the Peruvian economy. But as the country seeks to rebuild in the virus’s wake, it has a chance to focus on fighting climate change and creating a more sustainable development model. The extractive industries central to Peru’s economy are a source of underutilized revenues that could help seize this opportunity. Source
5 ways to decarbonize national oil companies in Latin America and the Caribbean
February 17, 2021
By: Paola Carvajal, Javier García, Carlos Sucre and Christiaan Gischler, IDB The global hydrocarbon industry has been a long-time pillar of energy systems supplying in 2018 around 54% of global primary energy. This supply comes at a high cost in terms of carbon emissions as it accounted for 56% of the planet’s carbon dioxide emissions […]