WHITE PAPERS AND RESEARCH REPORTS

Knowledge Library: gain deep insight

Members receive white papers of their choice. We continually produce in-depth studies that serve as an indispensable resource for efficient implementation. Below is the research scheduled for completion in the coming months.

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Electricity is the current dilemma

The Solarization of Venezuela

The race to bring basic solar energy to 8 million households and reduce reliance on the grid for the basic electricity needs of homes and small businesses.

Comparative Models

Pakistan added 20 GW of distributed solar capacity in two years. Nigeria brought basic electricity to 20 million people. Can these models be replicated in Venezuela?

Small-Scale Commercial Solar

Case studies of implementations in Venezuela, with detail on the mechanics, costs, and results. Could this work for your business?

Solar Basics

How sunlight becomes electricity for a typical home, apartment, or small business in Venezuela, including common configurations and the challenges of implementation.

Oil and gas is the critical economic engine

Gas Flaring

How gas flaring can power the oil fields and free them from any reliance on the grid. A white paper on the difference it can make.

Electricity Needs of the Oil Sector

What does it take to produce oil today? What are the primary power demands, and how are they paid for? What share comes from the grid now, and how will producers supply their own energy now that the government has decreed they cannot rely on the grid?

Oil Industry Basics

What investment opportunities does oil offer small and midsize enterprises? A look at Venezuelan oil fields, including a case study and research report drawing on nanotech oil content.

Transition is the foundation for recovery

The Organic Law on Electricity Privatization

Since the consolidation of the electric sector, this may be one of the most important political discussions in the country’s recent history. We will circulate the report among experts and hold roundtables to offer guidance to the committee.

Blueprint for the Rebuild

Will there be a “Plan País 2”? What do leading thinkers see as the way forward, and which organizations are driving the effort to rebuild the country? We convene roundtables to discuss it.

Finance: capital is central to the rebuild

Banking and Finance in Venezuela

An overview of how the banking system functions in Venezuela and how it can rejoin the international financial system.

Oil Revenues

The role they play in funding the rebuild: the US Treasury oil program, the audit, and where the funds are.

International Funding

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB): who it is, what it does, who its major funders are, and what happens with the $2 billion in arrears?

Caracas Stock Exchange

What role it can play in providing capital and liquidity, what going public involves, and whether any American companies have done so.

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