Costa Rica has managed to run on renewable energy for 113 days
straight, putting it on course to break its own record from 2015, when
it relied on nothing but renewables for 285 days of the year. In total,
Costa Rica provided 99% of its energy needs last year with renewables
alone.
The country's geography helps a lot. The majority
of this power comes from hydroelectric plants, which are possible
thanks to lots of rain and lots of mountains. But Costa Rica is also
diversifying, with ventures in
geothermal energy, and also solar—after all, a country doesn't want to
rely on a single source for all its power, especially in these times of
unpredictable climate change.
In five years, Costa Rica plans to be carbon neutral. With electricity,
this is completely achievable, it seems. But it still runs its cars on
gasoline, so switching to electric cars will be far harder. The
governments plans on work on offsetting those carbon emissions in other
ways.
Epic Achievements by Costa Rica!7
