Ngonyaka wesibili ngokulandelana, u-98% wamandla asetshenziswe yiCosta Rica aqhamuka emithonjeni evuselelekayo. Ngokuya ngemininingwane evela ku-Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) ephethwe nguhulumeni ikhombisa ukuthi ngo-2016 ifinyelele ku-98.2% wamandla avuselelekayo, avela ezinhlotsheni ezinhlanu zamandla ahlanzekile: i-hydroelectric (74.39%), i-geothermal (12.43%), izitshalo zamandla omoya (10.65%), i-biomass (0.73%) namapaneli elanga (0.01%).
Ngesitatimende esivela ku-ICE, kwabikwa ukuthi iNational Electric System ingeze izinsuku ezingama-271 zokukhiqiza ugesi ovuselelekayo ngo-100% ngo-2016 kwathi ngonyaka wesibili olandelanayo weqa u-98% wesizukulwane semithombo ngemithombo emihlanu ehlanzekile ekuqongeleleni konyaka. Sekukonke, ukukhiqizwa kukagesi wezwe kwaba ngama-gigawatt amahora angu-10778 (GWh).
Ukuba ngoJuni 17, bekuwusuku lokugcina lonyaka we-2016 lapho kwakudingeka ukuthi kuphendulwe ekukhiqizweni okufudumayo ngokusebenzisa izinto zokubasa ezimbiwa phansi futhi ngalolo suku kwakumele u-0.27% womkhiqizo kazwelonke kagesi.
I-El Niño Phenomenon
I-ICE iveze ukuthi yize i-2015 ibingunyaka lapho khona into yase-El Niño ibikhona, edala imvula ephansi, nokuthi engxenyeni enkulu yonyaka ka-2016 kube nemvula ephansi, amandla okugcina amanzi amadamu avumela isizukulwane esihlanzekile.
Kodwa-ke, iCosta Rica ihlomule ngokuqala ukusebenza kulo nyaka wesitshalo se-hydroelectric eMfuleni iReventazón, esifundazweni saseLimón (eCaribbean), futhi sithathwa njengesikhulu kunazo zonke eMelika Ephakathi, esikwazi ukukhiqiza amamegawathi angama-305.5, alingana nawo ukusetshenziswa kukagesi kwemizi eyizinkulungwane ezingama-525. Kanye nokwenza kahle kwamachibi kanye nokusetshenziswa kweminye imithombo evuselelekayo, njengamandla we-geothermal avela ezintabamlilo, ilanga, umoya kanye ne-biomass.
Ku-2017, amaphrojekthi wezwe ukuthi isizukulwane esivuselelekayo sizohlala sizinzile. Sizoba nezitshalo ezine ezintsha zomoya ngaphezu kokuthi silindele izimo ezikahle ze-hydrometeorological (emifuleni) ezondla izitshalo zethu, "kusho uMengameli we-ICE uCarlos Obregón.
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