Costa Rica: Another Record for Renewable Energy Generation

Renewable generation in  Costa Rica is the highest in the last 30 years

(Courtesy CIA.gov)

The annual percentage of renewable electricity generation in Costa Rica has reached 99.5%, the highest in the last 30 years (source:  http://gobierno.cr/generacion-renovable-de-2017-es-la-mas-alta-de-los-ultimos-30-anos/ )

According to Costa Rica’s “Centro Nacional de Control de Energía (CENCE)”, as of August 25, 2017 the country had a total of 215 days of 100% clean electricity production since the start of the year.  For the same 237-day period, power generation burning bunker oil and diesel amounted to about 0.5%, the lowest since 1987.

If you are interested, by visiting the CENCE Webpage of the Centro Nacional de Control de Energía; i.e., https://appcenter.grupoice.com/CenceWeb/CenceMain.jsf  one can see how many MW based on different energy sources are on line in a given day and on an hourly basis.

(Thanks to GRC Member Marcelo Lippmann, Staff Scientist (retired) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory for the submission.)