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Sunday, March 22nd, 2015

Costa Rica Has Gotten All Of Its Energy From Renewables For 75 Days Straight

Author:     Katie Valentine
Source:     Climate Progress
Publication Date:     March 21, 2015 at 12:05 pm
 Link: Costa Rica Has Gotten All Of Its Energy From Renewables For 75 Days Straight
Stephan:   Here is what is possible when a modest country, its government and people, decides to cooperate with nature instead of trying to dominate the Earth's meta-systems. Note that in addition to the environmental benefits as a result of these life-affirming policies the cost of power to ordinary folk decreased by 12 per cent.
Costa Rica Credit: Shutterstock

Costa Rica
Credit: Shutterstock

Costa Rica got 100 percent of its energy from renewables for 75 days straight this year, the state-run Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) announced this week. (emphasis added)

The Latin American country hasn’t had to use fossil fuels at all so far in 2015, due to heavy rains that have kept hydroelectric power plants going strong. Wind, solar, biomass, and geothermal energy have also helped power the country this year.

“The year 2015 has been one of electricity totally friendly to the environment for Costa Rica,” ICE announced in a press release in Spanish this week.

 This reliance on renewables has prompted the country to lower electricity rates by 12 percent. ICE predicts that rates will continue to drop for Costa Rican customers in the second quarter of the year. (emphasis added)

In 2009, Costa Rica announced its goal of becoming carbon-neutral by 2021. Already, Costa Rica gets about 88 percent of its total electricity from renewable sources. Hydroelectric plants supply the bulk of […]

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1 Comment

  1. Rev. Dean on Sunday, March 22, 2015 at 9:10 am

    What a shining example of good government.