Energy Geography in Argentina and South America

ISE, ALEJANDRA; CLEMENTI LUCIANA; VILLALBA, SOFIA; CARRIZO, SILVINA CECILIA; FORGET MARIE

LONDRES

Simposio; RGS Postgraduate Forum 2021: Emerging Energy Geographies; 2021

Universidad de Leeds y Universidad de Manchester

At the beginning of the 21st century, South American countries diversify their energy supply, dominated by hydrocarbons and hydroelectricity. They valorize unconventional resources, renewable and non-renewable. Goals behind this are to provide new and better services, eradicate poverty, gain autonomy and security, and mitigate emissions of greenhouse gases. In Argentina, harnessing of photovoltaic and wind energy expands through small-scale distributed installations and large centralized plants. As of 2010, unconventional hydrocarbons, with gas as protagonist, are exploited. With the shifting of production and resource access boundaries, on a national and continental level, energy maps are redrawn. The trend towards regional energy specialization is highlighted. The aim of this proposal is to present a trajectory of transdisciplinary research on energy issues, articulating results of individual ?doctoral and postdoctoral- and collective work, developed in a framework of interinstitutional, international cooperation. In the transition towards a more inclusive and less polluting model, the evolution of socio-technical systems modifies the Argentine and South American energy geography, incorporating new productive territories. At the same time, possibilities of co-constructing projects, extending services and promoting regional integration emerge