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Executive Decree No. 121 - Environmental Regulations In Mining, Presidente Constitucional De La República, Ecuador Nov 2009

Executive Decree No. 121 - Environmental Regulations In Mining, Presidente Constitucional De La República, Ecuador

Latin American Energy Policies

This decree states the environmental technical standards that must be incorporated in mining activities. Such activities include mining prospecting, exploration, processing, refining and commercialization.


Decree No. 119 - Mining, Presidente Constitucional De La República, Ecuador Nov 2009

Decree No. 119 - Mining, Presidente Constitucional De La República, Ecuador

Latin American Energy Policies

This decree establishes the necessary guidelines for implementing the Mining Law of 2009, including administrative oversight, regulation, and the management of the mining registry.


Resolution No. 818/009 - Wind Farm, Ministerio De Industria, Energía Y Minas Aug 2009

Resolution No. 818/009 - Wind Farm, Ministerio De Industria, Energía Y Minas

Latin American Energy Policies

Authorizes the company Nuevo Manantial S.A. -the first to create a wind farm in the Country- an increase in the generation of wind power from 4 MW to 10 MW, to support the goal of 300 MW from renewable energy sources in the entire Country by 2015.


Decree No. 403/009 - Contracts For The Generation Of Wind Power, Ministerio De Industria, Energía Y Minas Aug 2009

Decree No. 403/009 - Contracts For The Generation Of Wind Power, Ministerio De Industria, Energía Y Minas

Latin American Energy Policies

The National Administration of Power Stations and Transmissions will promote the execution of contracts with private companies for the generation of 150 MW of wind power and will leave on hold the regulations for a 2nd phase of an additional 150 MW, which will add up to a grand total of 300 MW by 2015.


Decree No. 377/009 - Broadens The Regulations Stated In Decrees 77/006, 397/007 And 299/008, Ministerio De Industria, Energía Y Minas Aug 2009

Decree No. 377/009 - Broadens The Regulations Stated In Decrees 77/006, 397/007 And 299/008, Ministerio De Industria, Energía Y Minas

Latin American Energy Policies

Authorizes the National Administration of Power Stations and Transmissions to sign contracts with private companies for the development of wind power.


Paraguay: Itaipu Dispute Could Go To International Arbitration, Andres Gaudin Jun 2009

Paraguay: Itaipu Dispute Could Go To International Arbitration, Andres Gaudin

NotiEn: An Analytical Digest About Energy Issues in Latin America

After four rounds of negotiations aimed at reaching an agreement on economic and political differences regarding their joint operation of the world's largest hydroelectric dam, the governments of Paraguay and Brazil have not found common ground, and the situation could lead to the least desirable of all options--submitting the matter to international arbitration. "We are looking at a huge paradox. Before Presidents Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva [Brazil] and Fernando Lugo [Paraguay] were in office, both agreed that the 1973 treaty initiating the huge Itaipu project needed revising because it established unequal treatment that was obviously damaging to Paraguay. Now, …


Organic Law For Petrochemical Activities, Asamblea Nacional De Venezuela Jun 2009

Organic Law For Petrochemical Activities, Asamblea Nacional De Venezuela

Latin American Energy Policies

Regulates the petrochemical activities performed in the Country including the ones which physically or chemically transform the products from gaseous and liquid hydrocarbons and the mineral substances used for such activities.


Decree No. 258/009 - Wind Map Of Uruguay, Ministerio De Industria, Energía Y Minas Jun 2009

Decree No. 258/009 - Wind Map Of Uruguay, Ministerio De Industria, Energía Y Minas

Latin American Energy Policies

During the creation of the Wind Map of Uruguay, any private or public, national or international entity that contributes wind speed information considered adequate and necessary for the creation of said Map by the National Direction of Nuclear Energy and Technology Direccion, will be given priority for the exploitation of this resource of energy generation in a region of 3 kilometers around the point in which the measurements were taken.


Mining Law, Comisión Legislativa Y De Fiscalización Jan 2009

Mining Law, Comisión Legislativa Y De Fiscalización

Latin American Energy Policies

This act regulates the exercise of sovereign rights of Ecuador to manage, regulate and control the mining sector in accordance with principles of sustainability, precaution, prevention and efficiency.


Mining Law, Asamblea Nacional, Ecuador Jan 2009

Mining Law, Asamblea Nacional, Ecuador

Latin American Energy Policies

This law grants the government the right to manage, regulate, control and manage the strategic mining sector, in accordance with the principles of sustainability, precaution, prevention and efficiency.


National Energy Balance 2009, Ministerio De Energía Y Minas Jan 2009

National Energy Balance 2009, Ministerio De Energía Y Minas

Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports

This document is a tool for the definition of Energy Policy in the Country. It allows the detailed knowledge of the national energy sector, of important changes and to determine the environmental impact.