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‘Energy independent’ Uruguay runs on 100% renewables for four straight months (theprogressplaybook.com)
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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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[–] Pretzilla@lemmy.world 6 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.