Electricity sector in Uruguay | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-01-02

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00:02:46 1 Electricity supply and demand
00:02:57 1.1 Installed capacity
00:05:49 1.2 Imports and exports
00:06:58 1.3 Demand
00:07:44 1.4 Demand and supply projections
00:08:45 1.5 Reserve margin
00:09:23 2 Service quality
00:10:56 3 Responsibilities in the electricity sector
00:11:37 3.1 Private companies
00:12:32 4 Renewable energy resources
00:15:39 5 History
00:15:48 5.1 Power sector reform
00:17:37 5.2 Dependence on imports
00:19:52 5.3 Policy options
00:22:21 6 Tariffs
00:23:16 7 Environmental impact
00:24:22 8 External assistance
00:25:15 9 See also
00:25:38 10 Notes
00:25:47 11 Sources
00:26:05 12 External links



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The electricity sector of Uruguay has traditionally been based on domestic hydropower along with thermal power plants, and reliant on imports from Argentina and Brazil at times of peak demand. 
Over the last 10 years, investments in renewable energy sources such as wind power and solar power allowed the country to cover in early 2016 94.5% of its electricity needs with renewable energy sources.Hydropower provides a large percentage of installed production capacity in Uruguay, almost all of it produced by four hydroelectric facilities, three on the Rio Negro and one, the Salto Grande dam shared with Argentina, on the Uruguay River. The production from these hydropower sources is dependent on seasonal rainfall patterns, but under normal hydrological conditions, can supply off-peak domestic demand.
Thermal power from petroleum fired power plants, activated during peak demand, used to provide the remaining installed production capacity. 
Generation from fossil fuel decreased substantially in recent years, with renewables accounting for 94.5% of electricity generation in 2015.
Thermal power from biomass also provides additional power generation capacity.
The shift to renewable energy sources in recent years has been achieved thanks to modernization efforts, based on legal and regulatory reforms in 1997, 2002, and 2006, which have led to large new investments in electrical production capacity including from the private sector. Wind power capacity has gone from negligible in 2012 to 10% of installed capacity by 2014.
A new, highly efficient thermal power plant which can run on either gas or oil has been installed.
A number of photovoltaic solar power plants have been built. 
Additionally, a new electrical grid interconnection has improved the ability to import or export electricity with Brazil.