Resumen:
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.
Palabras Clave: Electricity supply industry; Investment; Power distribution; Power system planning; Power transmission; South America; Supply and demand
Índice de impacto JCR y cuartil WoS: 1,953 - Q1 (2016); 2,800 - Q2 (2022)
Referencia DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1109/MPE.2016.2547281
Publicado en papel: Julio 2016.
Publicado on-line: Junio 2016.
Cita:
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, Julio 2016. [Online: Junio 2016]
