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Costa Rica to end year with mostly renewable electricity sources

Power generation using fossil fuels represents only 1.88 percent of Costa Rica's 2016 total, the Costa Rican Electricity Institute reported.

Why our Assembly owes Costa Rica decisive action on the electric car bill

Past experience would suggest our assembly is just settling in for a nice long back-and-forth on electric cars. The country can't afford such a delay.

This Oregon company wants to build electric cars in Costa Rica

Karla Hill from Venus Motors on why she moved the company from Bend, Oregon, to Guanacaste: “We can be a drop in the bucket in the U.S. but we can make a real difference in Costa Rica.”

Restaurant grease turned cooking gas for Guanacaste police station

Used cooking grease from 30 restaurants at Santa Teresa de Cóbano, one of the most popular beach destinations in Guanacaste, is providing a local police station with biogas for its kitchen.

Kiva, Viogaz offer microloans for biodigesters in rural Costa Rica

What if you could make your own clean-burning fuel in the campo? San Francisco-based microfinance firm Kiva is partnering with Costa Rica’s Viogaz to offer loans for biodigesters in rural Costa Rica.

Costa Rica to host third International Sustainable Building Congress

"Building Sustainable Cities and Lifestyles in Latin America and the Caribbean,” is the theme of the conference, which will take place May 17-20.
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Surviving the Big One – The 2012 Earthquake in Costa Rica

Three months into our new tropical lives in Costa Rica, my wife and I were living in a small second story apartment in the...

Costa Rica: Actor Dylan McDermott’s Favorite Destination

U.S. actor Dylan McDermott has professed his love for Costa Rica, as he revealed in a recent interview with a local media outlet. In...

Costa Rica’s 2025 Budget: Balancing Fiscal Responsibility and Social Needs

Last week, Costa Rica’s Ministry of Finance submitted the 2025 budget proposal to the Legislative Assembly, a key event closely watched by both local...