Energy Planning Manual

VICTOR BRAVO; ESPERANZA GONZÁLEZ; LUIS MOSQUERA; ANDRÉS ROMERO QUETE; GERARDO BLANCO; FERNANDO ABADIE; HILDA DUBROVSKY; NICOLÁS DI SBROIAVACCA; FRANCISCO LALLANA; ELSA KRAISMAN; HÉCTOR PISTONESI; CLARA PARDO MARTÍNEZ; ALEXANDRE SZKLO; RAFAEL SORIA; GONZALO BRAVO; ANDRÉ FROSSARD PEREIRA DE LUCENA; EDUARDO LERNER; ESTELA RIVEROS; TATIANA CASTILLO MORENO; DANIEL BOUILLE; WILFREDO FLORES CASTRO; RAÚL LANDAVERI; RÉGIS RATHMANN; SANTIAGO TORRES CONTRERAS; MAURO CHÁVEZ; ROBERTO KOZULJ; GUSTAVO NADAL; ROBERTO SCHAEFFER

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Año: 2017 p. 317

978-9978-70-120-1

The integration of planning into the energy system of a country is a matter of vital importance to achieve sustainable development. This chapter introduces the importance of energy planning in modern societies, highlighting the fundamental role of the State within the mentioned process. In this context, Section I.2 informs us about the background, elements justifying the need for energy planning in order to guarantee a reliable and sustainable energy supply, and the goal of this handbook. In Section I.3, conceptual considerations about sustainable and energy development, which are the framework for a modern and adequate planning in line with environmental and social responsibilities of local and global order, are listed. In section I.4, the elements of an Energy Plan as general framework for the contents proposed in this manual are briefly described. Finally, in section I.5, a review of the next chapters included in this handbook are made.