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Electricity Generation Expansion Plan 2014-2035 (Plan de Expansion de la Generacion Electrica)

Source: JOIN IEA/IRENA Policy and Measures Database
Last updated: 28 February 2018

The Electricity Generation Expansion Plan 2014-2035 projects that additional 6.1 GW of new power capacity additions will be added in Costa Rica by 2035. The main recommendation of the Plan is that 95% of those additions be of renewable energy type. The Plan provides technology splits to achieve that objective:



























Targeted year

Technology

Capacity additions (MW)

2035

Hydropower

3795

Geothermal

690

Combined solar PV, onshore wind and biomass

802

Cumulative capacity: 5287 MW

 

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