Key takeaways from the paper “The Future of Clean Energy in the Americas” prepared by the Atlantic council are:
- The main challenges that Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC) countries are facing include infrastructure issues, and limited uptake of new solar photovoltaic and wind technologies.
- Despite these challenges, LAC is on track to capitalise on emerging clean energy technologies, including production and export of green hydrogen, as well as play a role in supplying the global energy system with critical minerals needed for the energy transition, such as lithium and copper.
- LAC countries are facing major challenges in their ability to develop renewable energy projects, expand low-emission energy systems, and fill existing technical and financing gaps that hinder regional energy security.
- The US-Caribbean Partnership to Address the Climate Crisis 2030 (PACC 2030) has the potential to advance clean energy goals in the Caribbean and become a blueprint to address similar challenges in Latin America.
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