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

https://lemmy.world/post/8415877

‘Energy independent’ Uruguay runs on 100% renewables for four straight months - Lemmy.World

“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.”

I wonder how much of that is biomass, and how they’re planning to grow enough vegetation to renew iy
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Not a lot, that’s good. No indication as to if they’re actually able to grow that much plants tho