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What is the main source of electricity in Paraguay?

Hydropower is the main source of Paraguay’s electricity generation and one of its main exports.

What fuel does Paraguay use?

Biomass, specifically firewood, is the largest fuel source consumed in Paraguay at 43% of final energy demand. Only 17% of fuel wood demand is met by wood from managed forests. The country continues to remove forest at one of the highest rates in all of South America at around 325,000 hectares per year, mostly in the Western Chaco region.

Does Paraguay need zero-emissions decarbonization?

Source: Prepared by the authors using LEAP. To highlight the policies necessary for zero-emissions decarbonization of energy-use sectors in Paraguay, this re-port introduces three scenarios for Paraguay’s final energy demand matrix from 2018 to 2030, 2040, and 2050 based on the freely available LEAP software and available base-line data as of 2018.

Should Paraguay adopt a back-casting approach?

Finally, the Government of Paraguay should adopt a back-casting approach, starting from the end goal—a zero-car-bon energy system as of 2050 at the latest—and work backwards to understand what needs to be done in the short and mid-term. This approach does not imply that policies will stay unchanged and fixed for decades.