Energy-related CO2 emissions project
This research effort aims to investigate past and future evolution of energy-related carbon dioxide emissions.
People
Paulo M. De Oliveira (coordinator, Uniandes, Colombia)
José Maria Yusta (Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain)
Juan David Rivera (PhD candidate, Uniandes, Colombia)
Daniela Rojas Lozano (PhD cadidate, University of California, San Diego, USA)
Events
Webminar (in Spanish): Escenario de mitigación de emisiones de CO2 del sector eléctrico de América Latina basado en incorporación masiva de energías renovables y redes inteligentes Facultad de Ingeniería & Dirección de Educación Continua Jueves, 30 de junio de 2021. | 6:00 p.m. [PPT] [YouTube]
Project Repositories
Github page: https://github.com/pmdeoliveiradejesus/LMDI-LatinAmerica
ResearchGate page: https://www.researchgate.net/project/Power-sector-emissions
Reports
1. De Oliveira-De Jesus, P. M (2017) Impacto de las políticas nacionales de inversión en eficiencia energética, integración de tecnologías limpias y redes inteligentes en la matriz energética eléctrica y la reducción de las emisiones de CO2 del sector eléctrico de América Latina y el Caribe. Working paper CAF. [Full-Text]
Publications
International Journals (7)
1. Rivera-Niquepa, J. D., De Oliveira-De Jesus, P. M., & Yusta, J. M. (2025). Trend-based multi-period decomposition and decoupling methodology for energy-related carbon dioxide emissions: A case study of Portugal. Utilities Policy, 93, 101863
2. Rivera-Niquepa, J. D., Yusta, J. M., & De Oliveira-De Jesus, P. M. (2025). Kaya factor decomposition assessment of energy-related carbon dioxide emissions in Spain: A multi-period and multi-sector approach. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 74, 104156
3. Rivera‐Niquepa, J. D., Yusta, J. M., & De Oliveira‐De Jesus, P. M. (2025). Assessing Computational Complexity in Selecting Periods for LMDI Techniques in Energy‐Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions: An Alternative Approach. Energy Science & Engineering.
4. Rivera J, Rojas-Lozano D, De Oliveira-De Jesus, P., Yusta J. (2023) Methodology for selecting assessment periods of Logarithmic Mean Divisia Index decomposition techniques. Energy Strategy Reviews (ISSN 2211-467X) 50 (101241), pp. 1-16. [Full-Text]
5. De Oliveira-De Jesus, P. M., González De León M & Meleán R. A. (2020) A mitigation scenario for Latin American power-related carbon dioxide emissions, Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning, and Policy, 15:10-12, 492-512.
6. De Oliveira-De Jesus, P. M ., Galvis, J. J., Rojas-Lozano, D., & Yusta, J. M. (2020). Multitemporal LMDI Index Decomposition Analysis to Explain the Changes of ACI by the Power Sector in Latin America and the Caribbean between 1990–2017. Energies, 13(9), 2328. [Full-Text] [GitHub]
7. De Oliveira-De Jesus, P. M . (2019). Effect of generation capacity factors on carbon emission intensity of electricity of Latin America & the Caribbean, a temporal IDA-LMDI analysis. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 101, 516-526
Graduate students
1. Daniela Rojas Lozano, Método para identificación de periodos en análisis de descomposición LMDI de la Intensidad de Carbono del sector eléctrico (2020), Evaluation Comitee: Luis Felipe Giraldo (Uniandes), Sebastián Zapata (Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano), Universidad de los Andes, Colombia. [Full-Text] [MP4]
2. Jhon Jairo Galvis (2019) Modelamiento de la Intensidad de Carbono Agregada del Sector Eléctrico de Latinoamérica y el Caribe. Evaluation Comitee: Mario Rios (Uniandes), Ricardo Cadena, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia [Full-Text]
Undergraduate students
1. Milton Cataño, Analysis of inequality and energy-related CO2 emissions in Latin America and the Caribbean applying a Kaya factors decomposition methodology (2022). Universidad de los Andes, Colombia [Full-Text]
2. Daniela Rojas Lozano, Analyzing the driving factors behind the change of the Power Sector’s Aggregate Carbon Intensity in Colombia, 1990-2017. (2020) Universidad de los Andes, Colombia. [Full-Text] [CodeOcean]