Why is Uruguay a'relative energy sovereignty'?
Once reliant on exorbitantly priced fossil fuel imports for nearly half of its energy needs, Uruguay has gone from suffering frequent blackouts and power cuts to relative energy sovereignty based almost entirely on electricity generated from a stable mix of wind, solar, hydroelectric, and bioenergy sources.
How much green energy does Uruguay use?
In , even before several more renewables projects went online, it hit 94.5 percent green energy. In , according to an analysis by the Uruguayan company SEG Engineering, the country ran on 98 percent renewable energy.
How does Uruguay generate 97 percent of its electricity from renewable sources?
Going for gales: Wind turbine farms are one of the ways Uruguay managed to generate 97 percent of its electricity from renewable sources. (Courtesy of Natasha Hakimi Zapata)
How does Uruguay get its electricity?
To this day, Uruguay continues to rely heavily on its dams, including the imposing Salto Grande on the Río Uruguay, whose power is shared with Argentina, and several on the Río Negro. For decades, electricity from those dams and from generators running on gas and oil imported largely from Argentina and Brazil met Uruguayans’ energy needs.
Should Uruguay transition to renewables?
Since , energy has become a significant export for Uruguay, with some years bringing in hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue. In most of the world, when anyone mentions the need to transition to renewables, climate change dominates the public discussion.
Does Uruguay have a power grid?
The map of Uruguay’s electrical grid today is starkly different from that of , when the majority of power was generated at a few hydroelectric dams north of Montevideo and the rest at a handful of fossil fuel plants in the capital. It’s now possible for the entire grid to run several hours a day entirely on wind power.
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