Costa Rica goes 75 days powering itself using only renewable energy

by Guest Sun Mar 22, 2015 7:20 pm

Costa Rica has achieved a clean energy milestone by using 100 per cent renewable energy for a record 75 days in a row.

The feat was achieved thanks to heavy rainfall, which powered four hydroelectric plants in the first three months of the year, the state-run Costa Rican Electricity Institute said.
No fossil fuels have been burnt to generate electricity since December 2014, in the state which is renowned for its clean energy policies.
While Costa Rica is a small country, with a popular of about 4.8 million people, it has made great strides in its use of renewable energy.
Last year 80 per cent of the energy used came from hydropower, while geothermal energy made up about 10 per cent of the mix in the volcano-strewn nation.
Currently 94 per cent of Costa Rica’s energy needs are met by renewables.
New geothermal projects are already in the planning stages, to ensure that the Central American state does not have to rely on fossil fuels in the future.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/costa-rica-goes-75-days-powering-itself-using-only-renewable-energy-10126127.html

by eddie Sun Mar 22, 2015 8:25 pm

Wow. That's quite an achievement. Is this the way forward?!!

by nicko Sun Mar 22, 2015 9:53 pm

Anything has got to be better than those bird chopping windmills striding across our country like metal robots.

by Ben Reilly Sun Mar 22, 2015 10:14 pm

nicko wrote:Anything has got to be better than those bird chopping windmills striding across our country like metal robots.

I'm always amused to see so many people who are so "concerned" about windmills killing birds, but not motor vehicles and buildings, which kill far more birds than windmills do ...

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by Guest Mon Mar 23, 2015 12:21 am

Ben_Reilly wrote:
nicko wrote:Anything has got to be better than those bird chopping windmills striding across our country like metal robots.

I'm always amused to see so many people who are so "concerned" about windmills killing birds, but not motor vehicles and buildings, which kill far more birds than windmills do ...

Yep, and do you know what kills swans the most - the cables between electricity pylons.

by nicko Mon Mar 23, 2015 6:36 am

Sorry I mentioned it!

by Ben Reilly Mon Mar 23, 2015 7:00 am

nicko wrote:Sorry I mentioned it!

Didn't mean to bite your head off. The bird thing is just a PRATT that I get weary of hearing.

http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/PRATT

by Original Quill Mon Mar 23, 2015 3:03 pm

nicko wrote:Anything has got to be better than those bird chopping windmills striding across our country like metal robots.

Yet we all grow weepy and nostalgic over a view of a 18th-century mill.

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We could compromise and make them out of field stones.

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