Ecuador has a BIG problem…
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- Опубликовано: 24 авг 2024
- Ecuador is undergoing an energy crisis and the solution to Ecuador's big problem has been the rationing of energy around the country, but why is Ecuador facing an energy crisis? How does the rationing work and how long will Ecuador be rationing energy? In this video we talk about all of that and my tips if you're traveling to Ecuador or tips if you live in Ecuador.
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Page to check when lights go out: amobile.altura...
Article about rationing: www.vozdeameri...
President Lasso’s tweets/X about rationing: x.com/lassogui...
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Hopefully we get plenty of rainfall in Ecuador soon for the sake of the country and that this doesn’t extend to the worst case scenario/time.
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Hopefully you get some precipitation soon to help out. Many countries don't diversify. We did the same in Sweden. We have hydro solar and wind. They shut down sk.e of the nuclear. But what if there are cloudy days, what if it's not windy at night... well, we had to import, at certain costly rates.
so silly to shut down nuclear, this is the only O carbon fuel we have if u want to go solar
Ace, Ecuador and Peru have similar prices for kw-hr ( kilowatt-hour ). Ecuador 8,58 cent USD/kWh , Peru 9,78 cents USD/kWh , while Colombia 18,44 cent USD/kWh. Peru could sell at cheaper prices than Colombia , because of over-production of electricity nowadays. We are also suffering of droughts in some regions, due to La Niña, but several big water reservoirs as Poechos, Tinajones, etc have enough water. It is needed a very high voltage power line between both countries.
We experienced a very similar situation in Ecuador in December 2009. Back then we were without electricity for 2 hours in the morning, and for 2 hours in the evening. Many stores in Guayaquil were running their own small generators.
Hey, Generation, was that a El Nino year ?
@BPe-ie9je I don't remember if that was an El Niño year. But it was a year when the reservoirs were low as they are presently.
And now (April 2024), daily blackouts are 8 hrs/day and usually occur in two 4-hr blocks during the day.
Great information! Thank you, Ace. I’m sending good rain ☔️ vibes your way.
Let’s make it happen!
Thank you
Praying and dancing for rain for Ec and all of us on the pacific side 😊
Appreciate the good thoughts Liz!
Hello GM. Here in Cuenca our power outages last 2 hours. The electrical company was omitting the historic district, but Monday the 13th we will start having power outages there too. Rivers have grown a little bit because of rains in the last days, but very little, that is insufficient to say that things will improve quickly. What the government said is that in mid-December they will have ready thermal power stations, but hopefully we have rain before that.
Hey Luis!
Sounds like Cuenca is having it rough too. I did hear about some rain and that’s why Friday was abnormal (power literally went out for 10min and came back) but like you said, that doesn’t guarantee much. We need a serious amount of rain or those thermal power stations but for now all we can do is wait. I’m still very curious as to how this month is going to affect power bills for the people since it doesn’t seem like much has been said about that.
We arrived last week and I find if we are in the blackout it gives me a good excuse to have a nap 😂
You can never have enough excuses to take a nap 😂
would it be possible to get a battery installed in a private home in Ecuador in order to collect the electricity from the grid and then at least power your wifi and laptop throughout these blackouts? Or go "off grid" and use solar panels charging a battery on your roof top.
No power = siesta time. I wouldn't mind. Kind of sucks if trying to operate a business though. At least they provide a time to expect blackouts.
We recently had a transformer upgrade in our el centro neighborhood in Cuenca. Power was out from 5:30AM to nearly 20:00. It didn't stop the businesses here. They all opened despite no power!
For us it was really wonky the first few days because it was supposed to be at one hour and then it just happened randomly at another. During that time I look into other things or am in the middle of something else but I have already had one day where I didn’t know the exact time and ended up waterless mid-shower lol
Wow Tom those are some really prepared businesses! We were left without light during the Halloween event at the academy I work at and we just rolled with it. Supposedly “part of the Halloween experience” LOL
Bringing surge protector. And will unplug.
Is the hydroelectric dam the Chinese built supplying Power?
I lived in Guayaquil in the early 90s. They did it back then too. It was more like 6-8 hours at a time. Lack of a fan was the most annoying thing about it.
They tried Daylight Savings to save power too. It was hilarious to see the confusion of half the country refusing to set their clock back an hour. The real time vs. God's time. The majority refused to set their clocks back.
I’ve actually seen in some articles that they make mention of doing the “planned blackouts” back in the 90s (or early 2000’s) and some people even say that they went through that.
Oh my goodness I can imagine the chaos with everyone refusing to set their clock back, it definitely sounds hilarious 😂
Possibly visiting Guayaquil.. What are your thoughts?
Power blackouts happen in different countries i have been to durring childhood
Hello Ace. Good work as usual. Ecuador could eventually promote international investment in renewable energies as it is been done in Peru. I was looking at figures and found that Ecuador has only one inland ( excluding Galapagos Island) small eolic plant of about 16.5 MegaWatts , while looking at the figures here in Peru we have about 500Mw in 7 "parques eolicos" and growing to 700 Mw with a new Wind power plant in Punta Lomitas where big mining industry will be feeded 100% from this kind of renewable energy source. This way of working could be replicated in Ecuador as promoting private investors. Proinversion has done a good job on this matter. “los 7 parques eólicos del Peru”. The good thing is , it is private investment where Peru is offering good long term clear rules for international investment, as it is written in our Constitution. Also several hydroelectric plants as Platanal, Chaglla, Cheves, etc. built during the last 10 years using the same business plan.
Yet none of you are giving up the things made and run by fossil fuels WHICH IS ALMOST EVERYTHING. Also the electric charging stations that charge cars are run by DIESEL, wind power is undependable, made by fossil fuels and built in China using COAL etc, . People are so clueless or just plain dumb it seems. Also the American Government is causing us to lose our energy independence to appease the climate activists looneys while buying oil from Venezuela and others.
Appreciate you checking it out and commenting Carlos! I actually had a conversation about this with my dad because I was also curious as to why there aren’t more renewable energy sources and it’s pretty much what I expected. There’s a factor of overconfidence because if we look back in 2009 something similar happened here in Ecuador and from then till now there’s more than 10 years where something could have been done yet it was not. These current blackouts have at least startled the government into wanting try to use thermal power stations but investing in other renewable power sources doesn’t seem to be on the governments top priorities list which is quite unfortunate.
renewable just doesn't work long term one one the reason it does in Peru is there's no population
Want to visit this coming December for a week or so
Come on down just always try to be prepared!
What is Ecuador doing about solar power in the sunny, less cloudy regions?
agree Boyd. Also, Iceland services entire country electricity/heat off of undergr0und thermal power. If money is being distributed , ...global warming ...major changes maybe EC would quality. volcanos???
I did look into this a bit but it doesn’t seem like there’s anything concrete from the government in regards to solar power. If it’s a big topic of interest I’ll look into it a bit more just to be sure.
@@GMAceM No need to investigate! Was just hoping Ecuador would be doing something with solar!
@@GMAceM Can't individual homeowners put up solar roofs on their own property? Or are the solar roof panels too cost prohibitive in Ecuador? This was very common in homes I visited in Mexico last year.
. I love how you people talk about green energy yet none of you are willing to give up the things made and run by fossil fuels WHICH IS ALMOST EVERYTHING.
Wishes for rain. Your country need tondiverisfy. Its not oknwirh only solar, wind or hydro.
Thanks Magnus! So far no rain in sight, I got kinda happy when I felt like 3 raindrops on Tuesday but haven’t felt anything since then. I hope this serves as a lesson to Ecuador that we definitely need to diversify our sources of power.
You love football. The big game tomorrow and become the developing team this year, next year everyone is watching is University of Colorado (CU) Boulder, CO. Coach Prime. Dione Sanders. I believe it starts at 2 or 3 pm our time. Daylight savings, we fell back, so some times I'm a bit confused on. One of those two. Thinking of you.
Thanks for looking out BPe, was also wondering how things were going for you out there and the process of getting to Ecuador. I hope all is well. 💯
Why such a big deal losing power for a few hours a day? I guess I'm lucky as I could care less about it.
I’ve had bad things happen to me in the past with power outages such as losing precious electronic appliances so I always try to avoid anyone else going through something similar. I also thought it would be awkward for someone to come to Ecuador at this time and assume we’re a country that constantly loses power because like I said in the video, sometimes people don’t check social media where these things are being reported on (and sometimes it’s reported in Spanish) so they wouldn’t know. If I went to a country and saw this happening consonantly for a month I’d be very concerned, even more so if I had intentions of living there. I’m hoping the best case scenario comes through and it doesn’t last very long so we can all just have a laugh at the week we lost power for a bit.
Went right over your head didn’t it?
Towards your father's vacation!
Thank you so much Lisa!
Hablas demasiado
Need either Nuclear power or burn coal.
Possibly visiting Guayaquil.. What are your thoughts?
Hello!
I think you’ll get a multitude of answers depending on who you ask about visiting Guayaquil but the main two are something like this:
•You can visit Guayaquil because like most Ecuadorian cities (especially the more dangerous ones) you can stay safe if you keep your wits about you especially if you’ve lived in or seen more dangerous cities before (people usually referente Baltimore or Detroit here). Avoid the things you’d avoid in those cities and you’ll be fine.
•Don’t visit Guayaquil right now because there is an increase of crime and while it’s not guaranteed to happen to everyone you can always avoid even the slightest chance of it happening by visiting somewhere else. There are so many other options that choosing to visit Guayaquil while knowing it’s dangerous seems kinda unnecessary.
Those are the main things you’ll hear and some variations of that like “I go all the time and nothing happens” or “I live there and I see crime every day” or things like that so it’s really up to you to see how those things influence your choice. Personally, I wouldn’t go unless I truly had to (for work or because there’s event where safety is guaranteed) and even if I did go I’d make sure to go with someone or a group of people to help avoid danger.
wow Thank you for your thoughtful response. I have a girlfriend who lives there in GYE and we have been traveling to see each other for the last 2 years and she wants me to come visit her and stay in her neighborhood in Guayaquil. Decisions, decisions
@ not a problem and honestly if your gf lives and is from Guayaquil and has family there then I think you’re not gonna have any problems visiting with her. Of course you still have to take precautions and such but I’m sure she knows that more than even I do. If you would have told me it was someone you met for the first time I’d have been extremely skeptical but I think with your gf you’ll be fine
@@GMAceM yes she is from there and we have been traveling and seeing each other for 2 years now. Thank you for the advice I feel better about traveling there now.