Nicaragua set to get a 40MW wind farm next month

Dec 29, 2008 Green Technologies, Information of the Day

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Nicaragua is close to making operational a $90 million wind farm project by the end of January, that will contribute 6 percent of the country’s total energy needs. India’s Suzlon Energy has installed windmills near Lake Nicaragua.

This is part of Nicaragua’s efforts to reduce its dependence on oil-based energy to just 3 percent by 2013. The country has also turned to geothermal power from volcanoes, hydroelectric power generated by rivers and sugarcane based ethanol. Those sources provide 34 percent of Nicaragua’s energy.

It is encouraging to see that developing countries are embracing green initiatives on their own. Nicaragua’s case is even more special when you consider the fact that it gets majority of its oil from Venezuela, mostly at a discount. Renewable energy is not about cutting emission anymore, but being energy self-dependant and thus being less exposed to the vagaries of geopolitical ( like the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline caught in the rut) and other situations.

Source :AP.

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