Venezuela: A Petro-State Using Renewable Energies

This qualitative, comparative policy study analyses whether oil revenues restraint or favor the adoption of RES. It is based on the interpretation and analysis of primary and secondary data collected in Germany and in Venezuela and draws on non-standardized interviews, informal conversations, and e-mail exchanges with Venezuelan experts, policy makers, and key actors. It allows a look beyond laws, development programs, and official statements.

Dr. Germán Massabié completed his doctoral studies under the supervision of PD Dr. Lutz Mez at the Freie Universität Berlin. He is a research assistant at the Environmental Policy Research Centre (FFU) at the Otto-Suhr-Institute for Political Science.

Rents and Petrostates.- Background: Electric Power System its Drivers and Major Trends.- Renewable Energy Sources (Basics).- Promotion of RETs: Policies for Overcoming Barriers.- Venezuela's Electric Power Sector: Institutional Framework.- Venezuela's Electric Power System: Historical Evolution and Present Status.- Renewable Energies in Venezuela.- Conclusions.