The Role of Expansion Plans Promoting Feasible Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) The future of energy needs to be sustainable. In the future, energy consumption should not be associated with CO2 emission. Among many uncertainties, this seems to be an agreement. All the IDB member countries signed the Paris Agreement, pledging to make efforts to stabilize … [Read more...] about Aligning Electricity Investment Plans and Climate Policy Commitments in LAC
Costa Rica
The biggest hydropower project in Central America, financed by IDB group, is granted with the Blue Planet Award
The Reventazón Hydropower Project (RHP) is one of the biggest and complex infrastructures built in Central America (it is the biggest hydropower project in the Region). The RHP has been carried out by the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE), a Costa Ricas´s public utility company, and was fully operational in September 2016. It has an installed capacity of 305,5-MW … [Read more...] about The biggest hydropower project in Central America, financed by IDB group, is granted with the Blue Planet Award
Three solutions to reduce energy consumption in your city
Investments in energy efficiency can support cities to have a smarter use of energy, helping them to reduce carbon emissions. Moreover, energy efficiency may optimize the use of public resources, which are often scarce. Cities consume more than 65 percent of the World’s Energy and are responsible for more than 70 percent of global greenhouse emissions. In countries such as … [Read more...] about Three solutions to reduce energy consumption in your city