Offgrid power system Uruguay

The electricity sector of Uruguay has traditionally been based on domestic hydropower along with thermal power plants, and reliant on imports from Argentina and Brazil at times of peak demand.Over the last 10 years, investments in renewable energy sources such as wind power and solar power allowed the. Installed capacityInstalled electricity capacity in Uruguay was around 2,500 MW () in 2009 and around 2,900 MW in 2013. Of the installed capacity, about 63% is , accounting for 1,538 MW. The National Directorate of Energy and Nuclear Technology (DNTEN) formulates energy-sector policies. The regulatory functions are assigned to URSEA, the regulatory body. Both transmission and distribution activities are fully under the control of UTE, as. Early installationsThe state-owned power company Usinas y Trasmisiones Eléctricas (UTE) formed in 1912.First efforts of rural electrification already started in the 1930s. In 1932, the José Batlle y Ordóñez power station located at the. (Organización Latinoamericana de Energía) estimated that CO2 emissions from electricity production in 2006 were 1.55 million tons of CO2.As of September 2009, there were only three registered projects in Uruguay, all of them related to energy: the. Access to electricity in Uruguay is very high, above 98.7%. This coverage is above average for countries with public electricity services.Quality of service is perceived to be good both by companies and residential users.Companies suffer losses of just about 1.1%. Renewables could play a role in future energy supply, in particular , allowing Uruguay to reduce its dependence on imports. All the potential for largeprojects in Uruguay has already been developed. Existing. For 2008, the overall average tariff was US$0.139/kWh. Average tariffs for some sectors are presented below: • Residential:US$0.177/kWh• Large consumers: US$0.047/kWh• Medium consumers: US$0.131/kWh