Table of Contents

Rents and Petrostates.- Background: Electric Power System its Drivers and Major Trends.- Renewable Energy Sources (Basics).- Promotion of RETs: Policies for Overcoming Barriers.- Venezuela’s Electric Power Sector: Institutional Framework.- Venezuela’s Electric Power System: Historical Evolution and Present Status.- Renewable Energies in Venezuela.- Conclusions.

About the Author

Dr. Germán Massabié completed his doctoral studies under the supervision of PD Dr. Lutz Mez at the Freie Universität Berlin. He is a research assistant at the Environmental Policy Research Centre (FFU) at the Otto-Suhr-Institute for Political Science.