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It should be noted that this is mostly hydro power. If I recall right, hydro is up to 90% of the electricity generation in Costa Rica and if there is a drought in the country, they will burn coal to support their base load power generation.

Nevertheless, great achievement.



Except hydro isn't really that great of a power source, when the environmental impacts are taken into account. In the US, the most recent trend has been toward removals.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dam_removal


A breakdown of the generation capacity is available here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/3042kb/costa_ri...




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