{"id":18787,"date":"2026-05-29T18:37:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T18:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.olacde.org\/reportes-mensuales\/may-2026report-no-13-electricity-generation-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean-lac\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T20:47:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T20:47:37","slug":"may-2026report-no-13-electricity-generation-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean-lac","status":"publish","type":"reportes-mensuales","link":"https:\/\/www.olacde.org\/en\/reportes-mensuales\/may-2026report-no-13-electricity-generation-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean-lac\/","title":{"rendered":"May 2026<br>Report No. 13 Electricity Generation in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In January 2026, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) generated 171 TWh of electricity, with hydropower remaining the dominant technology. This outcome is associated with greater water availability and a reduction in the system\u2019s hydrological constraints, favoring lower marginal-cost dispatch and the partial displacement of thermal generation with higher variable costs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Despite the greater hydroelectric contribution, the fossil thermal segment maintained a significant share (31.3% of total generation), led by natural gas, which continues to consolidate its role as a flexibility resource for load following and the provision of ancillary services (reserve and regulation). On a month-on-month basis, regional electricity generation increased by 9.6% compared to December 2025, driven mainly by hydropower; at the same time, declines were recorded in several non-conventional renewable sources (geothermal -36%, solar -30%, and wind -11%).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In the year-on-year comparison, January 2026 stood slightly above January 2025, with a 1.2% increase, reflecting marginal growth in the overall system balance. By source, dispatch patterns were marked by an increase in hydropower generation (+10.8 TWh) and significant declines in solar (-11.2 TWh) and natural gas (-8.0 TWh), resulting in a slightly positive net balance (+1.3 TWh) due to the offsetting effect between increases and reductions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Finally, the region maintained a predominantly renewable energy matrix, with a renewability index of 66% in January 2026. Of the 27 member countries of OLACDE, 12 exceeded the regional index, led by Paraguay (100%), Costa Rica (97.8%), Uruguay (96.5%), Ecuador (91.6%), Belize (90.9%), Colombia (88.7%), Brazil (88.5%), and Venezuela (87.7%).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15374,"parent":0,"template":"","categorias-reportes-mensuales":[379],"class_list":["post-18787","reportes-mensuales","type-reportes-mensuales","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categorias-reportes-mensuales-generationreport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.olacde.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reportes-mensuales\/18787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.olacde.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reportes-mensuales"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.olacde.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/reportes-mensuales"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.olacde.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.olacde.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categorias-reportes-mensuales","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.olacde.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categorias-reportes-mensuales?post=18787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}