Informe de la Comisión Europea sobre el mercado de las ESCOs (Energy Service Company), o ESEs (Empresas de Servicios Energéticos) en países no europeos – 2013

Fuimos consultados en 2014 por el Sr Paolo Bertoldi, de la Comisión Europea, en virtud de que esta organización resolvió realizar un informe sobre el mercado de las empresas de servicios energéticos en los países no-europeos en 2013. En nuestro caso aportamos sobre Argentina, exclusivamente. Agradecemos a la Comisión Europea y en particular al Sr Paolo Bertoldi por la confianza que nos dispensaron al consultarnos.

Acceso al informe completo

Los países de las Américas que fueron incluídos en el reporte de esta primera edición son: Canadá, EEUU, Méjico, Brasil, Colombia, Chile, Uruguay y Argentina. Además figuran países de Asia, Africa, Oceanía y Medio Oriente.

http://iet.jrc.ec.europa.eu/energyefficiency/publication/esco-market-report-non-european-countries-2013-0

http://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/bitstream/JRC92730/ld-na-26989-en-c%20%28print%29.pdf

Conclusiones finales para Sud América

In South America the ESCO market development has been promoted by the International Financial Institutions and Donor Organization as: Global Environmental Facility (GEF), World Bank, InterAmerican Development Bank (IDB) and the Multilateral Investment Fund (FOMIN). The growth of the ESCO market has been high in Brazil and Chile, medium in Uruguay and Colombia and still very low in Argentina and other countries. The ESCO market in Brazil has a very high potential compared to other neighbouring countries. However, there is still lack of knowledge about this potential in energy efficiency by the potential clients. The policy of subsided by the state energy prices is one of the main barriers that constrain faster development of ESCO market and has had a dampening effect on energy efficiency investments. In Uruguay the volume of the realized Energy efficiency projects as well as the number of ESCOs increased from 0 to 20 in the period from 2005 to 2012 as a result of the implementation of the “Energy Efficiency Project”. One of the first initiatives promoting the ESCO market in Chile has been undertaken thanks to the support of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Multilateral Investment Fund (FOMIN) under the "Promotion of Clean Energy Market Opportunities" (PCEMO) project. However, a similar project has been not so successfully implemented in Argentina, due to the economic crisis and high inflation rate.

In Chile, one of the Countries with a quite well developed ESCO market in South America, a direct subsidy to finance energy efficiency consulting services was created by the "Programa País Eficiencia Energética" (PPEE) and the Productive Development Agency of Chile (CORFO) in 2006. In 2008, CORFO launched also an energy efficiency credit line to finance investments up to USD 1 million for enterprises optimizing their energy use261. In January 2013, the Energy Ministry and CORFO have launched a call for renewable energy projects implemented under the ESCO model.

Conclusiones finales para Norte América

United States of America and Canada are one of the most developed and largest ESCO markets in the world. The ESCO market in the USA has grown steadily since the 1990s. In USA the highest ESCO market penetration is in the k-12 schools, as well as in the state and local government buildings, federal buildings and colleges. However, according to LBNL analyses, the greatest potential lies in the sector with the lowest market penetration to-date; namely in commercial buildings. The potential value of ESCO projects in the private and commercial buildings could be between $14 and $34 billion. The key drivers of the ESCO market in USA and Canada are enabling state and federal policies and programmes.

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