Uruguay is a frontrunner in renewable energy integration in Latin America, with developing potential in the areas of battery storage and smart grid technologies. Avoiding nuclear power entirely, Uruguay first embraced wind turbines as a source of cheap, reliable power; providing 40% of the country's capacity in less than a decade. It then expanded its solar and biomass capacity to an almost fully decarbonized mix of energy sources, joining a very short list. By the end of 2025, Uruguay has established itself as one of the most consistent examples of energy transition in Latin America and as a benchmark destination for investment in renewable energy and related technologies. When Méndez Galain began thinking. A collaborative report from the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM), Lessons Learned for Rapid Decarbonization of Power Sectors, was delivered to energy ministers and presented at the 13th CEM (CEM13) in the United States in September 2022. In Montevideo's bustling port, trucks are beginning to run on cleaner.
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