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‘Energy independent’ Uruguay runs on 100% renewables for four straight months (theprogressplaybook.com)

submitted 11 months ago by kalkulat@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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"with wind the single-biggest contributor.... Power production costs have declined “by almost half” .... And the clean energy sector has created 50,000 new jobs.... Ask me what was the impact on the electricity sector in Uruguay after this tragic war in Europe — zero."

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[–] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 15 points 11 months ago (2 children)

53,000 barrels/day

It looks like Uruguays oil consumption has flatlined since about 2014. I can't find any newer data than 2016 but here's my source:

https://www.worldometers.info/oil/uruguay-oil/

[–] porcariasagrada@slrpnk.net 9 points 11 months ago

i think evs are still too expensive for the common uruguaian(?) wallet. so they still use oil for cars. but 4 months 100% renewables is great news.

[–] Pretzilla@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Presumably mostly for transportation sector. EV adoption should lower that.

[–] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

Indeed, I have some friends who live in South America and they tell me that electric scooters and three wheelers are becoming very popular. Imported from China.