A small country with five million people 300 days lasted only for electricity generated from renewable sources. The previous record put the country in 2015 — then she managed to survive for 299 days.
Most of the country gets electricity from hydropower. It accounts for nearly 78 percent of the electricity. Next is wind energy — it accounts for about 10 percent. Same bring geothermal.
Fully country from fossil fuels do not yet refuse, because the remaining days in the year, it is their and uses. In addition, the transport, too, will not go away — cars drive on diesel fuel and gasoline, and for cooking and heating homes is often used gas.
However, with the development of the electric car market began to appear the low-end models available for each. And heated with the cooking can eventually translate into electricity. The head of the Department of renewable energy of Costa Rica, confident that any compromise in this matter can not be, therefore, the country will continue to experiment and achieve the complete rejection of fossil fuels.
Record: Costa Rica has lived in renewable energy 300 days
Vyacheslav Larionov