a country of green and renewable energy

Costa Rica is one of the few countries to have achieved this miracle: produce close to 100% of its renewable electricity. To achieve this result, the small state has bet on its natural resources such as the heat of its volcanoes and abundant rain all year round. The water is then stored in several artificial lakes and feeds 14 hydroelectric dams, as in the north of the country where the most powerful dam is located.

Produce independently

“Here, at the Arenal power plant, we produce about 358 megawatt hours, that corresponds roughly to electricity for 551,000 Costa Rican homes”says Omar Castro, head of the hydroelectric and geothermal plant. Thanks to giant turbines, the water from each dam is transformed into electricity. The country has also decided to capture the heat from its volcanoes by drawing water from 2,000 meters below sea level and creating geothermal power stations. The state therefore succeeds today in producing its electricity independently.