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Costa Rica is much more than a lush, green tourist paradise; it's also a green energy pioneer. The small Central American nation has generated 100 percent of its electricity from renewable sources for the past 113 days, and the run isn't over yet. The country, which draws clean energy from a variety of renewable sources, still has its sights on a full year without fossil fuels for electricity generation.
With a 113-day stretch of 100-percent renewable energy under its belt and several months left in the year, Costa Rica is edging closer to its target. Costa Rica could be on track to match the record set with its renewable energy production last year, which accounted for 99 percent of the country's electricity. That included 285 days powered completely by renewable sources, according to the Costa Rican Electricity Institute.
It's a small country with 5 million people and not a lot of heavy industry, but it's still impressive. There are many other countries with similar climate and terrain that could do likewise.
Previously:
Costa Rica Gets 100% of Its Power from Renewables for 1st Quarter of 2015
Costa Rica Achieved 99% Renewable Energy This Year
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Joe Desertrat on Thursday August 25 2016, @09:10PM
Which shouldn't be used as an excuse when Americans could probably drop their energy consumption by 20 or 30% fairly quickly by being a bit more reasonable (as they had to during the oil embargo). CA just demonstrated that people could cut their water usage by 25% by having more reasonable expectations.
Absolutely correct, but if you suggest being more reasonable you get flamed for "trying to destroy our way of life".