26 June 2024
Transmission challenge: Power grid bottlenecks stunt LatAm’s renewables growth
Publication date: 24 May 2024
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Latin America’s difficulty in rolling out enough power transmission infrastructure from areas where renewable energy is generated, combined with its limited uptake of grid-scale battery storage, could support natural gas demand in the region. Hydropower, the main resource that many countries in Latin America rely on to integrate more intermittent renewables, is not expected to expand significantly in the region over the coming years as climate change increases the risk of droughts and large dam projects have fallen out of favour.