As with most oil-producing countries, Ecuador has been greatly impacted by the global supply glut, demand destruction and price crash. But adding insult to injury the country has also had to manage a major landslide that crippled much of its oi

Mexico Rumors Swirling About Private Sector Energy Projects

Mar 18th, 2020 7m 26s

March 18 is a seminal date in Mexico. Indeed, this year marks the 82nd anniversary of the famed announcement by President Lazaro Cardenas to expropriate private firms and nationalize the Mexican oil industry.

“Samba” auctions, a model for Latin America

Jan 30th, 2020 8m 53s

After a quarter of a century since Brazil started its power sector reform, there are a number of lessons learned and best practices to inform the policy debate across Latin America.

Will Argentina’s provinces have a renewed role in national energy policy under the Fernandez administration?

Jan 29th, 2020 8m 16s

Alberto Fernandez assumed the presidency of Argentina on December 10. According to reports, the administration’s energy policy is set to be submitted to Congress for debate with the goal of concluding it before the end of the extraordinary ses

Mexico, Clean Energy and the Paris Accord

Nov 21st, 2019 7m 26s

Mexican president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador marks one year in office on December 1. As the milestone approaches, rhetoric and innuendo swirling around the country’s energy sector and particularly its renewable energy outlook has begun to take

XXVIII La Jolla Conference Curtain Raiser

Apr 30th, 2019 6m 11s

On May 22nd and 23rd the Institute of the Americas hosts the XXVIII La Jolla Energy Conference. As we count down to this year’s Conference, we’ll be raising the curtain on a few of our key topics and panels.

Argentina´s Distributed Generation Market: The Devil is in the Details

Mar 11th, 2019 6m 48s

Last December, Argentina enacted regulations to implement law No. 27.191 to accelerate its distributed generation (DG) market, decentralize energy sources, reduce emissions and create jobs.

Venezuela’s Political Outlook: A conversation with David Mares

Feb 7th, 2019 20m 35s

We spoke to David Mares, a Distinguished Professor of Political Science at UC San Diego to address these questions and to further understand the rapidly changing domestic and international political elements of the Venezuela crisis.

Fuels and Finance in Mexico: A conversation with Marco Cota, CEO of Talanza Energy

Jan 18th, 2019 28m 55s

ince the new year arrived in Mexico, the headlines have been dominated by the issue of gasoline theft, fuels consumption and logistics but particularly shortages. The Lopez Obrador government crackdown on the so-called huachicoleo and illegal f

Colombia’s Renewable Energy Auction

Dec 20th, 2018 21m 8s

Colombia has long counted a clean energy matrix thanks largely to its hydroelectric capacity. But in the last few years policymakers and investors have sought to seize the potential of other renewable energy resources across the country.

Energy and Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s Inaugural Address

Dec 3rd, 2018 9m 46s

Before he reached the ten minute mark of his inaugural address, AMLO had forcefully attacked the failure of the neoliberal model of the last several decades going as far to say that it had been a calamity for Mexico.

Energy storage and its implications, an interview with John Jung, CEO of Greensmith Energy

Oct 9th, 2018 30m 15s

Successful solar distributed generation markets – transparency and certainty

Sep 14th, 2018 12m 44s

Cecilia Aguillon, Director of the IOA’s Energy Transition Initiative (ETI) shares her insights on how to build successful solar DG markets using the principles of transparency and certainty and why they are essential for long-lasting success.

Argentina Shakes Up Energy Ministry

Aug 27th, 2018 7m 46s

Just after the G20 energy meeting in Bariloche, Argentina, President Mauricio Macri pivoted from watching the national team play to a tie in Russia to shake-up his cabinet and make a change at the top of the energy portfolio replacing Juan Jose