Bolivia aims to meet up to 80% of its energy needs with renewables by 2025

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Bolivia’s Ministry of Hydrocarbons and Energy has issued a press release stating that the country’s goal is to increase electricity generation through hydropower, solar, wind power, and biomass.

In this way, “between 70% and 80% of the electricity consumed in the interconnected national grid should be generated from renewable energy sources by 2025,” said on September 22 the Vice Minister of Electricity and Alternative Energies, José María Romay, during his participation in the virtual ministerial meeting “The Role of Hydropower in the Energy Transition” organized by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Latin American Energy Organization (Olade) and the International Hydropower Association (IHA).

Romay pointed out that “the hydrocarbon and energy sector contributes to a single objective, which is to change the energy matrix in an environmentally friendly way.”

According to the Ministry, Bolivia produces 1,600 MW of electricity, of which between 30% and 57% comes from clean energy. However, among the projects mentioned to achieve the renewable energy goal, only 99 MW are wind and 494 MW of hydroelectric projects.

Specifically, these are the El Dorado, Warnes II, and La Ventolera wind farms, which will inject 54 MW, 21 MW, and 24 MW of electricity into the interconnected national grid (SIN), respectively, and future hydroelectric projects such as the Miguillas project, which will inject 204 MW, and the Ivirizu project, which will generate 290 MW.

A report commissioned by the British Embassy shows that Bolivia can reach 2 GW of renewable energy by 2030.

This article was produced by The Rio Times’ automated newsroom system. How we use AI · Report an error