Summary:
Transmission system expansion boomed in several South American countries in the 2000s and the early 2010s. Network capacity additions were required to cope with fast-growing electricity demand, prompted by average gross domestic product growth rates of around 5% per year in 2003?2008 and 3% per year in 2008-2013. Following a trend verified in most infrastructure segments, private sector participation in transmission investments increased significantly in the period, which was the result of reforms in the electricity industry that had initiated in the 1990s.
Keywords: Electricity supply industry; Investment; Power distribution; Power system planning; Power transmission; South America; Supply and demand
JCR Impact Factor and WoS quartile: 1,953 - Q1 (2016); 2,800 - Q2 (2022)
DOI reference:
https://doi.org/10.1109/MPE.2016.2547281
Published on paper: July 2016.
Published on-line: June 2016.
Citation:
R.S. Ferreira, H. Rudnick, L.A. Barroso, The expansion of transmission: the challenges faced in South America. IEEE Power and Energy Magazine. Vol. 14, nº. 4, pp. 54 - 64, July 2016. [Online: June 2016]
