Electricity Sector In Uruguay
The electricity sector of Uruguay has traditionally been based on domestic hydropower along with thermal power plants, and reliant on imports from Argentina and Brazil at times of peak demand. Over the last 10 years, investments in renewable energy sources such as wind power and solar power allowed the country to cover in early 2016 94.5% of its electricity needs with renewable energy sources. Hydropower provides a large percentage of installed production capacity in Uruguay, almost all of it produced by four hydroelectric facilities, three on the Rio Negro and one, the Salto Grande dam shared with Argentina, on the Uruguay River. The production from these hydropower sources is dependent on seasonal rainfall patterns, but under normal hydrological conditions, can supply off-peak domestic demand. Thermal power from petroleum fired power plants, activated during peak demand, used to provide the remaining installed production capacity. Generation from fossil fuel decreas ...
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Latin America And The Caribbean
The term Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is an English-language acronym referring to the Latin American and the Caribbean region. The term LAC covers an extensive region, extending from The Bahamas and Mexico to Argentina and Chile. The region has over 670,230,000 people , and spanned for . List of countries and territories by subregion Various countries within the Latin American and the Caribbean region don't use either Spanish, Portuguese or French as official languages, but rather English or Dutch. Caribbean Scattered island in the Caribbean Sea * Aves Island (Venezuela) West Indies = Antilles = Greater Antilles * (United Kingdom) * * * * * * * (United States) * Disputed territory administered by the United States, claimed by Haiti. Lesser Antilles * (United Kingdom) * ** Antigua ** Barbuda * * (United Kingdom) * * ** (Netherlands) ** (Netherlands) *** *** *** ** (Netherlands) ** (Netherlands) * (Venezuela) * ** ...
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