Private Windmills, Public Utilities: How Uruguay’ s Energy Revolution Became 98% Green.

Back at the turn of the century oil accounted for 27% of Uruguay’s imports and a new pipeline was just about to begin supplying gas from Argentina. Today hydroelectric, biomass, solar and wind power plants provide 94.5% of the country’s electricity. How come? As recently as 2007 the economy of Uruguay, a smallish South American […]

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