Uruguay, one of South America’s smallest countries, is attracting outsized attention over its transition to green electricity. It didn’t happen simply by building a bunch of wind and solar farms, the architect of the strategy said, but by rethinking the entire energy system. And, he said, other countries could do that too.   Ramón Méndez […]

Latin America has competitive advantages that could make it a “clean energy powerhouse,” but investment in the sector must double by 2030. That was a key message from Fatih Birol, the Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), at the release of the organization’s first in-depth report on the region.   The report found […]