No to Geothermal Energy in Costa RicaCongress rejected a law project allowing the state-owned electricity company to explore geothermal energy in national parks.Monday, July 13, 2009
With the rejected "Regulating Law for the Production of Geothermal Energy in National Parks", the state-owned National Institute of Electricity (ICE) would have explored energy generation in national parks, at the cost of a portion of the sales of electricity to the national parks system. According to estimates by the company, Costa Rica's geothermal potential is located mainly at national parks. Source: Nacion.com ¿Busca soluciones de inteligencia comercial para su empresa?Costa Rica: Geothermal Energy and National ParksSeptember 2016 In Costa Rica current installed capacity is 195 MW, in a country whose generation potential identified in studies by the state run power company amounts to 875 MW. Exploitation of Geothermal Energy Throughout Costa RicaOctober 2014 The deputy leader of the ruling bloc has presented a bill that authorizes the state power company to exploit geothermal energy in protected areas: national parks, biological and forest reserves and wildlife refuges. Legal Threat to Geothermal Energy in Costa RicaApril 2013 A bill to authorize geothermal exploitation in an area which has been declared a national park should include reform of several other laws which currently prevent such activity. Costa Rica: $1.5 million in Geothermal Energy ExplorationOctober 2009 ICE is exploring two steam fields in the country's west, in order to install two new geothermal plants, called Las Palias II and Borinquen.
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