SAN JOSE, June 19 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Despite a harsh drought this year, Costa Rica - which relies heavily on hydropower - has been able to keep its electricity production almost entirely ...

At dusk one weekend on Costa Rica's tropical Pacific coast, Mamiche is catering to a line of customers in front of the beachside ice-cream stand he tends. All looks balmy and typical -- except for one ...

Costa Rica likes to advertise itself as an ecological paradise, where more than 98 percent of its electricity needs are met by clean energy. But in the automotive industry, it is lagging behind with ...

A new initiative called the Hydrogen School aims to train Costa Rican youth in hydrogen technologies, providing skills and opportunities in the country’s shift to clean energy. The program is a ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Officials in San Ramón, Costa Rica, on a quest to ...

Costa Rica has just gone past yet another clean energy milestone, something other countries can only dream of. For over two months now, the tiny Central American country has not used fossil fuels to ...

The Churchill Mamiche ice-cream parlour in Caldera, Puntarenas, 80 km southwest of San Jose is entirely powered --day and night-- by solar panels At dusk one weekend on Costa Rica's tropical Pacific ...

The Central American nation relies on hydropower, but investing in extra capacity to keep the lights on during dry periods has saddled its utility with rising debt SAN JOSE, June 19 (Thomson Reuters ...

At dusk one weekend on Costa Rica's tropical Pacific coast, Mamiche is catering to a line of customers in front of the beachside ice-cream stand he tends. All looks balmy and typical - except for one ...

SAN JOSE, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Despite a harsh drought this year, Costa Rica – which relies heavily on hydropower – has been able to keep its electricity production almost entirely renewable ...