Costa Rica has completed 2016 without having to burn any fossil fuels for more than 250 days. 98,2 percent of Costa Rica's electricity came from renewable sources in 2016.
It was the state company Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad itself that has reported these data and that brings one of the examples to follow for the rest of the countries in order to draw another cleaner and greener future than the one we have on the table right now.
Costa Rica has been operating with a mix of hydroelectric energy sources, geothermal, wind, solar and biomass. 74,35 percent of the country's electricity has come from hydroelectric sources. Geothermal plants contributed 12,74 percent of electricity generation, while wind turbines supplied 10,30 percent, to finish with biomass and solar that generated 0,74% and 0,01% respectively. .
El 1,88 percent of your electricity It had to relegate to fossil fuels due to deficits in the fall of rains at the beginning of the year, but in general terms it is a very low figure.
Even will open four new wind farms next year and they expect favorable weather conditions in one of its main rivers so that the hydroelectric plants can operate at full capacity.
In September 2016, Costa Rica went to the media covers around the world for being 100 percent working thanks to renewable energy sources for 113 days. However, it will take quite a few years before the country becomes 100% renewable.
It is the transportation system that takes 70 percent of energy consumption in Costa Rica and still relegated to fossil fuels. Globally, in 2016, renewable energy supplied 95 percent of the electricity in Uruguay. Sweden gets half of its energy from renewables and Portugal got 107 days using nothing but these types of clean energy sources.