Study of the effect of the implementation of Feed-In Tariffs for the promotion of renewable projects in the Maule Region
In the energy transition our society is currently facing, Chile is clearly stepping up by setting very ambitious goals towards the decarbonization of the country by 2050. To do so, several measures have been chosen which imply the need of greener sources of electricity like wind and solar energies....
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| Tipo de recurso: | tesis de maestría |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2021 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) |
| Repositorio: | UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/352056 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/2117/352056 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Renewable energy sources -- Chile -- Economic aspects Market surveys -- Chile Energies renovables -- Xile -- Aspectes econòmics Mercat -- Anàlisi -- Xile Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Energies |
| Sumario: | In the energy transition our society is currently facing, Chile is clearly stepping up by setting very ambitious goals towards the decarbonization of the country by 2050. To do so, several measures have been chosen which imply the need of greener sources of electricity like wind and solar energies. There is no doubt that Chile has large solar and wind potential and so the 2050 goal might seem realistic. However, huge investment in renewable energy projects is needed and for that the government must commit to help through incentive mechanisms. One of the most popular incentives in the European Union are Feed-In Tariffs and Feed-In Premiums. Therefore, this project aims to analyse the implementation of these incentives in the Maule Region of Chile which has been taken as the case study where a net-zero emissions scenario is assumed to be achieved in the energy sector by 2050. With that, several analyses have been carried out which provide an overall idea of how these mechanisms could be implemented and the cost associated to them. Through the report it is seen how solar and wind projects in the Maule Region have very high LCOEs and so the implementation of Feed-In Tariffs or Feed-In Premiums would be very interesting to promote projects and more competitive costs. In addition, these types of mechanisms are very malleable and can be adjusted periodically according to technology prices and objectives. The high costs projected for the Maule region case study are due to the little to non-maturity of renewable energies in the region. Nevertheless, these are far from representing the whole country of Chile. For that reason, it is essential to carry out the study for the whole country in order to have a more precise image of where solar and wind energy stand in terms of costs and progress |
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