THE “HOT” TOPICS OF THE SECTOR FOR 2023

OPINION

In the first editorial of the year, PSR suggests the topics that should be part of short, medium and long term agendas for the sector taking into consideration the growing interest of a low carbon agenda in the new administration.

REGULATORY

Exceptionally, there will be no Regulatory section in this edition of the Energy Report.

WATER RESOURCES

This section discusses the construction of slopes sills on the Xingu River.

ESG

This section addresses global risks in relation to natural resource scarcity, and their environmental and socio-economic consequences.

INTERNATIONAL

This month's International section brings the results of Ecuador’s renewable energy auction, a milestone in competitive energy contracting in the country.

EUROPEAN CRISIS MONITOR

On this month's monitor, we take an overview of 2022’s gas supply and demand balance in the EU-27.

INNOVATION

In this section, we comment on the “Nuclear Renaissance”, its importance in the discussion of decarbonization, and the need to reduce its construction costs and deadlines.

STRUCTURAL SUPPLY ANALYSIS

This section presents the balance between demand and supply of both physical guarantee and structural, in addition to the “delay meter”. Both are structural metrics of electrical energy supply.