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‘Energy independent’ Uruguay runs on 100% renewables for four straight months (theprogressplaybook.com)
submitted 1 year 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 19 points 1 year 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 1 year 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 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year 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.