Central America is home to some of the most beautiful countries with some of the most amazing people. It also happens to be home to amazing resources be it hydropower, wind, solar, or of course Geothermal. One country in particular, Costa Rica procures 98% of its electricity from renewable sources currently. They are in many ways a leader in sustainability practices, so it was an honor to be in person for the first ever GSAP training.
It was an absolute honor to be in person in Costa Rica for the inaugural Geothermal Sustainability Assessment Protocol training. It was simply amazing to see the work being done in the SICA region with Geothermal. They are already developing projects that will help set standards for future developments using the GSAP. I had the chance to sit down with the expert on Renewable Energy and Efficiency for SICA which covers all of Central America, Alexandra Arias and talk about why this tool is important for the Geothermal industry in this region.
SICA
https://www.linkedin.com/company/sgsica/
Alexandra Arias
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandra-arias-54072210a/
JRG Energy
CORE Knowledge
https://www.linkedin.com/company/core-geothermal
Nick Cestari