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Electricity Cuts to Affect Costa Rica Next Week, Confirms ICE

by neodypsis on 5/11/24, 5:18 AM with 1 comments

  • by blackhawkC17 on 5/11/24, 8:56 AM

    Summary: Costa Rica generates over 75% of its electricity from hydropower [1]. Rainfall forecasts are lower than usual, so there won't be enough water to power the plants at their highest capacities. Rationing will occur, except Costa Rica gets more rainfall than expected in the near term.

    1- https://www.statista.com/statistics/1234790/electricity-gene...