Who produces electricity in Bolivia?

The electricity sector in Bolivia is dominated by the state-owned ENDE Corporation (Empresa Nacional de Electricidad), although the private Bolivian Power Company ( Compañia Boliviana de Energía Eléctrica; COBEE) is also a major producer of electricity.

How can Bolivia improve energy production?

Bolivia continues to make efforts to upgrade the infrastructure needed for renewable energy production. The National Interconnected System (SIN), which the government has put in place, aims to improve the nation’s capacity for producing electricity by building additional power plants, transmission lines and substations.

What is the primary source of energy for Bolivia?

The primary source of energy for Bolivia from this study is solar PV. Such high shares of solar PV in Bolivia are supported by solar resource findings in Breyer and Schmid (2010), which determined Bolivia to be among the ten countries with the maximum solar irradiation for fixed optimally tilted PV systems.

How much solar power does Bolivia have?

In the study of Jacobson et al. (2017), Bolivia’s all-purpose end load would be covered by 22% wind energy, 15% geothermal, 3% hydropower, 49% solar PV, and 10% CSP. For the whole of South America, Löffler et al. (2017), find roughly 40% shares of both hydropower and solar PV, with the remaining 10% covered by wind offshore and onshore.

When did electricity start in Bolivia?

Electricity in Bolivia started in 1899, when tin magnate Simón Iturri Patiño built a Diesel-generated power plant in Uncía, which provided energy to his nearby residence and the Miraflores mine. The first hydroelectric power plant was built in 1902 in Landara.

Does the World Bank support the electricity sector in Bolivia?

External assistance to the electricity sector in Bolivia is heavily focused on rural electrification with no funding for large-scale generation, which has been fully privatized. Currently, the World Bank is involved in two projects in the energy sector in Bolivia: