Reported last week in Costa Rica, the country’s national utility company
Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) has announced the decision to
name Campo Miravalles in the province of Guanacaste in honour of the
pioneer of geothermal energy in Costa Rica.
The change was implemented last Friday, in an act in the geothermal
field, with presence of his relatives and his former colleagues.
Dr. Mainieri Protti led geothermal research in Costa Rica since the
1970s, which allowed the development of the geothermal
projects Miravalles I, II, III, IV and V; Las Pailas I and II, as well
as the future Borinquen I and II geothermal plants. Read More.....