March 24, 2015
COSTA RICHER:
Costa Rica uses 100% renewable energy for past 75 days. How are they doing it? ( Rowena Lindsay, MARCH 24, 2015, CS Monitor)
The entire country of Costa Rica is currently running on completely renewable energy and has been for 75 days now. Relying mainly on hydropower, Costa Rica has not used any fossil fuels to generate electricity since the beginning of 2015.The heavy rainfall over the past year has kept hydroplants busy enough to power nearly the whole country, with geothermal, wind, biomass, and solar energy making up the deficit, according to a press release from the Costa Rican Electricity Institute.
Posted by Orrin Judd at March 24, 2015 7:33 PM
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