Costa Rica has 75 days of receiving only "green" energy

Some countries have advanced in the use of renewable energy sources more than others. For example, Коста-Рика for 75 days using only "green" energy , derived from renewable sources.

This was possible due to the large amount of rainfall, resulting in the country's hydropower plants are operating at full power all of 2015. This year, Costa Rica has not yet used the oil, gas and coal for energy. So far enough that the country receives from hydroelectric turbines. Also uses geothermal energy, wind, biogas and solar radiation.

As for the HPP, the country has two types of stations: as usual, "once-through" and pumped storage stations.



It is worth noting that Costa Rica - a small country. The total area of ​​it is 51,000 square kilometers. Total population - only 4, 8 million people. In addition, there are virtually no heavy industry (there are only a small number of mining companies and some plants), the main directions - tourism and agriculture. The government has long been implementing a plan to transition to "green" energy, and it can be said that the plan was a success. A little more, and energy of the country in general will not be dependent on coal, oil or gas.

Last year, about 80% of the energy generated in the country comes from hydroelectric power plants. Another 13% - geothermal energy. The rest, as mentioned above - solar energy, wind energy, traditional energy, biogas stations.



In mid-2014 the government approved a plan to build a number of geothermal power plants, with a total budget of 958 million US dollars. The expected performance of the first stations - 55 MW, with the issue price of 333 million. Through the next time will be built two more stations with a capacity of 50 MW.

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