Costa Rica Exceeds Wind Generation Record
Wind power generation in Costa Rica In the national territory operate 16 wind power plants that add up to 386.62 Megawatts of installed capacity; 2 are in San José, and 14
Thermal power plants with a nameplate capacity ≥ 200 MW. There are further thermal power plants with a smaller capacity. Currently, there are 13 wind farms in Costa Rica. The 3 wind farms with the biggest capacity are:
Costa Rica has 27 utility-scale power plants in operation, with a total capacity of 1968.4 MW. This data is a derivitive set of data gathered by source mentioned below. Global Energy Observatory/Google/KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm/Enipedia/World Resources Institute/database.earth
Costa Rica had an estimated installed generating capacity of 3,039 MW in 2012 and produced an estimated 10.05 billion kWh in 2012. According to La Nación Costa Rica in 2014 had an installed capacity of 2,732 MW with a peak consumption of 1,604 MW. Geothermal power plants with a nameplate capacity > 100 MW.
Ciudad Cortés, Osa, CR. Golfito, Puntarenas, Costa Rica. Windy.app is a professional weather app, created for water and wind sports and all outdoor activities. Get a detailed online 10 day weather forecast, live worldwide wind map and local weather reports from the most accurate weather models.
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