Costa Rica
It is funding the project in Costa Rica, in which its sustainability tour begins
Every nation has abused planetary boundaries to meet its citizens’ needs, a new study claims
Wales has joined an alliance led by Denmark and Costa Rica pledging to stop licensing oil and gas production
A climate change think tank has urged the UK to replace the regulator with a Clean Energy Authority
The Central American country has won the UN Environment Programme’s 2019 Champions of the Earth award
The country’s electricity mix consists of a 95% share of renewables
Costa Rica has produced 100% of its energy from renewables for 300 days this year. That’s according to the Costa Rican Institute of Electricity (ICE), which says the Central American nation has beaten its own green power record, when renewable output matched consumption for 299 of 2015’s 365 days. With more than a month of […]
Costa Rica has been powered entirely by renewable energy for more than two months straight and counting. The Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE), the country’s state-owned utility, said 150 days of renewable energy have been generated in total this year. Traditional power sources were last used to generate electricity on 16th June. Roughly 80% of […]
Costa Rica generated 98.9% of its electricity from renewable sources in December. That’s according to the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) which stated hydropower and geothermal plants generated 88% of the energy mix. Solar, wind and biomass accounted for 10.8%. Between 1st of January and 17th of December 2015, the country generated 100% of its power from […]
Costa Rica’s first football stadium powered by solar panels is now fully operational. The array at Alejandro Morera Soto Stadium has a capacity of 260KW and will generate around 400,000kWh per year. That is expected to help the stadium save $148,000 (£94,720) in electricity costs annually, according to La Liga Deportiva Alajuelense football club. The solar panels […]