For 300 Days, Costa Rica Generated Electricity from Renewable Sources Alone
A worker cleans the panels in a solar power park run by the Costa Rican Electricity Institute in Guanacaste, Costa Rica, in 2015. This year, the power company produced all of the electricity for the nation from renewable energy sources for 300 days. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) At a Glance 2018 is the fourth year in a row Costa Rica generated more than 98 percent of its electricity from renewable sources.For 300 days, the country used no fossil fuels to make...