Energy transition in Uruguay: market dominance or public-social power?

Abstract

Abstract The article characterizes the causes that led to the recent incorporation of renewable energy in Uruguay, asks about the predominance of public or private property, the type of decentralization promoted by new energies and characterizes the type of modification of the model of development in the country. One of the objectives of the article is to discuss how the energy transition is conceived in the country and in general. Based on secondary literature and multiple interviews, the central hypothesis is that Uruguay has faced a renewal of its energy matrix, but it has conditions to end up heading toward a just energy transition based on the public-social capacities present in the country.