Chinese Overseas Finance in Renewable Energy in Argentina and Brazil: Implications for the Energy Transition

Rubio, Tatiana Gélvez; Jáuregui, Juliana González

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“…Brazil's power generation includes a large hydroelectric power asset [21]. About 7% of Brazil's electricity is produced from sugarcane biomass [39].…”

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The Dynamics of R&D Expenditure, Renewable Electricity Production, and Economic Growth: A Comparative Analysis of Norway and Brazil

Huseynli,

Huseynli

2024

JSE

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In the quest to secure energy supply and mitigate dependence on imported fossil fuels, nations are diversifying into renewable energy sources (RES). This study investigates the impact of renewable electricity production on economic growth, alongside the interplay with research and development (R&D) expenditures, through a comparative lens focusing on Norway and Brazil-both pioneers in the renewable energy arena. Analysis incorporates per capita R&D expenditures to gauge the nexus between renewable energy initiatives and R&D investment, employing data spanning from 2003 to 2014. The investigation reveals a notable divergence between the two nations. In Norway, no significant link was identified between the volume of renewable energy produced and per capita R&D expenditures. Nonetheless, a causal connection between economic growth and R&D investment was observed, with a robust correlation suggesting a profound influence of economic expansion on R&D activities. Contrarily, Brazil's scenario delineates a unidirectional causal relationship where economic growth positively influences the renewable energy sector, with no discernible association between R&D expenditures per capita and economic growth. These findings underscore the variegated impacts of renewable energy policies and R&D investments on economic dynamics within the context of Norway and Brazil, highlighting the necessity for tailored approaches in leveraging renewable energy for sustainable development.

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“…Brazil's power generation includes a large hydroelectric power asset [21]. About 7% of Brazil's electricity is produced from sugarcane biomass [39].…”

Section: Renewable Electricity Productionmentioning

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“…The drought experienced in 2014-2015 intensified the need to expand the variety of energy sources and encourage the use of renewable energy. However, Brazil acts in partnership with China in its renewable energy policy [21].…”

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The Dynamics of R&D Expenditure, Renewable Electricity Production, and Economic Growth: A Comparative Analysis of Norway and Brazil

Huseynli,

Huseynli

2024

JSE

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“…Argentina has become more assertive in harnessing China as a counterpart in its energy transition strategy. Simultaneously, Colombia shows the failure of the FDI‐based relationship, even though trade skyrocketed to billions of dollars within a short period (Rubio & Jáuregui, 2022). Despite widely publicized diplomatic initiatives, the bilateral relationship is disappointing.…”

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Entry modes for Chinese enterprises in Latin America

Valderrey

Trigos

Queiroz

2023

Thunderbird Intl Bus Rev

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The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has been an important project for President Xi Jinping on foreign soil. The initiative gained momentum through colossal investments in Eurasia and Africa, mainly through infrastructure projects, backed by generous funding from Chinese financial institutions. A few years later, Latin America emerged as a new target for geographically extending the BRI. The region provides sufficient motivation to entice Chinese investors; it is well endowed with natural resources, offers a market of approximately 670 million people, and has many unmet needs. In addition, recent geopolitical reasons such as the ongoing trade war between the United States and China may give Chinese enterprises indirect access to the world's largest consumer market. We present a brief overview of the relationship between China and Latin America, focusing on the mode of entry of Asian companies into these territories. We analyze the primary entry mode of Chinese enterprises and whether they do so through Greenfield Investment (GI) or Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A). For this purpose, we use data from the China Global Investment Tracker. Thus, we intend to provide a complete picture of how public and private Chinese organizations are gaining a foothold in Latin America, and present its managerial implications.

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“…The first two manuscripts (Jenkins, 2022;Pu and Myers, 2022) provide a snapshot of the scope of the BRI in Latin America and the geopolitical competition between China and the United States in the region. Then, the four manuscripts that follow delve into the effects of the trade war (Dussel Peters, 2022;Gachúz Maya, 2022), the mask diplomacy during the COVID-19 pandemic (Telias and Urdinez, 2022), and the recent trends in Chinese overseas finance in renewable energy (Gélvez Rubio and González, 2022).…”

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“…The last article by Gélvez Rubio and González Jáuregui (2022) analyses to what extent Chinese investment and lending in renewable energy projects are contributing to the energy transition strategies and sustainable development of South America's two largest economies, Brazil and Argentina. The manuscript provides a reading of Elinor Ostrom's postulates of energy transition as an increasingly relevant driver of certain states' relationships with other countries.…”

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Geopolitics and Geoeconomics in the China–Latin American Relations in the Context of the US–China Trade War and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Maya

Urdínez

2022

Journal of Current Chinese Affairs

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The Bretton Woods institutions have failed to accommodate a rising China, and many authors describe this moment as a crisis of the liberal order, which China is intentionally contesting. The World Trade Organization was incapable of offering a solution to the trade war, and more recently, the World Health Organization was incapable of reducing – and rather partly contributed to – tensions between the US and China in the management of COVID-19 crisis. This Special Issue is made up of six manuscripts that address the most sensitive issues of the China–Latin American relationship amid the challenges of the growing dispute with the United States. The manuscripts assess the four main concerns that are shaping the agenda in China–Latin American relations in times of increasing geopolitical and geoeconomic competition between the United States and China: the Belt and Road Initiative, the One-China policy, the trade war, and the COVID-19 crisis.

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Chinese Overseas Finance in Renewable Energy in Argentina and Brazil: Implications for the Energy Transition

Cited by 7 publications

References 18 publications

The Dynamics of R&D Expenditure, Renewable Electricity Production, and Economic Growth: A Comparative Analysis of Norway and Brazil

The Dynamics of R&D Expenditure, Renewable Electricity Production, and Economic Growth: A Comparative Analysis of Norway and Brazil

Entry modes for Chinese enterprises in Latin America

Geopolitics and Geoeconomics in the China–Latin American Relations in the Context of the US–China Trade War and the COVID-19 Pandemic

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