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Hundreds of GAM traffic lights now run on solar power

Alejandro Zúñiga -
The project is an important part of Costa Rica’s plan to achieve carbon neutrality.
Costa Rica

Costa Rica inaugurates Las Pailas II geothermal plant, boosts sustainable energy production

Alejandro Zúñiga -
Over the past several years, Costa Rica has generated the vast majority of its electricity from renewable sources, including geothermal power. 
Costa Rica

Costa Rica seeks to modernize urban transportation with electric train

The Tico Times -
Costa Rica wants to reorganize its chaotic transport system and start decarbonizing its economy with a modern electric train that will run through the country's main cities, the government announced Wednesday.
Costa Rica

MOPT: Half of San José’s traffic lights will be solar-powered by year’s end

L. Arias -
MOPT seeks to replace all traffic lights in the Greater Metropolitan Area with solar-powered systems by 2022.
Costa Rica

Costa Rica prepared for this season’s harsh weather, energy officials say

L. Arias -
The ICE noted that so far this year it has only turned to thermal plants as backup generation sources.
Business

Regulator approves decrease in electricity rates for next quarter

L. Arias -
The change in electricity tariffs will vary by company, but the average decrease will be 5.41 percent.
Costa Rica

Costa Rica to end year with mostly renewable electricity sources

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

Costa Rica, Japan move forward with geothermal energy project

L. Arias -
Japan has agreed to loan Costa Rica $224 million to finance part of the construction of a geothermal project in Liberia, Guanacaste.
Business

Restaurant grease turned cooking gas for Guanacaste police station

L. Arias -
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.
Business

Kiva, Viogaz offer microloans for biodigesters in rural Costa Rica

L. Arias -
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.
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