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Woah I didn’t know Uruguay pivoted to renewable energy already. It must help that the half the country lives in one city.
It must help that the half the country lives in one city.
The same is true of Mongolia. Actually similar population size too. They would also be a good candidate for full renewable transition given their geography. Unfortunately at the moment they’re at maybe 10% renewables. I think the main difference is that Uruguay’s economy is based around a lot of agriculture whereas Mongolia’s around a lot of mining, which is more energy intensive.
This could be a great model for other relatively small, developing countries to follow, but it probably also depends somewhat on geography. Hydropower for example is great but definitely not an option everywhere. Regardless, i do think that renewables are only going to become more and more economically favorable, largely of course thanks to China.
Exactly, and as we see with Pakistan, you don’t even need large government programs anymore. People start getting panels themselves because they’re cheap enough and their local grid is not terribly reliable.
