‘Energy independent’ Uruguay runs on 100% renewables for four straight months

I actually never thought of it like that, if you're not partaking in the trade of fossil fuels, you are removing yourself from a lot of potential conflicts and "who support who" ordeals.

We've been at ~95% renewable for years actually, but now we've reached 100%

Looks like that's just the grid? I'm sure there's more to go for transportation and eliminating the need for generators and gas, but this is a great start!

Meanwhile in South Africa, we're having blackouts while being almost completely dependant on coal.

Well done Uruguay.

Amazing

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/

I wonder how much of that is biomass, and how they're planning to grow enough vegetation to renew iy

how those middle east prince now can buy more hookers and supercars if u guys not using oil

Very cool. I hope they are looking at reducing demand for power as much as increasing production.

Was the wind blowing all night every night? Or do they have enough hydro (or another power source) to power then while the sun is down?